drawing 13/02/2019 bva215 week one

drawing 13/02/2019 bva215 week one

Title – Red Dwarf

Genre – Science Fiction / Comedy

Characters – List the characters in your story and provide a brief summary of each character (Name, age, personality, goals/motivations)

Logline – One sentence that provides a summary of your story (Who, what, when, Where and Why). e.g. When (inciting incident occurs), a (main protagonist) must (do something), or else (something will happen - stakes).

Synopsis – Expansion of the logline into a complete 3-act story (beginning, middle, end). No dialogue, write your synopsis in the present tense.

Act 1: Set the scene - characters and conflict are introduced

Act 2: Conflict begins and reaches a crisis

Act 3: Resolution – conflict / crisis is resolved.

BVA215              Drawing

Tutor:   Chris Popham                             Email: christopher.popham@sit.ac.nz

Recommended Allocation of Self Directed Learning Hours
Learning Activity	Recommended Hours
Preparation for class	8
Reading	8
Research	10
Project/s	46
Documentation	10

Timetable:  day     TIME                               Rm:  Dance Studio or Clinic

Credits	15
Level	5
Lecture & Tutorial Hours	68
Independent Study	82
Total Hours	150

Students will build on the foundation of the first-year drawing paper to reinforce and expand their observational, analytical and creative skills and knowledge. Students will utilise practical drawing tools in thematic and conceptual projects to explore the use of drawing as an art form. Students will analyse and identify the visual language used in a range of historic and contemporary drawing practices to begin to develop their own ‘voice’ within drawing practice.

AIMS
LEARNING OUTCOMES

On successful completion of this paper, students will be able to:

·         Produce and analyse drawing as art forms

·         Analyse visual language for developing practitioners’ own ‘voice’

·         Identify and evaluate relevance of historical and contemporary practices

·         Utilise journaling as an active practice-based research method

Source for developing expressive statements; explore drawing as an art form significance of drawing in own practice; journaling as practice-based research method. Identified relevant practitioners; analyse drawing practices to identify the use of visual language; progress development of own ‘voice’ within drawing practice.

CONTENT AND CONTEXT

ATTENDANCE

At least 80% attendance is required.  Students who are over ten minutes late, without prior agreement from the Tutor, will be recorded as absent. A doctor’s certificate may be requested.

Assessments	Weightings
Proposal	10%
Project/s (e.g. practical/ studio)	65%
Documentation (e.g. journals, blogs, reports, evaluations)	25%

METHOD OF ASSESSMENT

ASSESSMENTS FOR BVA215

All assessments must clearly have your name displayed and include a signed cover sheet.

Assessment	Weighting	Due Date	Time
PROPOSAL	10%	Wednesday 20th March	5pm
PROJECT PART 1	25%	July	5pm
PROJECT PART 2	40%	October	5pm
DOCUMENTATION	25%	November	5pm

GRADE RANGE

A+	90 - 100%
A	85 - 89.5%
A-	80 – 84.5%
B+	75 – 79.5%
B	70 – 74.5%
B-	65 – 69.5%
C+	60 – 64.5%
C	55 – 59.5%
C-	50 – 54.5%
D	40 – 49.5%
E	0 – 39.5%

Assessment Grades will be awarded as follows:

ASSESSMENTS: A passing grade for SIT programmes is C- or better. Please Note: All assignments are to be submitted by 5pm on due date. Late assignments will not be accepted for marking unless a formal extension application has been arranged with Tutor/s prior to the due date.

LATE ASSIGNMENT POLICY

·         An extension has been granted by a Tutor. Any application must be made 7 days before due date.

All assignments must be handed in by specified time on the due date. Late assignments will not be accepted unless there is an extension, given with good reason, by the Tutor.
Unless:

·         You have been affected by illness, accident, childbirth or bereavement. In the case of illness or accident a medical certificate might be asked for.

PLAGIARISM

For details see your student handbook.  SIT uses electronic “Safe Assign” to check for unacknowledged copying, if judged necessary. Avoid embarrassment by acknowledging any quoted material by making a bibliography.

CLASS SCHEDULE:                                     SEMESTER ONE
WEEK	NOTES	CLASS LESSONS
ONE		Shapes in a 3d space Composition
TWO	(Model)	Warm up drawings no liner circle then drawing Figure drawing
THREE	Fat vs Skinny	Skeletons and muscles
FOUR	Eyes nose mouth and ears	Drawing facial features (Physical)
FIVE	Eyes nose mouth and ears	Drawing facial features (Digital)
SIX	Proposal Due Thursday 20th 5pm (thumbnails)	Draw rock formations and vegetation
SEVEN		Hands and feet (Black Paper)
EIGHT	Groups will work together to design and finish a mural	Chalk drawing group mural
NINE	(Model) cloth	Life Drawing (Digital)
	TWO WEEKS BREAK
TEN	(Model)	Speed up drawing (Model)
ELEVEN	These will be used in comic Student will pair up and create a Caricature	Caricatures of students & Bios self Portraits
TWELVE		Outside drawing, buildings, trees, people Digital backgrounds, photo bash, simple
THIRTEEN	Drawing landscapes to help create backgrounds	Landscapes
FOURTEEN	(Model)	Life Drawing (Digital)
FIFTEEN	Front side high angle low angle	Concept Art
SIXTEEN		Comic Covers, front and back
SEVENTEEN		Finishing up Project Part 1 Finish writing stories

NOTE: ALL SCHEDUALLED ASSESSMENTS AND CLASSES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE IN TERMS OF CONTENT AND DATE. THE ABOVE IS A GUIDE

CLASS SCHEDULE:                                     SEMESTER TWO
WEEK	NOTES	CLASS LESSONS
ONE	Project Part 1 Due	Drawing Animals
TWO	Storytelling poses, foreshortening	designs Dynamic Character poses with lines of action
THREE		In Class Comic time
FOUR	(Model)	Life Drawing (Digital)
FIVE	With your comic characters	Speed up drawing
SIX	Dynamic shadows (Dance studio)	Inking (Cast Shadows from Lights)
SEVEN		In Class Comic time
EIGHT	(Model)	Life drawing
NINE		In Class Comic time
	ONE WEEK BREAK
TEN		Drawing Eyes to warm up. Then in Class Comic time
ELEVEN	Turning something inanimate into something living	Anthropomorphising
TWELVE		In Class Comic time
THIRTEEN	Re-examining facial features	Mouths noses & ears
FOURTEEN		In Class Comic time
FIFTEEN		Skin, scales, clothes & materials In class comic time
SIXTEEN	Project Part 2 Due	In class comic time
SEVENTEEN	Documentation Due	Sit n spits, exporting for websites, webcomics

NOTE: ALL SCHEDUALLED ASSESSMENTS AND CLASSES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE IN TERMS OF CONTENT AND DATE. THE ABOVE IS A GUIDE

Proposal        10%                 Wednesday 20^th March       5pm

You are proposing the story and rough thumbnails of the comic you will be making throughout this year. The comic will be 12 pages of story long.

In this document it must include:

·         Written story for a 12-page comic

·         Rough thumbnails of the comic layout

·         Brief writings about the characters

·         Goals for drawing this year

·         Influences/inspirations/artist models (Artist models should display a clear use theory of drawing)

·         Any images and visuals necessary

Keep your writing clear and concise. All images that are not your own need to be referenced.

Hand in a combined PDF document to the digital DropBox:
Y:\Visual Arts DropBox\BVA215_2019\Assessment 1

	Grade Value	Grade Assigned
TOTAL	/10
FEEDBACK:

Project Part 1                  25%                       July     5pm

Refined thumbnails/inked pages of your 12-page comic story. Finished comic cover front and back. Finished bio page. Mocked up into how you want to present it in comic form. The pages must be easy to read and have the dialogue on there.

·         Front cover

§  Has title and author

§  Shows final art style and rendering

§  Dynamic posing, composition, layout

§  Eye catching to your target audience

·         12-page story

§  refined lines/inked pages ready for colour

§  final dialogue and text included

§  good readability and story flow

·         Bio page

§  Includes self portrait

§  Brief section about you

·         Back cover

§  Matches the aesthetic of your comic

§  Has a brief section on what the comic is about

§  A coloured image if desired

Also, hand in 5 of your best drawings from the practical classes in semester 2 to be marked.  These images should display an understanding of history and theory of drawing through practice as well as fundamental drawing skills as analytical and creative tools.

This will be an entirely physical hand in.

	Grade Value	Grade Assigned
TOTAL	/25
FEEDBACK: Thumbnails Covers Bio page 5 drawings

Project Part 2             40%                 October         5pm

Fully finished comic, a total of 15 pages made by you. The story is now fully rendered to the highest possible standard. The cover and bio page should already be done.

·         Front cover

·         12 page story – fully coloured and shaded to the style intended.

·         Bio page

·         Back cover

You will be marked on the comic’s written, visual, and overall depiction.

Written Depiction

·         Good legibility, spelling, and grammar.

·         Speech bubbles and text are well planned, font is consistent.

Visual Depiction

·         Drawing is consistent and used to successfully convey the proposed story.

·         Characters are recognisable from panel to panel.

·         Artwork is clean and clear with a coherent inking, colouring, and shading style.

Overall Depiction

·         Story and art are original and make sense within your comic’s world setting.

Hand in digitally in a combined PDF in the dropbox ready for print.

Assessment Breakdown:

	Grade Value	Grade Assigned
TOTAL	/40
FEEDBACK:

Documentation:                   25%                 November     5pm

Blog:

Make sure you have a blog set up and tag all entries for this paper with the BVA215 tag.

You should be including regular entries which cover material you have covered in class, preparation activities and all a project pipeline work. This is inclusive of all development work such as sketches and thumbnails.

You should be including all research inclusive of reading, tutorials, animation reviews, game reviews etc.

Your blog must include:

·         Sketches with annotation

·         Articles related to your field, with annotation regarding your views

·         All influences and visual research

·         Your writings and notes

·         Animations watched throughout the semester with your reviews

·         Photos, scans, renders or screen grabs of your experiments

Make sure all images, text and artist models are attributed appropriately.

Remember to:

·         Date all your entries

·         Keep in chronological order

·         Keep it legible

Wikipedia is not a reference or a reliable source of information, do not use it.

Assessment Breakdown:

	Grade Value	Grade Assigned
TOTAL	/25
FEEDBACK:

Grade Guide:

Mark	Range	Explanation
A+	90-100	Demonstrates excellent understandings of subject develop. Elaboration of interesting detail. Use of Art and writing to enhance and complement meaning. Show original and imaginative problem solving. Excellent level of technical Comprehension. Complete and thorough. Demonstrates an advanced knowledge and skills on all levels. Showed thoughtful appreciation of the topic.
A	85-89.5	Demonstrates excellent understandings of subject develop. Elaboration of interesting detail. Use of Art and writing to enhance and complement meaning. Show original and imaginative problem solving. Excellent level of technical Comprehension. Complete and thorough. Demonstrates a very high knowledge and skill on all levels. Showed thoughtful appreciation of the topic.
A-	80-84.5	Demonstrates very high levels of understandings of subject development. Elaboration of interesting detail. Use of Art and writing to enhance and complement meaning. Show original and imaginative problem solving. High level of technical Comprehension. Complete and thorough. Demonstrates a high knowledge and skills on all levels. Showed thoughtful appreciation of the topic.
B+	75-79.5	Demonstrates a very good level of subject development. Has an understanding of detailing. Use or art and writing to enhance meaning. Shows a good level of originality and imagination. Shows technical competency. All instructions complete and demonstrate a very good level of skills and knowledge. Demonstrates some thoughtful appreciation of the topic
B	70-74.5	Demonstrates a good level of subject development. Use of art and writing to enhance meaning. Shows some level of originality and imagination. Shows technical competency. All instructions complete and demonstrate a good level of skills and knowledge. Demonstrates some thoughtful appreciation of the topic
B-	65-69.5	Followed directions with no mistakes. Showed some understanding in all levels of development. Shows some skills and knowledge on all levels. Needs further practice, experimentation and development in areas.
C+	60-64.5	Followed directions with no mistakes. Showed an adequate understanding in all levels of development. More work and development needed.
C	55-59.5	Followed directions with a few errors. Shows some understanding of some areas of development. More work and development needed.
C-	50-54.5	Followed directions with errors. Further development needed. Shows some understanding of the skills and knowledge needed. More practice, research and development needed.
D	40-49.5	Needs improvement on all levels of development. Errors clearly evident.  More practice, research and development needed.
E	>39.5	Sparse understanding of subject matter presented. Much more practice, research and development needed.