Cartoon Character

Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Anchor Standard 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Anchor Standard 3: Refine and complete artistic work.

EU's: 

1. Media arts ideas, works, and processes are shaped by the imagination, creative processes, and by experiences, both within and outside of the arts. 
2. Media artists plan, organize, and develop creative ideas, plans, and models into process structures that can effectively realize the artistic idea.
3. The forming, integration, and refinement of aesthetic components, principles, and processes creates purpose, meaning, and artistic quality in media artworks. 

EQ's:

1. How do media artists generate ideas? 
2. How do media artists organize and develop ideas and models into process structures to achieve the desired end product?
3. How do media artists improve/refine their work?

Assignment: To design and develop your own cartoon character to be used for an original candy

Objectives

• Strengthen digital illustration skills 
• learn new color application skills in illustrator
• create original artwork

Steps: 

1. Brainstorm ideas on paper of candy ideas. Think about what type of candy and the name you would like to have
2. Draw an image of a character to be scanned in to build over or work over and image on the internet to help with the shape only
3. Use shape tools to help you whenever possible and the pen tool for the rest
4. Add shading to clothes using Illustrator (No Photoshop for this one)
5. Critique and refine work
6. Upload to blog discussing candy idea and how you came up with the character