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In-class Assignment #10 Zine Template

Ok, now that you have photos or drawings of your collection, make us a zine of them! Download the eps template file here, or if you prefer, the psd template file here. For those of you working at home, this is the zine format in action!

Work on your zine in class, and bring the final printed one to class on Wednesday, May 19. Also bring a stack of 8.5 x 11 paper, some pencils and some crayons for our in-class project on Wednesday! 

In-class Assignment #10 Clarification!

More info. about what I mean by analyzing your collection is here!

Potato Project #8 Final Final / In-class Assignment #10!

STEP 1 - Prep for in-class Assignment: Document and Explore One of your Existing Collections!

A collection can consist of any like items you have. A good example of different types of collections is this blog.

http://collectionaday2010.blogspot.com/

Whatever your collection, photograph it, draw it, show us your collection of 15 - 20 pieces. Show it to us on an 8.5" x 11" mood board post this on your personal Flickr account in a set called "225.10 - research."

Also bring to class your investigation documentation on each individual piece. Choose 5 ways of documentation from the list below. Post these in the Flickr set called "225.10 - research."

colors

textures

movement each piece makes

shapes

sizes

story of each piece

cultural history of each piece

materials of each piece

where each piece was found/purchased

imagined character traits of each piece

We will be working in class on a mini zine about your collection using the research you do between now and then.  I will provide you with a Photoshop file dieline of the zine format to use in class. The zine will be due by the end of class.

STEP 2 - Final Final for your big project!

Upload image[s] of your final piece[s] to your personal Flickr page and the group Flickr page in a set called "225.08 - final final."

BRING TO CLASS: 

1. Final Printed Project #8

2. Laptop

3. Any other equipment you'll need to create an in-class zine!

In-class Assignment #9 - potato stamp logo project!

We'll be designing a logo for the Potato Champion Belgian Fries food cart on se 12th and Hawthorne! Visual research for you below...

  

 

 

 

 

   
Here's some potato stamp research I found on Flickr...

     
...there's tons more on Flickr if you search for "potato stamp!" 

Potato Project #8 Due Wed. 5/12!

[preview of our next in-class project!]

 STEP 1

Have soft print outs [ie not on the final papers, if they're pricey] of your 95% finished 12-panel piece ready to crit! This way you'll have the weekend to finesse your piece[s] and have the final final piece[s] done for next Monday, 5/17.

STEP 2

Upload image[s] of your final piece[s] to your personal Flickr page and the group Flickr page in a set called "225.08 - soft final."

ALSO BRING TO CLASS: 

1. one or more big potatoes

2. exacto knife, knife, other cutting implements

3. different kinds of papers

4. a few paper towels

5. pencil

We'll be doing a fun hands-on potato stamp in-class logo project!

Potato Project #8 Update

 

[click image to see potato animation!]

Following up after our speed-round presentation and crits in class today... some of you still need to do more format research and become experts on the format you've chosen to use and post it on Flickr ASAP or at the very latest by Saturday morning [5/8] [Matt, Patrick, Galen, Paul, Sze Wa, Noah, Shawn]. All of you - if you haven't already - should post your format research on Flickr ASAP or at the very latest by Saturday morning [5/8], and spend some time on Saturday evening [5/8] or Sunday morning [5/9] going through the Flickr pool and offering helpful suggestions to your classmates since that didn't happen much in class today. 

Once you've done your format research and become an expert on it, begin drawing / designing thumbnails of your chosen potato project. Post these on Flickr, and be prepared to give a presentation on them along with your supporting research to the class on Monday, 5/10.

To recap: 

Homework due Saturday morning, 5/8:

All format research in a set called "225.08 - research" on your personal Flickr page and the group Flickr page.

Homework due Sunday at noon, 5/9:

Go through the Flickr pool and offer helpful suggestions to your classmates on their format research. Maybe you can offer other types of formats to look for that would be appropriate for their project, or something further that they may have missed? Help each other out!

Homework due in class on Monday, 5/10:

Initial drawing / design thumbnails for all 12 items of your chosen potato project. Upload all to your personal Flickr page and the group Flickr page in a set called "225.08 - sketches."