First Day Presentation Notes

OFFICE HOURS

Mondays 11-12 am + 4-6 pm
F533 HFAC

PROJECT DEADLINES for JANUARY (subject to change)
 M Jan 14 — Story World Pitch due (non-Fablehaven)
 W Jan 16 — Style Guide & Project Plan documents due
 M Jan 21 — NO CLASS: Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
 W Jan 23 — Style Guide Pitch Presentations
 M Jan 28 — Milestone #1: Sketches due

LEARNING RESOURCES

GNOMON LIBRARY — dbs.lib.byu.edu/gnomon
The Lee Library now carries a 5-user online subscription to the Gnomon Workshop collection of more than 300 instructional videos.

LYNDA.COM — https://mmlab.lib.byu.edu/mmlab
The library has 2 kiosk licenses with full access to Lynda.com tutorials.  They are located in the Media Center in room 4826 HBLL. Reserve a computer using your NetID at the URL above.

AUTODESK — students.autodesk.com
Students can subscribe to the Autodesk online community for access to FREE software, tutorials, digital downloads and support.

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

THEMATIC EXPRESSION
Create images that communicate uplifting ideas with clarity.

VISUAL DEVELOPMENT DIRECTION
Compose a visual style guide and apply it to the story world of a chosen project.

CONCEPT DESIGN PROCESS
Use an effective process to develop original designs.

PERSONAL VISION
Develop a series of stylistically distinctive designs to portray a story world of your choice.

PROFESSIONAL APPLICATION
Publish an online portfolio of your best concept artwork.

RELEVANT WISDOM
“It seems to me I am trying to tell you a dream—making a vain attempt, because no relation of a dream can convey the dream-sensation, that commingling of absurdity, surprise, and bewilderment in a tremor of struggling revolt, that notion of being captured by the incredible which is of the very essence of dreams... No, it is impossible; it is impossible to convey the life-sensation of any given epoch of one's existence—that which makes its truth, its meaning—its subtle and penetrating essence. It is impossible. We live, as we dream—alone…”
- Joseph Conrad

"...These are the generations of the heaven and of the earth, when they were created, in the day that I, the Lord God, made the heaven and the earth,
“And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew. For I, the Lord God, created all things, of which I have spoken, spiritually, before they were naturally upon the face of the earth...
“...And I, the Lord God, formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul... nevertheless, all things were before created; but spiritually were they created and made according to my word.”
Moses 3:4-7