Wednesday, January 25, 2012

LIBBY & VICTORIA INTERNSHIP?

Very serious business building props for a photo shoot.

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

PORTFOLIO PHOTOGRAPHY

Need to start thinking about how and what you are going to photography for your book! I'm including here a few samples of style options.
on white seamless





in a context



on black

Thursday, January 12, 2012

ART 469 ADVANCED GRAPHIC DESIGN

PART I: ADVANCED TYPOGRAPHY | Weeks 1-6

This section expands on previously learned principles and incorporates more advanced
issues such as organization, hierarchy, layout and grid systems. Students will begin to
investigate ways to communicate content and meaning of text. The work is geared toward
inclusion in the final portfolio.

Project | Typographic Book | Weeks 1-3
Taking a traditional children’s story, re-designing the book using strong, experimental typography and original illustration or photography.

BOOK SPECIFICATIONS
-12 pages + covers
-full color
-built in InDesign

1. COURSE OVERVIEW
2. Phase I: Research & Selection  (DUE 1/17)
-Option A: Choose a story from this website:
http://bygosh.com/kidsstories.htm
-Option B: Write your own story
-Choose a size from BLURB.com
(7”x7”, 8”x10”, 13”x11”, 12”x12”)

3. Phase II: Concept  (DUE 1/19)
-Cover Concepts and One Typical Spread Design
-Rough layout of rest of the book (copy placed, maybe not designed yet)

4. Phase III: Design (DUE 1/24)
-Tight Layout of all pages for refinement

5. Phase IV: Refinement (DUE 1/26)
-Refined Layout of Cover and all pages for presentation

KRISTINA'S ROUGH TYPICAL SPREAD!    WONDERFUL.