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Picture Book Project
Using Photoshop, create a picture book of at least 10, and not more than 25, pages telling a story with geometrical shapes (a la Molly Bang) and words. Rather than a story for children, consider "visualizing" a song lyric, short story, poem, news report, the narrative of something that happened to you, etc. Produce each page (visual and text) as a separate Photoshop file, which you'll evetually want to save (most likely) as .gifs after you're done editing and revising them. Because you're producing a "picture book," the story should be told primarily with the images, and any words you include should be supplemental. (In an "illustrated book," on the other hand, the words carry the story or argument and the pictures play just a supporting role.) Also make a cover for your book. Here are some principles to consider in creating your picture book (many of these are explained more fully on pages 42-80 of Molly Bang's Picture This).
Submission Directions for the Picture Book ProjectA. Save the book cover design and the page images of your picture book as the following file names (see Weinmann and Lourekas "Save for the Web," pg. 502) into a new, empty folder called "picturesource" on your Zip disk but outside of the "www" folder. This folder should contain nothing besides the pages of your picture book.
B. Create a "Web Photo Gallery" of these images by following the directions on Weinmann and Lourekas 392-394.
C. Post the "picture" folder containing the Web Album to your "www" folder (www/3220/picture) on the Web server using "FTP" (see UMD's FTP Instructions). (Note: if you practice creating and posting a Web Album and then modify your pictures, completely delete the old "picture" folder on the server and replace it with the new one). D. Send a message with your name and the URL of your Web Album
to the discussion "Picture Book URLs." (Be sure to put your
name first.) If you've followed my suggestions for naming and placing
files and folders, the URL should be E. Print the page images out (a black-and-white printer is fine since it's saves money), making sure that each prints so that the longest side is at least 6 inches (a 4 x 6, for example). You can put more than one image on a page if you wish. Be sure your name appears on each printed sheet. You might try using Photoshop's "Contact Sheet" function (see page 388) to create a printout of more than one image per printed sheet. Be sure the page images are big enough to read/see. F. Annotate the printout, pointing out features of your work that reflect your understanding and use of Molly Bang's principles. G. Turn in the annotated printout in class on Tuesday, April 15. Resources for the Picture Book projectI will place resources for this assignment here.
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