Sorry that I'm not with you guys again today. My family and I are still sick. Ugh. Luckily, you've got plenty of awesome things to make!
You can:
Bottom line:
You must be creating! You know my expectation. I'll be coming around when I get back to see what you've been making!
Intro:
In Mexico and much of Latin America, the Day of the Dead is a culturally significant holiday, much like Halloween in the United States. Part of the Dia de los Muertostradition is the presence of the sugar skull, or calavera. Using the template below in Photoshop, make your own awesome calavera design that reflects your personality, hobbies, etc.!
Search the web for "sugar skull" or "calavera" to find examples of beautiful sugar skull art. See the examples below as well!
History:
From www.mexicansugarskull.com:
Sugar art was brought to the New World by Italian missionaries in the 17th century. The first Church mention of sugar art was from Palermo at Easter time when little sugar lambs and angels were made to adorn the side altars in the Catholic Church.
Mexico, abundant in sugar production and too poor to buy fancy imported European church decorations, learned quickly from the friars how to make sugar art for their religious festivals. Clay molded sugar figures of angels, sheep and sugar skulls go back to the Colonial Period 18th century. Sugar skulls represented a departed soul, had the name written on the forehead and was placed on the home ofrenda or gravestone to honor the return of a particular spirit. Sugar skull art reflects the folk art style of big happy smiles, colorful icing and sparkly tin and glittery adornments. Sugar skulls are labor intensive and made in very small batches in the homes of sugar skull makers. These wonderful artisans are disappearing as fabricated and imported candy skulls take their place.
There is nothing as beautiful as a big, fancy, unusual sugar skull!
Although it is a holiday from far away in southern Mexico, it's a holiday one can personalize and integrate into their own religious and cultural beliefs. It is more of a cultural holiday than a religious one. It is a wonderful way to celebrate the memories of our loved ones who are now gone... through art, cooking, music, building ofrendas, doingactivities with our children, we can recount family stories, fun times and lessons learned... not how the person died, but how they lived.
I hope you come to enjoy Day of the Dead as much as I do!
~Angela Villalba
Process:
1. Make a new folder called "skull"
2. Create a new PS file that's 8.5" wide x 11" tall, 300 ppi called "#_lastname_skull"
3. Save the blank skull below to your "skull" folder.
4. PLACE your skull template onto your document.
5. Using shapes, colors and lines, decorate your sugar skull! Use the images below to get you inspired!
6. Use any tools available (use the shape tool sparingly).
7. Use LOTS of colors, trying to match traditional designs
8. Save your design as both a PSD and JPG.
Sorry guys, me and my family have been sick this weekend. I actually came in today for the afternoon, but had to leave to care for sick folks at home. So, for today:
FIRST: If you haven't finished the quickfire door sign below, do so.
SECOND: Check out the assignment below!
ONE-DAY CHALLENGE!
New folder in your "Extras" folder called "Face Test"
New Photoshop file: 8.5" wide x 11" tall called "2_lastname_facetest", 300 ppi
Use Google Images to find a good, large-sized image of someone face. It must be a photograph, so no cartoon characters or illustrations. Find famous people, movie characters, whatever.
Make a NEW LAYER called "outline."
Using a 10 to 15 pt pencil tool in black, trace the photo to the best of your ability. Fill in any totally black areas of the picture with black lines.
You may have to turn down the opacity of your "outlines" layer to 50% to help you see the black lines. Do this as you need to.
Once you finish making the outlines, create a NEW LAYER called "color". Change the layer style to "Multiply" and use whatever size brushes you'd like to color the layer. Use colors as close to those on the original photo as possible.
SAVE a JPG of this at the end of the period and turn it in to the "Face Test" folder in Turn In.
Even if you don't finish, turn in what you have.
ASK YOUR FELLOW STUDENTS FOR HELP IF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO SOMETHING.
Requirements:
New folder in "Quickfire" called "101813"
New file: 6_lastname_doorsign 11" wide x 8.5" tall, 300 ppi
Red gradient background
White, bold text with drop shadow
Turn in: Quickfire-->101813
Hey there! Even though I'm not here today, you get the computers! Hooray! Your jobs for the day include the following:
1: Turn in your school sign (if you haven't already) to the SIGN folder in TURN IN.
2: Make a new folder in your 10713-1 folder called "Wood."
3: Make a new Photoshop document called "wood" that's 8 inches x 8 inches at 300 PPI.
4: Use Google Images and Photoshop to create a piece as close as possible to the one below. Please save any images that you use in your "Wood" folder.
TO SEE THE PICTURE BELOW FULL-SIZE, CLICK ON IT. MAGICAL!
5: If you finish this, please turn it in to the "Wood" folder in TURN IN.
6: If you find yourself with some free time, make a new document called "Dude" that's 8.5 inches wide x 11 inches tall at 300 PPI.
7: On a new layer called "Outlines," use a 10 pixel pencil tool in black to draw a cartoon-style character of your choice (think in the style of Adventure Time).
8: Make a new layer called "Color." Color your character on this layer. Your final drawing should have only two layers.