Flag Up in The Air! - World Cup 06 Poster Design
Assignment
The Ivory Coast of South Africa is gripped in bloody civil war. That's on hold right now and men on opposing sides of the battle stand side by side as the Ivory Coast team. People from all over the world that never would have gone otherwise are flying to Germany to watch the event. People of all nations have come together. It doesn't matter how rich the country is. Everyone is on an even playing field. This is the most important sporting event in the world. World Cup.
Create a poster in honor of your country to celebrate everyone's efforts at the World Cup. Your country doesn't have to be the country you live in. It can be the country of your parentage, or heritage as well.
Things to ask yourself:
What is it I want to say to my team? (Show support) How can I affectively use color to help say my message? How can I arrange shapes to get people to look where I want them to look on my image? Do I want text? What kind of text would be most affective? Do my shapes, text, and color arrangement choices carry so someone across a room can see everything? If it were printed large and I were in the stands holding this up, could people easily read it?
Some things to remember:
Clutter is not affective. If something is too busy, it's hard to read.
Script is usually not readable close up, let alone from a distance.
Print quality is 300dpi (resolution).
Negative space creates shapes as well.
If you actually make this print quality, this makes for an excellent portfolio piece.
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Requirements
The only colors that should appear are colors in your country's flag. This includes any lineart and text.
One country per design. People of dual parentage (like myself) may want to do a second design if time permits.
Any text should support your design instead of distracting from it. Ideally, creating a type would be best, but realistically, just staying clear of overused and easily recognized computer fonts is best. Please be mindful of copyrights where is comes to text, such as text created by a company for specific products, like games.
Your message of support should be clear in the image and not just said in the text.
Objective
To create a poster using a pre-determinded color set that demonstrates an understanding of layout for print quality images.
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[Week 2 & 3]
6/4 - 6/17
Critiques run 6/18 thru 6/24
Family Affair - Creature Illustration
Assignment
Creatures, no matter how horrific, are born from one another just as we are. They create progeny to propogate the species, just like us.
Use your monster design to create a family unit. Create a mate and depict them together with thier (at least fairly) newborn offspring. Things to ask yourself:
How many would be in a litter? Smaller creatures or creatures that are lower on the food chain tend to have more offspring to a litter. Larger creatures would eat out all the food in the area if they overpopulate.
Are the young born live? That's how mammals typically do it. Are they hatched from eggs? Are the eggs hard shelled or membranes?
Are the young born helpless? Are they born standing and ready to run?
How much care must the parents give them? How hard is the birth on the parents? Do both parents rear the young, or does one move on after mating?
Everything in this situation is up to you. Depict them however you like.
Requirements
Parents that are in the child's early life and the entire litter should be depicted. (Both or one, depending on who sticks around.) They can be at any stage, as long as they are still children and dependent on their parents.
The family should be depicted in it's habitat.
The relationship between figures should be present without explanation.
This should be a full illustration with a background. The medium and style are totally up to you.
Objective
To illustrate relationships between non-human characters while intergrating them in a suitable enviornment.
Please note the change in time frame for the assignment. Thank you.
Submissions:
http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/viewtopic.php?page=1&t=14689427#794652120
http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/viewtopic.php?page=1&t=14690119#794681167
http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14692423 
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