Don't forget to work out a schedule for how you will complete your five folio pieces this semester.
Treat each assignment as a separate entity and give it a start date and a finish date.
Don't leave it all 'til the last week!!
Thursday 1 August 2013
Thursday 25 July 2013
Want to Include Storyboarding in Your Folio?
If you are interested in getting a storyboard in your folio, come and see me and I will get you a script for a Tv commercial and brief you on how to go about it.
Preparing Your Business Card in InDesign
This is a very handy tutorial about how to design your business card, prepare it for printing and liaise with a printer.
It's from vector.tutsplus.com
http://vector.tutsplus.com/tutorials/designing/quick-tip-designing-a-business-card-with-indesign-cs5/
And don't worry if you haven't used InDesign before. I will help you with that part.
It's from vector.tutsplus.com
http://vector.tutsplus.com/tutorials/designing/quick-tip-designing-a-business-card-with-indesign-cs5/
And don't worry if you haven't used InDesign before. I will help you with that part.
Wednesday 17 July 2013
Second Year Show - Business Card Assignment
In preparation for the exhibition in October, you will need to create a business card for yourself.
The standard dimensions are :
90mm x 55mm.
You don't have to adhere to this, but remember that you want your card to be able to fit into a wallet or a business card holder. The ones that don't do this can tend to get lost.
As an illustrator, your card should give some indication of what you do!
You can use an existing piece, part of an existing pice or you can create something specifically for your card.
The copy on the card should include your name, some way that people can contact you and a website or blog if you have one, so that people can see some of your work.
You should put plenty of thought into the design of your card, as it is probably the way that most people will be introduced to your work, so make it look fantastic.
I will inform you of dates for when this should be finalised in coming weeks.
The standard dimensions are :
90mm x 55mm.
You don't have to adhere to this, but remember that you want your card to be able to fit into a wallet or a business card holder. The ones that don't do this can tend to get lost.
As an illustrator, your card should give some indication of what you do!
You can use an existing piece, part of an existing pice or you can create something specifically for your card.
The copy on the card should include your name, some way that people can contact you and a website or blog if you have one, so that people can see some of your work.
You should put plenty of thought into the design of your card, as it is probably the way that most people will be introduced to your work, so make it look fantastic.
I will inform you of dates for when this should be finalised in coming weeks.
Semester 2
As we discussed in Semester 1, the rest of the year will be devoted to the creation of a folio of work which you will use when you go out into the marketplace.
The most important thing to keep in mind is that the work should be the very best you can do. When you are showing your folio to potential clients, you will be competing against lots of other people so you work must be the best it can be. You should aim to create work which is, individual, creative and professional.
The folio you create in second semester will contain
a minimum of 5 pieces
but you can do as much as you want. Just remember that 5 great pieces are better than 10 reasonably good pieces.
As we also discussed in Semester 1 you should aim at developing a folio which you think will best represent the kind of work you would like to do in your coming career.
You can create a folio which is very strongly similar in terms of style and theme or you can create a series of works which display a variety of skills and styles.
As usual you will show me sketches for all your work before you proceed to final artwork.
Areas in which you may want to work:
Magazine editorial
Children's books
Adult books
T-shirt design
Storyboarding
Advertising
Package Design
Character design
Comic books
Comics
Websites
Schedule
It's not necessary that you know exactly what you are going to do for each of the five pieces at this stage, but you should draw up a schedule so you know how much time to spend on each assignment.
The last class of the semester is Fri 8 Nov.
Draw yourself up a timetable which allows you to spend a reasonable amount of time on each piece.
That way you won't end up doing three things in the last week!
It's not necessary that you know exactly what you are going to do for each of the five pieces at this stage, but you should draw up a schedule so you know how much time to spend on each assignment.
The last class of the semester is Fri 8 Nov.
Draw yourself up a timetable which allows you to spend a reasonable amount of time on each piece.
That way you won't end up doing three things in the last week!
Thursday 13 June 2013
OptimumSettings for Live Trace
Entering these settings in Custom Trace will give you a result which most matches the drawing you are tracing.
Wednesday 22 May 2013
Assignment 4 - Your main Folio
It is now up to you to begin developing a folio which you think will best represent the kind of work you would like to do in your coming career.
You can create a folio which is very strongly similar in terms of style and theme or you can create a series of works which display a variety of skills and styles.
You will need to create one more piece to complete your folio for semester 1. This will give me an idea of how your semester 2 folio will look.
In Semester 2 you will create at least 5 pieces but as many as you like if you want to create more.
Just bear in mind that you have the time to make sure your work is just right, so don't rush to fill a folio with lots of OK stuff. Take the time to fill it with the very best work that you can do.
As usual you will show me sketches for all your work before you proceed to final artwork.
Your first step is to write a brief describing how you want to proceed from here and post it to your blog. Then we will discuss it and tweak it if necessary.
So remember:
Semester 1: The first piece of your folio.
Semester 2: A minimum of 5 pieces.
Areas in which you may want to work:
Magazine editorial
Children's books
Adult books
T-shirt design
Storyboarding
Advertising
Package Design
Character design
Comic books
Comics
Websites
Good luck!
You can create a folio which is very strongly similar in terms of style and theme or you can create a series of works which display a variety of skills and styles.
You will need to create one more piece to complete your folio for semester 1. This will give me an idea of how your semester 2 folio will look.
In Semester 2 you will create at least 5 pieces but as many as you like if you want to create more.
Just bear in mind that you have the time to make sure your work is just right, so don't rush to fill a folio with lots of OK stuff. Take the time to fill it with the very best work that you can do.
As usual you will show me sketches for all your work before you proceed to final artwork.
Your first step is to write a brief describing how you want to proceed from here and post it to your blog. Then we will discuss it and tweak it if necessary.
So remember:
Semester 1: The first piece of your folio.
Semester 2: A minimum of 5 pieces.
Areas in which you may want to work:
Magazine editorial
Children's books
Adult books
T-shirt design
Storyboarding
Advertising
Package Design
Character design
Comic books
Comics
Websites
Good luck!
Wednesday 1 May 2013
Assignment 3
Redesign the cover of the novel 1984.
Also create a book-mark which compliments your image.
This is one of the great books of the 20th century.
Its cover has been redesigned many times since its release in 1949.
Look at the examples posted below.
Research the themes of the book.
See if you can find a new way of simplifying the story into one strong illustration.
Your illustration can only use 3 colours, black, white and another colour.
It can be as simple or as complicated as you want.
The dimensions of the cover are 200 x 130mm.
The dimensions of the spine are 200 x 25mm.
Your illustration should cover the front, spine and back cover.
The typography should be a part of your illustration.
Type should include:
Front: 1984 George Orwell.
Spine : 1984 George Orwell.
Back: 1984 by George Orwell – 1984 has come and gone, but George Orwell’s prophetic nightmarish vision in 1949 of the world we were is becoming more timely than ever. 1984 is still the great modern classic of the negative Utopia (Dystopia)—a startlingly original and haunting novel that creates an imaginary world that is completely convincing, from the first sentence to the last four words. No one can deny this novel’s power, its hold on the imaginations of whole generations nor the power of its admonitions—a power that grows with the passage of time. Essential reading for understanding the postmodernist world.
Bookmark
Your bookmark can either be part of your cover image recropped to fit the dimensions required, or a new image which compliments your cover image.
Bookmark dimensions 200 x 40mm
Also create a book-mark which compliments your image.
This is one of the great books of the 20th century.
Its cover has been redesigned many times since its release in 1949.
Look at the examples posted below.
Research the themes of the book.
See if you can find a new way of simplifying the story into one strong illustration.
Your illustration can only use 3 colours, black, white and another colour.
It can be as simple or as complicated as you want.
The dimensions of the cover are 200 x 130mm.
The dimensions of the spine are 200 x 25mm.
Your illustration should cover the front, spine and back cover.
The typography should be a part of your illustration.
Type should include:
Front: 1984 George Orwell.
Spine : 1984 George Orwell.
Back: 1984 by George Orwell – 1984 has come and gone, but George Orwell’s prophetic nightmarish vision in 1949 of the world we were is becoming more timely than ever. 1984 is still the great modern classic of the negative Utopia (Dystopia)—a startlingly original and haunting novel that creates an imaginary world that is completely convincing, from the first sentence to the last four words. No one can deny this novel’s power, its hold on the imaginations of whole generations nor the power of its admonitions—a power that grows with the passage of time. Essential reading for understanding the postmodernist world.
Bookmark
Your bookmark can either be part of your cover image recropped to fit the dimensions required, or a new image which compliments your cover image.
Bookmark dimensions 200 x 40mm
Monday 18 March 2013
Assignment 2
Create an illustration for a box of Shipton Tea.
The illustration will cover the top and all four sides of the box, so you will need to consider how it overlaps across them.
I want a detailed illustration with lots of interesting things in it.
There are three flavours to choose from:
Lemon Zinger - fun, bright and crazy
Traditional English - Traditional, old fashioned?
Soothing Blend - mild and calm.
The flavour you choose will influence the kind of illustration you do.
Your Design will need to feature the following:
Shipton Logo
50 teabags
Flavour you choose
100 grams
Due end of Fri 26 Apr.
The illustration will cover the top and all four sides of the box, so you will need to consider how it overlaps across them.
I want a detailed illustration with lots of interesting things in it.
There are three flavours to choose from:
Lemon Zinger - fun, bright and crazy
Traditional English - Traditional, old fashioned?
Soothing Blend - mild and calm.
The flavour you choose will influence the kind of illustration you do.
Your Design will need to feature the following:
Shipton Logo
50 teabags
Flavour you choose
100 grams
Use the template supplied below.
There will need to be 5mm of bleed all round.
Due end of Fri 26 Apr.
Use your imagination.
Try new things.
Tuesday 19 February 2013
Assignment 1
Assignment 1
In AI or PS create an homage to a digital illustrator who you find inspiring and whose style you feel is a strong influence on your own.
Study their style. Try to work out how they do what they do. How do they create the textures colours, line-work that they use?
Choose from the following themes:
Walking in the Moonlight
The Hamster Wheel
Creepy Crawlies
Hat Day
Dimensions 20cm x 20cm.
Create a high quality rough in pencil.
Submit it to me for approval either in person or via email.
When approved, commence final art.
Due end of class Fri 8 March.
Perhaps spend week 1 and half of week 2 finding an illustrator, and finalising your sketch, then 1.5 weeks working on final art.
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