Professor Thomas Sakoulas
State University of New York at Oneonta : Art Department

Introduction to Computer Art

A course taught by Thomas Sakoulas at the State University of New York at Oneonta.

This site is designed as an auxiliary tool for the students participating in this class, and provides instructions, galleries, and resources as aids to the class assignments.

	Spring 2005
	Assignment	Due
1	Assignment: Pattern Reading: Photoshop WOW book: Pages 1 - 63	Add to your portfolio (no critique for this project)
2	In class Assignment: Digital Photo Use the digital camera to take two digital portraits of a classmate. In class Assignment: Scan 10 of your own pictures Scan 10 of your own photographs. Scan them at 150ppi. They will serve as your photo library for subsequent projects. Reading: Photoshop WOW book: Pages 49-55 (Scanning, Resolution, File Formats) Save them as 10 individual .TIF files in one folder called "scanned images". Assignment: Self-Portrait Painting (More Details) Reading: Photoshop WOW book: Pages 252-289 Reading: Photoshop WOW book: Pages 232-251 (Filters+Styles)	Present during the critique on Tuesday Feb. 8th
3	Digital Collage Reading: Photoshop WOW book: Pages 64-231	Present during the critique on Thursday, March 3d
4	Signs Reading: Illustrator Quickstart Guide: Chapters 1 through 11	Finish by March 17th. Add to your portfolio (no critique for this project)
You may do assignments 5 and 6, or you may create your own assignments instead. If you do create your own assignents, please obey the deadlines and critiques. You may use any program, discipline, application you want. If you get stuck on technical information, use the "help" function, the web, or other books to find answers. No tutorials will be accepted, and no work done for other classes. All work must be original, and created for this class only. Have fun, and be creative.
5	Poster Reading: Illustrator Quickstart Guide: Chapters 12, 13, 14	Present during the critique on Thursday, April 7th
6	Web Design	Present during the final critique.
	FINAL CRITIQUE for CART201-01 which meets at 12 noon: Thursday May 12 at 2:00-4:30 PM FINAL CRITIQUE for CART201-03 which meets at 10 am: Thursday May 12 at 8:00-10:30 AM Present Assignment 6 and Submit porfolio on CD: As 1,2,3,4,5,6

Resources

Hours the Teaching Assistant James O'Meara is available:

Tuesdays 4:00-5:00 PM in the Computer Art Lab.

Gallery of Student Work from Introduction Computer Art

Resources
This page contains a collection of Links, tutorials, guides, and other information useful to computer artists.

How to connect to the Xserver in our computer lab:

Click "Go" (Command-K)
Connect to Server
Select "Xserver"
Enter your username (last, first)
Enter your password
Select "Students"
On your desktop you will see a network drive named "students"
Find your own folder in the network drive
Save all you work in your folder (in the "Documents" folder if you have one)

How to Log-out when you are done working:

Drag and drop the network drive to the "Trash" on the dock (note that the trash icon transforms into an "eject" icon while you drag)

Alternately, select the network drive and click Command+E

How to submit your work for grading

Create a folder and name it "yourlastname-as#"

Put in this folder the finished work that you are submitting for grading.

Create one folder for each assignment that is due.

Copy and paste this folder in students>thomas>public>CART201-drop box (click ok to the message that pops-up)

Make sure you place a COPY in the drop box. Do not move your work there because you are not going to have it.

Also: submit one CD with your finished assignments arranged in folders named as described above. Label your disk with your name, the semester, the class, and the assignments it contains.