Ms. Manhardt’s Last Day: New Media Design, College, Internships
A lot of you have asked me a lot of questions about college and what it’s like to go to RIT. In this post I will show you some of the work my friends and I did in New Media Design, as well as talk a little bit about college life outside of class What…
Illustrative Photography Day 4: Using Color Palettes
Essential Question: How can I use color palettes to help me achieve a high level of craftsmanship in my illustration? Today we will continue working on our Illustrative Photography Projects. We will talk about how using color palettes will impact the story we’re telling and how they can be used to help convey our message.…
Illustrative Photography Day 3: Creating Our Scene
Essential Question: How can I use the tools in Procreate to start drawing a scene around my model that will begin to tell my story? Drawing tools in Procreate There are multiple different types of drawing tools in procreate that you can use to draw your scene. You can draw in different styles depending on…
Illustrative Photography Day 2: Taking Photos & Using Procreate
Essential Question: How can I take high quality photos that will enhance my project and help me reach the goal of having a high level of craftsmanship? Today we will take photos for our Illustrative Photography project of either ourselves or our friend. The model will pose similarly to how they did in our sketch.…
New Project: Illustrative Photography
Today’s essential question: How can I create an illustration that combines both photography and drawings to tell a story? Today we will be introduced to our next project. We will talk about how to tell stories with our art and how to give them meaning. We will also look at the work of Nithin Rao…
Digital Tattoos Day 8: Exporting & Artist Statements
Essential Question: How can I write an artist statement that best describes all the work I did on my project? What are some areas I can improve on? Exporting to a video Uploading your final project Once your video file is exported, add it to the “Final Projects” folder in the “Digital Tattoo” folder on…
Digital Tattoos Day 7: Mask Tracking
Essential Question: How can I use AfterEffects to edit the video to delete the points I drew on my arm to make it look more realistic? Mask Tracking What are other ways we can add realism?\ Correct perspective – make sure that your tattoo is being placed onto your arm correctly. This will help your…
Digital Tattoos Day 6: Filming Our Own Videos
Essential Question: How can I create a good video to best display my tattoo Illustration? What does a good video look like compared to a bad one? Today we will discuss what makes a good video and how we can incorporate those practices when we film our own. We will draw dots on our arms…
Digital Tattoos Day 5: Intro to AfterEffects
Essential Question: How can I use the skills I’ve learned in the mini lesson when creating my tattoo project? Today we will do the AfterEffects tutorial to learn skills that we will need to complete our motion tracking in our tattoo project. At the end of class, upload your tutorial to your blog. Motion Tracking Tutorial…
Digital Tattoos Day 4: Shading & Smooth Tool
Essential Question: What techniques can I use to successfully translate my sketch to a digital image using Illustrator? What tools does the program have to help achieve the level of craftsmanship I want? Today we will continue to create digital versions of our tattoo sketches in Illustrator. We will talk about craftsmanship and how to achieve…
Digital Tattoos Day 3: Balancing Negative Space
Essential Question: What techniques can I use to successfully translate my sketch to a digital image using Illustrator Today we will look at some of the sketches and discuss what’s working well and why their tattoo design is successful. We will talk about how these examples used line weight successfully and how they also balance…
Digital Tattoos Day 2: Tattoo Creation & Sketches
Today’s essential question: How can I use line weight to create an interesting tattoo? Today we will sketch out our ideas for our own tattoo designs. We will use different types of line weight to help make our designs more interesting. Your sketch must be created in a 5×10 size, in either landscape or portrait…
New Project: Digital Tattoos
Today’s essential question: How can I create an original tattoo in the style of another tattoo artist? Today we will discuss different tattoo artists and how we can plan to design and create our own digital tattoos in Adobe Illustrator and AfterEffects. We will create a blog post about one of the tattoo artists and…
Meet Ms. Manhardt
I’m a Grad Student at Rochester Institute of Technology, getting my Masters in Arts Education. I also got my BFA from RIT in New Media Design, where I discovered my passion for UI/UX, as well as web design, animation, motion graphics, and prototyping. I love making things that move and engage. I grew up right here…
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