Before you begin: You will be reusing your “lastname_tutorials" folder on your network space for this assignment. Save any of your canvases and .jpgs into this folder.

The Premise of this Assignment:

Most of the designers in the world using Photoshop do at least some of their learning of Photoshop Tips and Tricks through the use of Tutorials. The internet is filled with pages that show you how to do almost anything in the Photoshop world. We have practiced a couple of tutorials, including the “Emotion Painting”, “Exploding Planet,” and “Flaming Text”. For this assignment, you get the chance to find your own tutorial that is interesting to you, run through the tutorial to make sure you understand it, then complete your own canvas using the techniques you used in the tutorial to show the effects that you have learned.

Where to find your Tutorials:

The website TUTORIALIZED.COM is a great website with thousands of Photoshop tutorials of all sorts. Visit that website and explore a little bit. There is also a large list of websites featuring Photoshop Tutorials on my LINKS PAGE.

Tutorials on TUTORIALIZED.COM are categorized by the type of tutorial and rated based upon readers feedback.

Selecting a Tutorial to Master: As you explore your websites, look for a tutorial that sounds interesting. You want it to be at least 10-15 steps in length and demonstrate an interesting Photoshop effect or tool.

Check out the following categories to locate good tutorials:

• Abstracts
• Digital Art
• Effects
• Text Effects
• Textures and Patterns.

BE WARNED: Just because a tutorial is on a website DOES NOT mean that it is any good. Tons of tutorials out there are complete trash. Look for tutorials that have HIGH ratings. These will tend to be worthwhile.

Another NOTE: There are tons of tutorials on the internet that show how to execute some little 2 step trick that can be finished in seconds. This won’t work here. Your tutorial should be at least 10-15 steps and take 10-15 minutes or so to work through.

IF YOU SIMPLY CAN'T FIND ANYTHING: Try completing two or three of these tutorials. They are time tested and all will work fairly well if you follow instructions:

• The Furry Text Tutorial.
• The Dripping Text Tutorial
• The "Letters that look like Intestines" Tutorial.
• The "Snowy Text" Tutorial
• The Electric/Plasma Text Tutorial (I haven't tried this one yet, so no guarantees!)

Before you start working on your tutorial, please get approval from Mr. B.!

To begin mastering the tutorial, work through the tutorial a time or two so that you completely understand how the tutorial works and the effects that it creates. You should understand each step of your tutorial and how the step works! If you cannot understand what a tutorial is trying to get you to do because it is poorly written, FIND A NEW TUTORIAL!

SAVE EACH ATTEMPT AT COMPLETING THE TUTORIAL! You will be receiving credit for completing these canvases!

Then, using the effects and techniques that you have learned in the online tutorial, create your own unique work. DO NOT REFER TO YOUR ORIGINAL TUTORIAL! You should have learned and mastered all of the steps in your tutorial enough to complete your own canvas without any assistance! SAVE THIS FINAL CANVAS as "lastname_final_tutorial.jpg"

Save all of your canvases as .jpg files and place them in your lastname_tutorial folder. When you have finished your tutorials, copy that folder to the M: Drive Dropbox for your class period.

Grading: Students will be graded on this assignment on TWO things:

1. The quality of their unique original work (50 points),
2. The completion and proper saving of preliminary canvases showing their learning of the techniques involved (50 points).