Task:
Apply your understanding of composition and how a designer can use layout to direct a viewer's attention as well as your understanding of typography in the following exercise.
Steps:
1. Create a new file in Adobe Illustrator with (6) 8.5x11" pages. You can also use the artboard tool to add pages. Ask if you don't know.
2. In each page, create a unique composition using only your initials. Each composition should evoke a different mood choosing from the following:
sophisticated
fun
important
exhilarating
contemporary
sleepy
crass
sensitive
brave
calm
gentle
joyous
kind
quiet
loud
mature
noble
Use only grayscale for this assignment.
Consider overlapping and going off the page. Consider typography and negative space.
3. Print your designs using D-9 printer and hang on the wall for critique.
Finished early?
Continue to create another page. This time you may choose to incorporate graphic imagery or color.
Apply your understanding of composition and how a designer can use layout to direct a viewer's attention as well as your understanding of typography in the following exercise.
Steps:
1. Create a new file in Adobe Illustrator with (6) 8.5x11" pages. You can also use the artboard tool to add pages. Ask if you don't know.
2. In each page, create a unique composition using only your initials. Each composition should evoke a different mood choosing from the following:
sophisticated
fun
important
exhilarating
contemporary
sleepy
crass
sensitive
brave
calm
gentle
joyous
kind
quiet
loud
mature
noble
Use only grayscale for this assignment.
Consider overlapping and going off the page. Consider typography and negative space.
3. Print your designs using D-9 printer and hang on the wall for critique.
Finished early?
Continue to create another page. This time you may choose to incorporate graphic imagery or color.