Final Project

Re-Designing Your Visual Surroundings

Consider the formal concepts we have gone over during this term...

Investigate your surroundings with a critical eye and find examples of poor design or design which you feel you could improve. This could be: a book or movie cover, cd sleeve, concert poster, food cart sign, billboard, cereal box, etc. etc.

Bring 3 examples to class on Tuesday, March 1^st (picture or actual object)

Project Time-line

March 1st: Bring 3 examples of poor design to share, select one to rework.

Lecture on design, movements and text

- Follow steps 1-3 of design process: identify audience, brainstorm, & ideate- create at least 10 thumbnails sketches

March 3^rd: Continue ideation- select strongest 4 designs to enlarge, meet in small groups to get feedback, HW: Select final design to enlarge to appropriate size for final project.

March 8^th: Turn in Sketchbooks for grade

- Workday for Final Project; finish final project and all re-worked projects.

March 10th: Final Project is due for critique at beginning of class

Also: Turn in final portfolio of all projects through out the term.

(Projects will be ready for pick up Monday, March 14^th at 10 AM)

Week 7 & 8: Color Scheme Project

Color Scheme Perspective Project Time-line

Feb 15th: Bring acrylic paint and painting supplies

Lecture on color mixing & color schemes, Complete color wheel hand-out

Feb 17th: Bring plan or picture for perspective piece

Lecture on illusion of space & perspective, Work on sketch for perspective piece – final composition: use entire sheet of Bristol (14 x 17 inches) taped border is OK

Feb 22nd: 2^nd round of art show reviews are due

Choose color scheme for painting; In sketch book complete the following: 1. Choose 2 complimentary colors and make an intensity scale 2. Choose 1 hue and make a value scale in sketchbook

Being to add color to perspective drawing

Feb 24^th: Work day for perspective Painting

Final Perspective Piece due Tuesday, March 1^st at the beginning of class

Week 6: The Design Process

Steps of the Design Process

1. Analyze (Research/Brainstorm)
2. Define
3. Ideate
4. Select
5. Execute/Implement
6. Evaluate

Following the steps of the Design process, design a logo for your chosen client (see hand-out).

Thurs. Feb 10th: Continued brainstorm and 15-20 thumbnails in sketchbook, select 4 final options – enlarge 4 x 5 in color (on Bristol or in sketchbook) - Meet with groups to receive feedback and choose your final design.

Feb 15^th: Due at the beginning of class, mounted together on black foam core or black poster board:

1. Final logo design on 8 x 10 inch paper, any medium (sharpie, paint, ink, photoshop, Illustrator, etc.)
2. Logo depicted on a product: Draw or use Photoshop to demonstrate what your logo would look like on a product. 8 X 10 inch paper

Tuesday, Feb 8th

For Tuesday's class:

- Finish your Mixed Media Simulated Texture piece, AND the actual texture collage, we will critique them at the beginning of class

- Fine an example of a logo design that you think is successful, email it to me by Monday, Feb. 7th or bring in a printed copy on Tues. (npenoncello@gmail.com)

- Read pg. 120-132

Simulated Texture Collage

For Tuesday, Feb. 1st:

Collect a minimum of 5 contrasting textures. They should be varied in their surface quality, value, and roughness. Examples of materials you could use: burlap, lace, corduroy, linen (avoid flower patterns and prints), ropes, sandpaper, steel wool, etc.

We will discuss how to create simulated and invented textures and start your actual and simulated texture collages.