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