We have turned in ten in class exercises this semester. The list below shows who is missing each exercise. Make sure you put these in my dropbox. Albero – Liquify Blackwell – Pen Tool Ex, Illustration Dunn – Tomato Mendoza – Pen Tool, Tomato, Collage Schilke – John Lennon, Pen Tool, Logos, Butler, Illustration, Tomato, […]

Just a reminder Project 2 is due on Monday. I forgot to remind you about Process Books so those will be due on Wednesday 5/1 Also, if you are resubmitting your first project for a higher grade that is due on Wednesday as well. Have a great weekend!

Over the weekend continue to work on your found sentence if necessary. 1- In your process book make three thumbnail sketches of your composition. Keep in mind will be working in a square format since we are designing an album cover. We will discuss these in class. 2 – Begin collecting the imagery that you […]

6 – List three of your favorite songs. Keep in mind that we will be discussing these so if a song is very heavy for you emotionally and it might make you upset to talk about, skip it. It will be helpful to this exercise if these songs are in contrast with each other. 7-9 […]

In your process book: 1 – Watch and respond to The Case for Surrealism 2 – Research and Respond to the work of Hannah Höch 3 – Research and respond to the works of Fred Tomaselli 4 – Watch and respond to this video of Terry Gilliam’s approach to making surrealist cut out animations. 5 – […]

Reminder that your final book covers are due on Wednesday! We will print these out at the beginning of class and take them to the critique room to discuss. You are expected to provide feedback to your peers as in the Mid-project critique. You will also export a PDF and place it in my dropbox […]

“A book cover is a distillation. It is a haiku of the story.”  ― Chip Kidd Project Brief: Design a graphically simplistic book cover for one of your favorite books using the basic shape tools and their modifiers (pathfinder, direct selection tool, handles, delete anchor point) in Adobe Illustrator. You must also include both the title […]

Continue to refine your sketches outside of the computer. If you need to, use The Noun Project as a reference to help you visualize elements in terms of simple graphic expression. Think about how your color palettes will play into these illustrations. We will discuss these on Monday.

Here is a link to the Beginning Graphic Design: Typography video that we watched in class. And here is tutorial about the Type Tools in Adobe Illustrator if you need a refresher.

In your process book: 1 – Create THREE thumbnail sketches for each book. Nothing complicated on a drawing level, just a layout of your ideas. You will have a total of nine sketches. Keep in mind that we will ultimately be using the basic shape tools in illustrator to build your book cover. The Noun Project is […]