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1. Autobiography in Four Images

In this first project, I'll ask you to introduce yourself by creating a "Web Album" of five images that in some way represent who you are. You'll use Photoshop to edit four of these images: an edited/repaired photo, a collage, a composite-reality image, and a non-optically-acquired image. The fifth image will be the original of the edited/repaired photo. More...

2. Representing Data for a Decision

Using Photoshop and Dreamweaver, create a data graphic or set of graphics addressed to a person or group making a decision. The presentation should combine graphical and textual elements in a Web page or set of pages. More...

3. Analytical Essay I

Write an five-to-seven-page essay analyzing a single image. Talk about the image in terms not simply of what it shows--as if it were just a window we happened to be looking out of--but as an example of cultural work that the creator of the image is performing. More...

4. Picture Book

Produce a picture book (in which graphics carry the weight of the narrative, perhaps with the help of some text) using the principles and ideas of Molly Bang in Picture This. More...

5. Graphical Analysis of Process

Using Photoshop, produce a graphic (or set of graphics) that interprets, explains or illustrates a process, change, development or disintegration and reveals the dynamic relations of its factors, causes, techniques or other elements. More...

7. Analytical Essay II

See assignment for Essay I. More...