Monday, October 8, 2012

Quiz No. 2


Quiz No. 2 :
 Date: 10-10-2012
Time Limit: 1 hour to be received in email.

Instructions

1: File - Save as - [Last Name][First Initial]_ARC4058_Quiz_2 .  Be certain the JPEG file is saved with this format!

2: Be sure that the PSD (Photoshop) File is an 11" x 17" with the same margins and layout as the Midterm.  200 dpi.

3: Groups: There are no groups for this quiz.  However, the environments + people within each file SHOULD be different.

4: Assignment: 
  • Insert an environment as your backdrop.  The 3 options for the backdrop will either be:
    • Mountain: 50% mountain (diagonal).  50% sky.  Just like you saw in class.
    • Ocean: 67% ocean (2/3 bottom horizontal).  33% sky.  (1/3 top horizontal).
    • Dessert: 67% dessert (2/3 bottom horizontal).  33% sky. (1/3 top horizontal).
  • Draw the object perspective presented in the image (either in CAD or Photoshop) as they are posted on the blog.  (If drawn in CAD, save it as a PDF and bring it into Photoshop.  There are 2 mandatory lineweights.  That of the exterior (.35 thickness) and the interior of the object (.15 thickness).
  • "Reflect" part of your environment on the facade of the drawn object. This reflection may be slightly blurred for a better effect. 
  • Add Materials to the Object (I recommend creating a white layer behind the object with the Pen Tool first).  The material may be:
    • Concrete
    • Wood (Paneling)
    • Steel
    • The materials will be specified during the quiz.
  • Add at least 2 individual people into the environment.  
  • Shadows as appropriate for the people + object. (Be consistent with the light source).
  • Partly Desaturate the backdrop, people + object to your liking (NOTE: the object and the Backdrop need to have different levels of saturation.  You also need to Filter for effects. This website has some advice of how to give your image a "vintage feel").  You may add multiple filters.  
  • Make the final product your own!

5: Save to JPEG - Quality = 8 (if you do not know what this means, try creating a jpeg from Photoshop.  You will be prompted to select the output quality.  Bring it down to 8)

6: Submittal: JPEG file shall be submitted to ecalil@fiu.edu before the hour's end


* Note: if you cannot make it to the day of a Quiz, you may make it up the week after.  A more difficult drawing will replace the one of the original date and the same time limit will be given during class time.  If you know that you cannot make it to class on any particular day, please comment below with the date(s) you will be absent and I will do my best to not have a Quiz on that particular date.  Once the date of the Quiz is posted online, it will not change.

4 comments:

  1. could we have the people as just silhouettes? or would you like us to use real people? Also, do the individual people have to be somewhere within the background or inside the object like you did in class?

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  2. No silhouettes. And yes, people inside of the object. You may add additional people in the background, but the two within the object a mandatory.

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  3. quick question; we can pick our own background right? we just have to follow the guidelines you gave us.

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    1. Yes. You should select one of each of the background types that fir the description I posted. At the start of the exam, I will state which version you are to use. You must use your own people within the rendering as well. NOTHING should be pixelated within the Quiz image. Please review the people that you would like to insert prior to the Quiz. Be certain that there is no discernible pixelation or blurriness in any of the images you are using.

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