Downloading images to use in our symbolic self portrait

Today’s essential question: What are some images that might represent you or your personality?

Here are examples of our current project created by last year’s Foundations I students:

Created by Bayleigh

Created by Ler

Created by Gabe

Created by La’ja

Today we will:

• Learn how to use google images to download large, print-resolution images in our symbolic self portrait
• Discuss copyright law and how it applies to the computer art projects we create in this class
• Use the steps in this handout to download:
  • 6-10 images (that are larger than 4MP) you can use for the silhouette portion of our project
  • another 2-3 images (that are larger than 4MP) you might use for the background
• Create a new blog post with the following:
  • the images you downloaded this class
  • a paragraph describing why these images are meaningful to you. (You only need to write one paragraph total – you do not need a paragraph for each image!)

If you have not done so already, you will also need to do the following this class:

• Email Ms. Lawson the link to your blog (need links from Brianna, Kiera, Angel, Deziree, Celi, Gennalis, Lashawn, Keysean, Devon’ee). Her email address is steph@stephlawson.com. This is what you will type in the “to” field when you create your new message.
• Have Deziree take your photo (need photos for Darla, Brianna, Kiera, Francheska, Angel, D’Asia, Gennalis, Dahmeaz, Javier, Devon’ee, Morris (new photo), Jason (new photo).

Setting up our blogs

Today we will set up our blogs. We will update our blogs every class by creating a new blog post with that day’s progress. By the end of this class you should:

1. Go here to set up a Gmail account. (If you already have a gmail account, you can skip this step).

2. Click here to set up a WordPress account. (This will be your art class blog.) You may choose any free template you like, but keep in mind that you will need to post both text and images, so you should pick a template that supports both of these requirements well.

3. Log into your email account. Find the email from WordPress that asks you to verify your email, and click on the link in your email. This will allow you to publish posts to your blog.

4. Email Ms. Lawson (steph at stephlawson.com). Your email should include:

1. Your first and last name
2. The link to your class blog

5. Create your first blog post. Type up your portrait poems and post them to your blog.

6. Finish early? Create your “About” page. It should tell me all about you. Model it after the About Ms. Lawson page on this blog.