Project:

Digital Painting /Animation assignment

Rubric: 60 possible for digital drawing

64 possible for animation

Evaluation Standards

Much improve

-ment and effort needed

Needs some

improvement

Proficient level of

achievement

Advanced/

Extends past expectations

Reflect on your finished artwork to see if you understood and demonstrated the evaluation standards. Grade yourself from 0 to 4 points per category.

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4 points: Student completed thumbnail sketches and answered all pertinent questions in the assignment. See webpage                                                                                             

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4 points: The document is saved so all layers are visible and in the correct format. Files folders are used to create order in the layers window, and labeled as background, midground, emphasis, titled objects, etc.. Show this to me before you flatten all the layers and save as a jpeg or gif

4 points: Attention to detail and knowledge of tools are clearly demonstrated and evident throughout the painting. Soft blends and transitions.

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The digital painting is extraordinary and has aesthetically pleasing qualities in color, contrast and tints and shades.

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4 points: All brushstrokes are where they should be and/or are clearly purposeful.

4 points: Creative use of Photoshop tools is demonstrated very well through add texture. Appropriate brushes are used effectively. Student has moved in multiple directions with the brushes.

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4 points: Colors look natural and are true to the original photograph. If a different color scheme was chosen, it looks unified and well developed with highlights, midtones and shadows well developed.

No flat areas of color.

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Digital paintings do not grade this on this criteria.

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Student used lines to create fine details and areas of emphasis.  The background is soft and has less detail to show depth and distance. Aerial perspective is well developed.

4 points: Student created their own image from scratch. Example: a fantasy painting or created their own character.

4 points: animation runs smoothly with a story and communication. Tweens are developed well with smooth transitions scene to scene.

4points: A mood or drama is created by use of color unity and contrast to create glowing objects or edges based on light source created.