Hand in date for Comp 1.2 sketchbooks - 14th of November

Hand in date for Comp 1.2 sketchbooks and Google Presentations

3.15pm Monday 14th of November.

Look on the Comp 1.2 list for your chosen area. You should be up to mid November

Below is the list for children's books, just as a quick guide.

• Find story 
• Photographs of Subject matter  (Character and Setting)
• Primary drawings of subject matter (Character and Setting)
• Secondary drawings of subject matter
• Character design and development
• Setting design and development
• Storyboard 3 other books
• Storyboard your book
• Rough page development

Final stage of personal investigation.

Written study help thingy HERE

Objective
To complete your personal investigation.
To conclude your personal investigation with a final paragraph that actually answers your original question in summary form.

Exam Board Assessment Grid HERE    How to write a bibliography HERE

Task
For the best results, you should be bringing in lots of the information, quotes and terminology that you found whilst completing your research pages.
I have written a handy helpsheet especially for conclusions HERE

Write either:

• an introduction that will lead to the start of your writing. 
• dive straight into another interesting idea that you have formulated
• do some comparative analysis 
• find a quote and react to it. How does it back up your argument? 
• as a last resort, do a mini 'history of' 

Analysis slides HERE - Just use the questions, don't make a new presentation.
Creative stages HERE

Presentation
Written study shared with danhaycocks@me.com

Checklist for assessment
Detailed, in-depth writing using complex sentences and spellchecked

Exemplar
Harriet

Deadline
Start of lesson, Monday 6th of November

Good example of presentation layout

Personal Investigation. 2300 words

Written study help thingy HERE

Objective
To complete up to 2300 words of your personal investigation.

Exam Board Assessment Grid HERE    How to write a bibliography HERE

Task
For the best results, you should be bringing in lots of the information, quotes and terminology that you found whilst completing your research pages.

Write either:

• an introduction that will lead to the start of your writing. 
• dive straight into another interesting idea that you have formulated
• do some comparative analysis 
• find a quote and react to it. How does it back up your argument? 
• as a last resort, do a mini 'history of' 

Analysis slides HERE - Just use the questions, don't make a new presentation.
Creative stages HERE

Presentation
Written study shared with danhaycocks@me.com

Checklist for assessment
Detailed, in-depth writing using complex sentences and spellchecked

Exemplar
Harriet

Deadline
Start of lesson, Friday 30th of September

Primary drawings.

Pencil and Gouache - Rebecca Green

myblankpaper.com    Rebecca Green Illustration

Ira Ville - Beautiful watercolours

http://www.iraville.de/blog/

Personal Investigation - Practical

Now is the time to consider the practical element of the personal investigation. I have created a set of personal investigation checklists that focus on children's picture books, gig posters, comics and non-fiction books. They are lists that set out the sort of tasks that you should be completing before January - that's 16 college weeks away. After that will be the exam.

Links to checklists HERE and in the navbar above.

Don't forget that you are working / presenting in a combination your sketchbooks and Google slides.

Personal Investigation. First 750 words

Written study help thingy HERE

Objective

To complete your first 750 words of the personal investigation.
How to write a bibliography HERE

Task

For the best results, you should be bringing in lots of the information, quotes and terminology that you found whilst completing your research pages.

Write either:

• an introduction that will lead into the start of your writing.
• dive straight into the most interesting / easy idea that you have come up with.
• do some comparative analysis
• Get a quote and react to it. How does it back up your argument?
• as a last resort, do a mini 'history of'

Analysis slides HERE - Just use the questions, don't make a new presentation.
Creative stages HERE

Presentation

Written study shared with danhaycocks@me.com

Checklist for assessment

Detailed, in-depth writing using complex sentences and spellchecked

Exemplars

Harriet     Lucy     Keavey     Holly       

Deadline

Start of lesson, Monday 27th of June

5 Written study tips

Link to document is HERE

Persoinal Investigation Research Pages

Before you attempt these pages you must read articles about your subject to gain an understanding. You should be able to discuss the wider context of your page. I.E. if your page is about Photomontage, you should be able to discuss the main practitioners, key pieces, contemporary practitioners, historical elements and maybe attempt an example or two. 

Please, please use your Dictionary of Graphic Design and Designers and Hollis' History of Graphic Design. They are perfect for this task.

The pages in the presentation above are great for the following reasons:

• they relate to the first project as the student came across the elements during case studies and analysis
• Beth discusses Beatrice Alemagna's work process rather than just historical events
• there is a mixture of drawn, printed examples and written note taking
• layout is busy and shows a 'working out' thought process
• the consecutive pages have a flow to them. e.g Beth's Beatrice Alemagna page discusses mixed media. She then goes on to do a page on mixed media and photomontage. This could then lead in many directions - Dadaism, album cover design, Hockney joiners etc.

Beginning the second piece and written study

Objective

To begin to formulate your focus for your second piece and written study

Task

Produce a set (at least 10 pages) of sketchbook investigations into interesting starting points that  have been generated during your initial project.

The pages must include: small drawings, simple copies, thumbnails, written thoughts, connections to other artists, photos, screenshots of films, magazine cuttings, quotes etc etc.

The pages should be full to brimming, surprising and informative. 

Presentation

Photograph them clearly and post to your blog.

Checklist for assessment

10 starting points, researched with enthusiasm. OMG! 10!!

Deadline

TBS

Annotating

Coursework Annotation

When you write, either about or for your work, make sure that you are not just describing a process. Description may be part of your annotation but it will always be part of explaining to make a point.

You could:

• use written notes, in conjunction with drawing, as a means of recording observations and demonstrating that you can respond to an experience as part of your investigations
• ‘demonstrate critical and contextual understanding’ though a case study of a particular designer, artefact or movement
• evidence ‘relationships between practical working methods and outcomes, as well as demonstrating ongoing critical review’ . This can be done by explaining where things have gone well or not so well. What are the reasons for this and what you can do to improve
• explain the meaning to your design choices and to evaluate you working processes

When you have sketchbook pages or other examples of experimentation, you may wish to discuss how the process could (or is) helping develop your work. As an example, you could discuss how the cyanotype process allows for unexpected results and that the markings or rendering allow you to express the water in in your story. Cyanotypes also lend themselves to montage (multiple images) and this allows you to represent the locations, characters and other specifics in a single manner.

Always place your experimentations in the context of your story. E.G. Make a cover or internal illustration out of your cyanotype or endpapers or title page or page illustrations.

Use THIS helpsheet to structure your annotations.

Component 1 Evaluation (AS only)

Link to the presentation is HERE

Objective

To conclude the units of work by evaluating your completed work for Component 1

Task

Copy the presentation (above) and scroll through the slides for instructions.

Presentation

Embed on your blogs. Post title - Unit evaluation for Component 1
Embedding tutorial HERE

Checklist for assessment

Relevant screenshots of work, insightful observations about the completed work.

Elements of a dust cover

Story Illustrations in Context

Colour choices

Objective

In order for you to fully explore the combinations of colours that you could potentially use in your design, you must trial a draft in various colour schemes.

Task

Take a draft and colour it using colour scheme ideas. This could include:
Monochromatic, complementary, analogous and triadic. There are many more examples - high saturation, low saturation with spot colour. It's up to you.
*Please ensure that the colour choice you make for your final pieces is included in the examples that you create.

Presentation

Post to your blog with a short explanation of what and why you have done this. You should also point out the most successful version and explain why.

Checklist for assessment

Can we tell straight away that you have consciously used colour?

InDesign Book Document template

Full book template to be edited with InDesign HERE
Square version HERE

Book Cover Template

Download the template HERE

Anatomy of an illustrated book

Story Illustration Ideas

Don't forget that you are doing all this work to end up with something like this...

Case Study 3

Objectives

To further your understanding of graphic communication practitioners

Task

Using the web, research and present a case study about a designer/illustrator of your choice. Choose somebody who you could possibly be influenced by when you come to create your own illustrations.
There is a good list next to my door. Or look on THIS pinboard I lovingly created.

The contents of the case study could include:

1. Biography - Include a few images from the designer's back catalogue and some interesting historical information. (Read, digest and then write your findings. Do not copy and paste information from the web.)
2. Take a number of typical examples and write about why they are characteristic of the designer or design house.
3. Research to see if you can find instances where the designers' trademarks live on today. What modern design references the designer you are researching?
4. Consider the context. What other designers were working at the same time?
5. Using photos / drawings that you created yourself or images from the web, emulate the style of the designer that you are researching and create a version or your own.

Presentation

Produce your case study using a Google Presentation or your sketchbook. To embed it on your blog, follow THIS tutorial.

Checklist for assessment

Relevant images, in-depth research your own words (no copy and paste), accurate emulation.

Time needed

5 hours

Deadline

Before lesson, Wednesday the 11th April 2016

Photoshoot / Contact sheet 2

Objective
To gather primary research for your story illustrations.

Task 
Consider the subject matter of your chosen book and take a wealth of relevant photos.
Use your imagination. The best marks will go to those that consider elements of the book that require some thought and planning. Set up a scenario.
For example - if a character in your story is in the army, it would be beneficial to your studies if you took a set of images of somebody dressed as a soldier doing 

Presentation 
Bring them to Monday's lesson, 7th Mar. 
We will then create a contact sheet and annotate the images.

Checklist for assessment 
50+ interesting images, lots of different angles and a variety of subject matter examples.

Time needed 
2.5 hrs

Deadline

Start of lesson 11 April.

Component 1 Analysis

Objective

To evidence your understanding of how designers make choices to enable better communication.

Task

Create a Google Presentation (or another equally simple way of presenting) where you have analysed a range of artefacts from your research.
You may choose 2 examples from different time periods or just analyse a selection of artefacts.

Make a copy of THIS PRESENTATION and use the questions included. 

To copy, open the presentation, file > make a copy.

Presentation

Google Presentation, sketchbook.

Checklist for assessment

Lots of insightful analysis and images.

Time needed

5 hrs.

Deadline

24 March

Pragmatic / Poetis - Theories of Image and Text

Copy

Objective

This task will allow you to investigate and practice how a designer has worked.

You will be expected to use the same (or very near) process and materials as the designer you have chosen.

Task

• Look on your pinboards or in one of my books for a style of working that would be suitable for your current project.

• Consider and research how the designer has worked. You will normally be able to work it out from just looking at the work. Discuss with your tutor the process and material needed.

• Write a short description of what will be required and in what order.

• Then set to work - remember to take a few work-in-progress shots.

Presentation

Description / short written plan

Screen shots and photos of work-in-progress

Final piece together with original - see eg above

Time needed

6 hrs

Deadline

18 March

Photos of Subject Matter / Contact Sheet

Objective
To gather primary research for your story illustrations.

Task 
Consider the subject matter of your chosen book and take a wealth of relevant photos.
Use your imagination. The best marks will go to those that consider elements of the book that require some thought and planning. Set up a scenario.
For example - if a character in your story is in the army, it would be beneficial to your studies if you took a set of images of somebody dressed as a soldier doing 

Presentation 
Bring them to Monday's lesson, 7th Mar. 
We will then create a contact sheet and annotate the images.

Checklist for assessment 
50+ interesting images, lots of different angles and a variety of subject matter examples.

Time needed 
2.5 hrs

Deadline

Start of lesson 7 March.

Case Study 2

Rachel's fine example...

Objectives

To further your understanding of graphic communication practitioners

Task

Using the web, research and present a case study about a designer/illustrator of your choice. Choose somebody who you could possibly be influenced by when you come to create your own illustrations.
There is a good list next to my door. Or look on THIS pinboard I lovingly created.

The contents of the case study could include:

1. Biography - Include a few images from the designer's back catalogue and some interesting historical information. (Read, digest and then write your findings. Do not copy and paste information from the web.)
2. Take a number of typical examples and write about why they are characteristic of the designer or design house.
3. Research to see if you can find instances where the designers' trademarks live on today. What modern design references the designer you are researching?
4. Consider the context. What other designers were working at the same time?
5. Using photos / drawings that you created yourself or images from the web, emulate the style of the designer that you are researching and create a version or your own.

Presentation

Produce your case study using a Google Presentation or your sketchbook. To embed it on your blog, follow THIS tutorial.

Checklist for assessment

Relevant images, in-depth research your own words (no copy and paste), accurate emulation.

Time needed

5 hours

Deadline

Before lesson, Wednesday the 9th March 2016

Cyanotypes

Objective

To utilise another process for creating images

To play with a process that has been around since 1842.

Task

Look through your story and choose a scene that you wish to illustrate. It could be the front cover or an illustration of a scene from inside.
Then look through both the presentations above to decide how you would like to construct your cyanotype. Feel free to experiment and try more than one attempt.

You may composite an image in Photoshop or create one by hand using paper or acetate. 

Presentation

Rationale
Work in progress shots
Final design
Positioned within the text or on a mock cover.

You will be graded on

Inventiveness when utilising process. 
i.e. being able to consider what the process can achieve and making the most of it.

Time needed

3 hrs

Deadline

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Sketchbook Annotation

Student Voice

Scamping other designs

Objective

To further understand the part white space plays in a graphic artefact.

To become aware of how designers balance elements on a page.

Task

Gather a range of book covers. This can be via Pinterest or your own examples.

Draw them in your sketchbook.

Look at your example and loosely sketch the page. Pay close attention to the light and dark tones—allow your brain to 'threshold' the greys into either light or dark tones. See the example above.
The images in the presentation are of a variety of artefacts - not merely book covers, but you get the gist.
Complete 24+

Presentation

Photograph and post to blog

Time needed

2 hours

Deadline

Monday 1st of Feb

Annotating you work

When you write, either about or for your work, make sure that you are not just describing a process. Description may be part of your annotation but it will always be part of explaining to make a point.

You could:

• use written notes, in conjunction with drawing, as a means of recording observations and demonstrating that you can respond to an experience as part of your investigations 
• ‘demonstrate critical and contextual understanding’ though a case study of a particular designer, artefact or movement 
• evidence ‘relationships between practical working methods and outcomes, as well as demonstrating ongoing critical review’ . This can be done by explaining where things have gone well or not so well. What are the reasons for this and what you can do to improve 
• explain the meaning to your design choices and to evaluate you working processes 

Reading task - Ch 7

Objective

To give you an overview of the history of Graphic Design in order to inform your written analysis work

Task

Read the chapters 7 of Richard Hollis' - The History Of Graphic Design.

N.B. Don't be put off, use a dictionary and the web for help. You are entering the world of grown-up reading with big words and concepts — if you don't work at it, you won't get it. 

Take notes in your notebook.

Write down 6 questions about the text.

Answer 3 yourself and bring 3 in for me or the group to answer.

Presentation

Photograph notes and post to blog.

Checklist for assessment

Detailed notes

Deadline

Start of lesson, Wednesday 27th of Jan.

Acrylic Character Study

Objective

To practice another process

To understand the differences of using a monochromatic and/or limited palette.

To potentially complete an idea for the cover or page illustrations.

Task 1

Take a character — or more than one — and research a similar looking model / portrait from the web. 

Print off a black and white version, A5 sized examples are fine.

Work on A3 cartridge paper

Your palette should consist of white and black. Use the sandwich boxes.

Using the 'general to specific' painting method, paint your portrait. 

Please don't attempt to get the detail from the start, don't draw it. 

Successful outcomes — for this method — rely upon layers of paint. These will come from you attempting and then restating.

Task 2

As above, but this time, using colour.

Your palette should consist of one red, blue and yellow with white. 

Presentation

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You will be graded on

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Time needed

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Deadline

tbc