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Visual Media Production Online Coursework
Assignment II-Cubist SELF Portrait

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Criteria

Unsatisfactory

Satisfactory

Advanced

Selection

Selections are messy(include background) There are not enough selections to create a cubist figure (full body)

Majority of Selections are “clean”.

Shapes are strong and geometric.

There are many selections, enough to create a figure

All Selections are clean.  Both Polygonal lasso Tool and marquee selection tools are used to create figure shapes

Scale

There is no variety in the Size of selections

There is a variety in size of selections

Threre is a variety of shapes in the composition, theses shapes create an interesting cubist portrait.

Multiple layers are slected and resized.

Rotation

Selections have not been rotated

Selections are rotated to create an abstract human form

Selections are rotated to create interesting shapes in the human face and body

Reposition

Selections have not been repositioned to create the “cubist look”- disjointed and combining multiple perspectives

Selections are repositioned to crete a cubist aesthetic (style) that combines pictures taken from multiple perspectives

Selections are positioned in such a way that the portrait is powerful and interesting.

Multpiple layers are repositioned at the same time.

Overall Composition

Composition is incomplete

Composition is interesting and there is a complete figure

Composition demonstrates total understanding of how to use photoshop tools to manipulate layers

 

Skills to be mastered during this activity

 

  • Selection Tools
    • Polygonal Lasso Tool
    • Marquee Selection Tool
    • Magic Wand Tool
    • Quick Selection Tool

 

  • Edit Selection
    • Free Transform
    • Puppet Warp
    • Deselect

     

  • Layer Management
  • Making Groups (organization)

  • Selecting Multiple Layers

  • Controlling the “stacking order of Layers”

     


     



 Lesson II:  Getting Started making our Cubist Self Portraits

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 Studio Time- Begin making Selections and adding them to your "Cubist Self-Portrait" project file.