Art 216 Digital Print Based Media

11/17/10

In class wed Nov 17th

Patterns

William Morris Wiki

William Morris wallpaper

Colourlovers.com

How to make a Pattern in Photoshop

1. Find an image

2. crop as you wish

3. Double the hight of the canvas. Center your image at the bottom of the canvas.

4. Cut and Paste your image onto a new layer

5. Edit-->Transform-->Rotate-->Flip on the horizontal your new layer

6. Move your new layer to the top of the image

7. Flatten the Image

Ding!! Your Pattern is done.

* try doubling the size of the width and repeating the process to extend your pattern.

Try to make some patterns in class.

*You need to create 12 hi-rez patterns for the assignment!

* Due Monday Nov 29th

11/14/10

In class Mon Nov 15th

Review the layout of your package as a Jpeg.

(hand them in to Joe at the beginning of class)

Whats Next!

- Print your image! (choose a paper that has simular qualities to your package traditionally)

- Wrap your box. be as accurate as possible.

- Take 3 Product shots of your package.

Due Next Monday!

Present Project 5

11/8/10

11/3/10

In class Wed Nov 3rd

Hand in and Critique Project 4

Work on Project 5

Lets hear your ideas!

10/31/10

In class mon Nov 1st

Project 4 Due!

Project 5 Assigned!

Project 4 Due!

Examples for Project 5
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Logo Manipulation in Photoshop

- The 'Cloning stamp'

- Look for the basic elements that make up a letter

- Zoom In and use Layers

- Don't forget to Save often

Box Design Lets Break one Open!

- What would be the easiest way to create an accurate template for our Box?

10/26/10

In class wed Oct 27th

Barbara Kruger: Crossing the line between Design and Art

Roy Orbison vs 2 Live Crew

Creative Commons ©©
ccMixter
Archive.org

Fair Use
US Gov
Wiki

Work on Project 4

10/19/10

In class Wed Oct 20th

Project 2 Artist Trading Cards Due today!
* You need all your cards cut and ready by the beginning of class!

Project 3 For Sale Sign Due Today!
* You need your 20 photocopies

Crit Project 2 & Project 3

Assign Project 4

* Get a number

10/17/10

Project 2 Artist Trading Cards Due today!

Project 3 For Sale Sign Due Today!
* You need your image saved as a tiff on your thumbdrive!

In Class

Cut Project 2

Print Project 3

Crit Project 2 & Project 3

10/11/10

In class Wed Oct 13th

Project 2 Artist Trading Cards Due Monday Oct 18th

Project 3 For Sale Sign Due Today!

* You need you image saved as a tiff on your thumbdrive

Email Address for Sale signs:
at4sale@gmail.com

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Flickr

the Home PAge

- uploading to Flickr

-- jpegs only! resize your images for 1600 pixels on the longest side (free account)

Your Photostream

Viewing an image

Owner Settings

- This is where you set the rules for how your image can be used by the public

- ©© Creative commons Licenses offer more possibilities

10/10/10

In class Mon Oct 11th

TYPE

A graphic character created out of metal traditionally used in various printing process.

* Designing with Type is called Typography

* Different styles of type are called typrfaces, on the computer they are called fonts.

* Font size is measured in points

Fonts come in different flavors

- Serif & San-Serif Typefaces

- Bold & Italic

- Display Type & Text Type

Text in Flash

~ Text in Flash is Vector so it is scaleable and can be manipulated.

* Text Tool
- Modify --> Break Apart (then do it a second time to make transformable text)

*Images
- Import
--- JPG, for Photo Quality and small file size(use 'Save for Web' in Photoshop)
--- GIF, to keep the edge and color of solid graphics (use 'Save for Web' in Photoshop)
--- PNG-24, Photo Quality & Transparency (use 'Save for Web' in Photoshop)
* it goes into the 'Library' look for it under Windows --> Library
- Trace Bitmap
- Optimize

work on project

10/5/10

Digital Lab Hours

Lab Schedule

mon
9-10am Carly (1)
11:30-1:45 Danielle (2.25)
1:50-5pm CLASS
5-6:30pm Danielle (1.5)
6:30-8pm Brianna (1.5)

tue
9-12pm CLASS
12-2pm Carly (2)
5-8 Jackie (3)

wed
11:30-1:45pm Danielle (2.25)
1:50-5pm CLASS
5-6:30pm Danielle (1.5)
8:30-9:30pm Carly (1)

thur
9-12pm CLASS
12-1:25 Brianna (1.5)
1:15-4:30pm Jackie (3.25)

fri
12:15-2pm Jackie (1.75)
2-4pm Brianna (2)

sat
Closed

sun
6-9pm Brianna (3)

In class wed Oct 6th

Project 2 Due!

How Goes the Flickr

Go to the Flickr group here and request to join the Art216 group

Design in Flash MX
It's Vector!

* Vector is a set of mathamatical calculations displayed as storkes (lines) and fills

*it is simular to Microsoft paint
* it's re-sizable unlike bitmap images (Photoshop)

Whats there:
- Tools
- The Stage
- The Time Line
- Windows

--> Modify --> Document, To change the document size

lets play. Try it out and ask questions.

work on Project

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10/3/10

In Class Mon Oct 4th

Pet Cat Lost!

Propaganda Print from WWII
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Anti-Japaneese Propaganda during WWII

Photoshop Layout

- the ATC template

- other templates

-- CD

-- Business Card

-- Skateboard

- designing for the space

Work on Project

9/28/10

In class Wed Sept 29th

Scott McCloud - Understanding Comics

* get one on Amazon

Finish Critique of Project 1

9/26/10

In class Mon Sept 27th

Project 1 Due

Project 2 Assigned!

What Are ATC's?

Printing from Photoshop
- Page Set-up

- Print

All about paper
- paper density (weight)

- size
- texture

9/21/10

In class Wed Sept 22nd

Advanced Photoshop

Color in Photoshop

* the Histogram

- Levels

- Adjustment Layers

- Colorsync

Layout in Photoshop
- Guides, Rulers
- Unprintable Boarders
- Printing from Photoshop

Work on Project

9/19/10

In class mon Sept 20th

Quick History of Graphic Design

Graphic Design is the merger of Symbols, Images and Language.

Symbols represent ideas and concepts.

Images represent Reality or Anti-Reality.

Language is written as text. Text is made up of letters. Letters are symbols.

Photoshop Adv.

* Actions

* Automate

How To Scan

1 - set up the scanner options

2 - select an area to scan

3 - hit preview

4 - hit scan

5 - save the scan as a PSD

work on Project

9/14/10

In class wed Sept 15th

Thumbdrive Test!!!

Designer of the day! (see below)

Lets review the things you think are broken?

Photoshop basics

- Opening a File

* DPI

- Image size - used to change the amount of pixels in the image

- Canvas size - used to add extra pixels to the image

- Save:

* File Types

--- Photoshop .PSD file is your working file (keep this forever)

--- JPEG file is a 'Flattened' and Compressed file

Printing dpi resolutions

180 dpi - for images with no text only. lowest possible printing resolution.

240 dpi - good for images and fonts 11 points or bigger

300 dpi - great for images and fonts 8 points or bigger

360 dpi - great for images and fonts 6 points or bigger

400-600 dpi - super hi-resolution as good as an image can look

Downloadable PDF about DPI

Using the Scanner

- access the scanners software in Photoshop under "import"

- make sure your in professional mode

- resolution (dpi) changes the speed at which the scanner will scan

- look at the other scanner options

- try doing everthing you were told not to do with a scanner (like move stuff while scanning)

- all scanners have a distance above the glass which is in focus and then drops off quickly

How To Scan

1 - set up the scanner options

2 - select an area to scan

3 - hit preview

4 - hit scan

5 - save the scan as a PSD

* Semester Long Project Starts

* Project 1 assigned

Kyle T. Webster

9/12/10

In class Mon Sept 13

David Carson

Design = the balance between Content and Aesthetic

Things to consider when creating, manipulating or viewing an image/design:

Aesthetic Quality – how beautiful or sublime an image’s elements and

composition are

Composition – the flow and readability of an image

Image Content – the individual visual elements that make up the image

Image Context – an images context is understood by looking at the visual elements

that make up the images content and considering the Historical and Cultural understanding those elements represent in the society and across generations.

Consider the context of the technology in comparison to the image's qualities

- The first photographs created were shot on glass plates with a slow film speed that produced Black and White images. As time progressed so did the technology to capture images. This has led to a link between image technology and time in our visual cultural understanding. In photo theory photography is linked with the ideas of memory and time, the capturing of a moment to retain a visual perspective of time. This happens not only from the capturing of the image on film but also through the use of aesthetic related to each generation of technology.

An example:

A Black & White or -images from the inexperienced past,

Sepia toned Photograph lived life with color images, images of

Grand and Great Grandparents

(cultural generation 18-35)

-images from the remembered past, saw the transition of the snap shot from BxW to Color, images of Grand parents and parent’s childhood photos

(cultural generation 36-55)

-Images from the experienced past, remembers photographs as special objects, images of immediate family and friends from the past, most dead

(cultural generation 56-90)

Fleming / Odo Performance

Waters of Immortality & other works

- What do you think?

- What part effected you most?

- How did it make you feel?

- What do you think their intention was?

If design is about solving problems, then how do we know if something is broken?

Ideology of 'Broken' [video]

*Assignment - come to class on Wed with a list of 5 things that you think are "broken"

* Flash drive test on Wed!

8/24/10

First Day

Hello and Welcome to the Digital Art & Design 2, Digital Print Media. You are currently looking at the blog for the class. This blog will contain all the information you need for this class including up-to-date information on what will be happening in class, project specifics, examples and the syllabus..

take a moment to click around and check things out.

* This class has a $100 Lab fee ($25 a credit) & you will need a 2 GB thumbdrive.

Here is our first example of digital print media as subversive street art.

5/12/09

In class wed May 13th

SUMA!

Get your Images for your Portfolio printed.

5/10/09

In class mon May 11th

Review your 15 images you picked for your portfolio!

5/3/09

In class mon May 4th

Your images as background patterns on the internet. lets check it out.

Work on Project! Your images have to be printed 2 twice each (a total of 8 prints) ready tp be cut on wed!

4/29/09

Want a Job?

Kat Krisher is looking for a digital student with knowledge in Photoshop to be her assistant with the digital part of her photography class. It is a payed position and will look good on your resume.

Let me know ASAP if you are interested.
JOE

4/28/09

In class wed Apr 28th

Pick the best fabric designs

© Copyright

U2 vs Negative Land

Roy Orbison vs 2 Live Crew

Creative Commons ©©
ccMixter
Archive.org

Fair Use
US Gov
Wiki

4/26/09

In class mon Apr 27th

Project 6 Due

Project 7 Assigned

Street Art in South Africa

Work on Project!

4/21/09

In class wed Apr 21st

Review Project 5!

Work on Project!

[next up: © & street art]

4/19/09

In class mon Apr 20th

Making a Pattern in Photoshop

Saving and altering Colorsync profiles in Photoshop

Review Project 5!

Work on Project!

4/14/09

In class wed Apr 15th

Lets talk Color
- What do colors mean?
- How do colors work in the computer?
- RGB vs CMYK
- Colorsync
--- Assigning a colorsync profile

Makin' a Pattern in Photoshop

4/12/09

In class mon Apr 13th

Project 5 Due!
* Did you print it?

Project 6 Assigned

Lets talk Pattern

4/7/09

In class wed Apr 8th

Work on Project!

4/5/09

In class mon Apr 6th

Work On Project!

3/31/09

In class wed Apr 1st

Review Project 4!

Work on Project

3/29/09

In class mon Mar 30th

Project 4 Due!

Examples for Project 5
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3/17/09

In class wed Mar 18th

Review Project 3

3/15/09

In Class Mon Mar 16th

The ATC's are here!

How to cut your print based media!
- the x-acto knife
- the metal ruler
- the cutting mat

Lets trade!

Work on Project

3/10/09

In Class Wed Mar 11th

Lets Look at Project 1 & Project 3

Work on Project

3/8/09

In Class Mon Mar 9th

Proj 3 Due (as a digital File. we'll print in class)

Proj 4 Assigned

Flash
* Text Tool
- Modify --> Break Apart (then do it a second time to make transformable text)

*Images
- Import
--- JPG, for Photo Quality and small file size(use 'Save for Web' in Photoshop)
--- GIF, to keep the edge and color of solid graphics (use 'Save for Web' in Photoshop)
--- PNG-24, Photo Quality & Transparency (use 'Save for Web' in Photoshop)
* it goes into the 'Library' look for it under Windows --> Library
- Trace Bitmap
- Optimize

work on project

3/4/09

Mac Users Meeting

March 4 Meeting – MUG ONE, the Macintosh User Group of Oneonta

Facebook, Classmates and Preview

Join fellow Hartwick students, staff and community members on Wednesday, March 4 at 7:30 p.m. in 103 Golisano Hall for the March meeting of MUG ONE, the Macintosh User Group of Oneonta.

3/2/09

In Class Wed Mar 4th

Go to the Flickr group here and request to join the Art216 group

Design in Flash MX
It's Vector!
* Vector is a set of mathamatical calculations displayed as storkes (lines) and fills
*it is simalar to Microsoft paint
* it's re-sizable unlike bitmap images (Photoshop)

Whats there:
- Tools
- The Stage
- The Time Line
- Windows

--> Modify --> Document, To change he documents size

lets play. Try it out and ask questions.

work on Project

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3/1/09

In Class Mon Mar 2nd

Proj 2 Due

Proj 3 Assigned

Pet Cat Lost!

Critique of Project 1 & Project 2

Propaganda Print from WWII
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Anti-Japaneese Propaganda during WWII

2/23/09

In Class Wed Feb 25th

Printing from Photoshop
- Print with Preview

All about paper
- weight
- size
- texture

In Class assignnment:

Dada CD cover

1 - Go to "wikipedia." Hit “random... ”
or click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
The first random wikipedia article you get is the name of your band.

2 - Go to "Random quotations"
or click http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3
The last four or five words of the very last quote of the page is the title of your first album.

3 - Go to flickr and click on “explore the last seven days”
or click http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days
Third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.

4 - Use Photoshop to put it all together.

5 - Post it to your Flickr account and email it to Joe (image size 1200x1200 or smaller at 72 dpi)

work on Project

2/22/09

In Class Mon Feb 23th

Lets check out your images from the first week of the semester long project!

Proj 1 Due

Proj 2 Assigned

Advanced Photoshop
Layout in Photoshop
- Guides, Rulers
- Unprintable Boarders
- Printing from Photoshop

2/17/09

In Class Wed Feb 18th

Photoshop Adv.
* Actions
* Automate
-- Batch
-- Contact Sheet
-- Picture Package

Quick History of Graphic Design
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work on Project

2/15/09

In Class Mon Feb 16th

Photoshop basics
- Image size - used to change the amount of pixels in the image
- Canvas size - used to add extra pixels to the image
- Save:
--- Photoshop .PSD file is your working file (keep this forever)
--- JPEG file is a 'Flattened' and Compressed file

Printing dpi resolutions
180 dpi - for images with no text only. lowest possible printing resolution.
240 dpi - good for images and fonts 11 points or bigger
300 dpi - great for images and fonts 8 points or bigger
360 dpi - great for images and fonts 6 points or bigger
400-600 dpi - super hi-resolution as good as an image can look

Using the Scanner
- access the scanners software in Photoshop under "import"
- make sure your in professional mode
- resolution (dpi) changes the speed at which the scanner will scan
- look at the other scanner options
- try doing everthing you were told not to do with a scanner (like move stuff while scanning)
- all scanners have a distance above the glass which is in focus and then drops off quickly

to scan
1 - set up the scanner options
2 - select an area to scan
3 - hit preview
4 - hit scan
5 - save the scan as a PSD

Designer/Artist

* Semester Long Project Starts

* Project 1 assigned

2/10/09

In Class Wed Feb 11th

lab fee $75

Semester long Project Assigned & Proj 1 Assigned

Proj 1 Examples

Levels of consideration in art/design
-Image Qualities

Photoshop basics
- Opening & Saving files
- Image size
- Canvas size
- Printing vs Web sizes

David Carson

2/7/09

In Class Mon Feb 9th

* This class has a $75 Lab fee & you will need a 1 GB thumbdrive.

Here is our first example of digital print media as subversive street art.

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5/20/08

Final Exam

Don't Forget to drop off your "Transfer book" in my box in the Art office before you leave school!

and have a great summer!

5/14/08

In Class Thur May 15th

Summa!

work on your Projects!

the final is Monday the 19th, 9:30-11am

5/7/08

In Class Thur May 8th

Lets Paint the Wall!

you should have your book pages printed, cut & folded by next tuesday May 13th!
*(having them glued would be good also)

5/5/08

In Class Tue May 6th

lets print the stencils

Wed eve & Thur during class we are painting the wall.

Don't forget to get the paper for your book

You should get your books printed this week
- cut out all the pages
- fold all the pages
- glue stick the pages

4/30/08

In Class Thur May 1st

Where are you at with your stencils?

Did you get paper for printing your book pages?

Ward Kimbal

Lets look at getting stuff printed online?

* Del.icio.us/digtem/printing
* Cafepress
* Moo
* Blurb
* iPrintfromhome
* DirectDecals

4/28/08

In Class Tue Apr 29th

CC Creative Commons

How are your Stencils coming? we want to be able to paint the wall sometime next week.

printing your stencils

* Remember to get the paper for your book before you leave

4/23/08

In Class Thur Apr 24th

MAkin' the Book.
- today we will be cutting out, folding up and gluing your test book pages.
* you will need to bring your x-acto knife and bone folder to class

4/21/08

In Class Thur Apr 22nd

Lets talk about image qualities and context!

Stencil This
Stencil Revolution
Stencil on Wikipedia

How To Video

How To: Stencil Graffiti Art 101 - The most amazing home videos are here

Lets check out Threshold in Photoshop
- other tricks

4/16/08

In Class Tue Apr 17th

You need to have your template files (.jpg) ready today in a folder ready for printing.

Stenciling
- lets look at the wall
- it needs to be complete by May 8th

4/14/08

In Class Tue Apr 15th

* Lets trade some cards Bring them to class

*Work on your books.
-at this point you should have a good idea for your book.
-you should have a template and many of the images layed-out

You need to have your template files (.jpg) ready by the end of class on Thursday Apr 17th

4/7/08

In Class Tue Apr 8th

JOe Will not be in class today!

*Work on Collecting your images for your book project!

*Start laying out your images in Photoshop in your book Template!

*Did you actually read the requirements? check out the project link to the right.

4/2/08

In Class Thu Apr 3rd

*You will need an x-acto knife and a bone folder today

we are going to glue our ATC cards on to cover stock to make them thicker

We will be cutting out our artist trading cards today
-i'll show some tricks to cutting

* Lets trade some cards

I want to see your template and hear your first idea for your book.

3/31/08

In Class Tue Apr 1st

we will look at Setting up a Template in Photoshop
- set up your Template as 8.5"x11" @ 280 dpi (or higher)
- make sure to mark off the 'unprintable' area of the page
- guides & rulers
- using layers and transparency
- remember to save often and to save back-up files

* I will be checking your templates for your book pages today before you leave

3/19/08

In Class Thur Mar 20th

Lets look at traditional book examples.
- how many different formats can you pick out?
- what are the aspects of the book that make it fit in one format or another?

Sizing your book
- Book sizes are connected to book formats
- folding paper
-- cut paper sizes 8.5x11", 11x17"

Making a Template in Photoshop
- guides & rulers
- using layers and transparency

*Remember, you will need to get an x-acto knife and a bone folder by the first class after spring break

3/17/08

In Class Tue Mar 18th

Your Project 2 is Due!
* lets get your files ready for printing!

Lets check out the next project!
7 small books
for the mini book library, you give them 5 you get 4 back!

looking at examples, gettin ideas

3/12/08

In Class Thur Mar 13th

Photoshop
other layer options
- Layer masks
- Adjustment Layers
- Layer Styles

*check out the template

Work on the Project

3/5/08

In Class Thur Mar 11th

Photoshop Color Adjustment & Correction

Image --> Adjustments
- color correcting with 'Levels'
- other color manipulation tools
--- replace color

* Color Sync and Profiles

Work on Project

3/3/08

In Class Tue Mar 4th

Amazing Photoshop Skilz @ worth1000.com

Photoshop Tools
- Text Tool
- Shape Tools
- Path Selection Tools
- Pen tools

Layers
- Selecting and working on layers
- viewing / linking / locking
- modes / opacity
- editing Layers, Edit --> Transform
- Flattening your image (important to do before you save a JPEG)

2/27/08

In Class Thu Feb 28th

Project 1 due today
* Saving the project for Joe, yourself and Flickr
+ you should save the .psd file for your personal archive
+ for Joe save a jpeg, full quality , standard
+ for Flickr save as a jpeg, 6 quality, progressive

- upload your images to Flickr
- send your images to the class Flickr group ART216

- i also need a copy of your images on my computer

Photoshop
-- Blur / Sharpen / Smudge
-- Dodge / Burn / Sponge
-- Clone Stamp / Pattern Stamp
-- Healing Brush / Patch Tool

Project 2 Assigned

your custom design on M&M's
are there more places on the internet to create your own custom items?

2/21/08

In Class Tue Feb 26th

Join our Flickr Group, Art216

Photoshop Tools
-- Show us your tools [round 2]

Work on Project
Due Thur 28th

2/20/08

In Class Thur Feb 21st

Join our Flickr Group, Art216
- join the group
- how to add a picture to the group

Photoshop Basics
-- Image size / Canvas size
-- Zoom / Hand tools
- Foreground & Background Color
--- Photoshop the great Color translator
-- eyedroper
-- Taking notes (text and audio)
-- Views in Photoshop

Show us your Tools!

lets see some examples Worth1000.com

2/18/08

In Class Tue Feb 19th

USB THUMBDRIVE TEST TODAY!

Lets look at Project 1
* i'm looking for creative uses of the images with a consideration of context. ask yourself why you chose to do what you did. how do the symbols you chose relate to each other, the main image and to American culture?

Intro to Photoshop 7
-Photoshop Overview
Open / Browser / Save
History / Undo function
* Digital Image Resolution
* File Types
Image size / Canvas size
Zoom / Hand tools

What not to touch! (for now)

Teach us the tools! (we learn from each other)
- i will be assigning everyone a few photoshop tools
- you need to learn each tool assigned and then teach the class how to use these tools

2/13/08

In Class Thu Feb 14th

PAul RAnd

Intro to Photoshop 7
-Photoshop Overview
Setting up your work area
Open / Browser / Save
History / Undo function
Preferences

2/11/08

In Class Tue Feb 12th

Here is our first example of digital print media as subversive street art.

2/6/08

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12/12/07

In Class Wed Dec 12th

The Final is today from 12 noon till 3pm.

i will be in around 11:30am

it is time to celebrate the end of a great semester!

12/5/07

In Class Wed Dec 5th

SUMMA Thing

Lets talk about freelance and dealing with clients
- a pencil and paper
- how to bill and what to charge
- where to find work
- portfolio

ask questions!

Workin' on your Books

11/27/07

In Class Wed Nov 28th

A moment with Sam Karp:
- Newspaper Photographer, Magazine Creative Director, Communication Specialist, Photography Teacher, Marketing/Advertising Consultant

ask him questions, he's been around!

Check out Sams Blog

Check out Sams Flickr

Work on you books and the Triptic

11/25/07

In Class Mon Nov 26th

Lets Talk Copyright © (option-G) on the MAC
- What is it?
- Who Owns it?
- Levels of Protection

examples:
2 Live Crew & Roy Orbison, "Pretty Woman"
U2 & Negative Land, "U2 font and logo"

copyright © info

Make your Books!

11/18/07

In Class Mon Nov 19th

Makin a Hard cover for the book

bring your glued folded books to class!

11/13/07

In Class Mon Nov 14th

The chumby is here!

We will be makin' books today! or at least the test book

cut, glue, fold

11/11/07

In Class Mon Nov 12th

Finishing up the books and getting ready for the first printing.

-- You should be finalizing your book pages today

-- You should start printing the 1st copy today.

-- Lets talk about printing and papers and such.

we want to get all the pages for the first printing done and ready for thursday.

...ALSO check out the new links about personal publishing