Tips for a High Quality Gum Package

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

Here is a review of notes from throughout the year that will help you produce your high quality (high mark) gum package.
1. Use Minimum 150dpi Image
The higher the resolution of the images you choose the crisper and sleeker your gum package will be when printed out.

free stock photography
free vectors & graphics

2. Check your Visual Hierarchy
Test [...]

Final Culminating Assignment - Gum Package

Monday, May 12th, 2008

This final project is worth 30% of your final and will be marked IN DETAIL for it’s real life professionalism.
Due: May 16, 2008 - Rough Copy worth 10%
Must show rough sketches and/or a start in illustrator.
Answer this: Who are you targeting your gum to?
DUE: May 27, 2008 - Hard Deadline for Print
DUE: MAY 29, 2008 [...]

Assignment #3b - Taking Your Tattoo/Logo to Print

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

DUE: Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Okay…now that we have our tattoo’s/logo’s designed. We are going to move into the next process of creating a printing plate for for our designs. The printmaking technique we are going to use is relief printing.
The material we are going to use to create our printing plate is linoleum. We will [...]

Tattoo/Logo DUE TODAY

Monday, April 28th, 2008

Today is your extension for the logo’s. They are due tonight by midnight. We will be starting our culminating next class.
I have clarified what the “must have’s” are and how to hand in this assignment.
Must Haves:
1. Your final piece must be created as a vector using illustrator (any dimension).
2. Include your “company” name or [...]

Assignment #3 - Tattoo or Personal Logo

Friday, April 18th, 2008

Rough Draft DUE: April 20, 2008 (In the form of various sketches, min 3)
DUE: Thursday, April 24, 2008
Task: You have a choice design a tattoo or a personal logo for yourself. Which ever you choose, this piece is your first step to branding your own identity. Your identity is how you [...]

Posters DUE TODAY!

Monday, April 7th, 2008

Since these posters are going to print. There are some steps that are required so that the printer can open your file correctly.
1. Save your file as “yourName_peace.ai”
2. Save a second version of your file with your fonts outlined. Outlining your fonts turns your fonts from text into shapes. This allows other people who don’t [...]

Assignment #3 - Peace Week Posters

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

Rough Draft DUE: April 4, 2008 - 40% of mark

DUE: April 8, 2008 - THIS IS A HARD DEADLINE as the posters need to go to print in order for us to get them back on time.
Our first real world job. Peace Week at WHCI is Apirl 14 - 18, 2008
Task: Create posters to [...]

Assignment #2 - Self Portrait

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

Due: February 29, 2008 
The purpose of this assignment is to show your ability to capture emotion.
My piece is called “Frustrated with the Corner”
Task: Using your photoshop skills create a self portrait expressing an emotion that is true to you.
Pay attention to the “must haves” as these are considered your client’s requests.
Choose one of the following:

1.  intense in ______
2.  anger towards [...]

Magazine Due…Tuesday!

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

There’s no denying that this past week there has been a high level of quality in the classroom, and you’ve really shown your desire to produce quality work. I feel better about giving you the weekend to continue and finish up.
Magazine Cover due Tuesday, January 29th, 2008.
This is the final deadline for report cards. I will not guarantee [...]

Assignment #1 - Magazine Cover

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

Due: January 25, 2008
Note! This is an important deadline as marks are due in for report cards. If your assignment is not handed in by this deadline, it will not be marked on time for your report card.
Task: Create a magazine cover by choosing one of the following magazine titles and includes the following “must haves”.

1. [...]