Intro to Graphic design
Project 1: Object Exploration and Representations
Begin by creating a series of photographs and detailed analytical hand drawings of the objects.
The initial drawings should be realistic renderings with full tonal values, progressing toward more
exploratory reductive interpretations based on these studies. Throughout this process, explore
varied light and dark surfaces and reflections, organic and geometric forms, the relationship between
thin line and massive solid, as well as other contrasting or harmonious forms. As you narrow your
choice to one object, refine and reduce the complexity of your representations with the objective of
arriving at dynamic, simplified visual descriptions of the object. You must determine the essential aspects
of this three-dimensional object, which you will use in order to clearly communicate its nature in
two-dimensional reductive representations
Begin by creating a series of photographs and detailed analytical hand drawings of the objects.
The initial drawings should be realistic renderings with full tonal values, progressing toward more
exploratory reductive interpretations based on these studies. Throughout this process, explore
varied light and dark surfaces and reflections, organic and geometric forms, the relationship between
thin line and massive solid, as well as other contrasting or harmonious forms. As you narrow your
choice to one object, refine and reduce the complexity of your representations with the objective of
arriving at dynamic, simplified visual descriptions of the object. You must determine the essential aspects
of this three-dimensional object, which you will use in order to clearly communicate its nature in
two-dimensional reductive representations
Project 2: Compositions with Type and with Color
Using your compositions 4 and 5 from project one for reference and inspiration for further
development (not limiting yourself to the same final renderings), create four reductive compositions
on two 17”x 11” sheets, each composition with one or more representations of your object.
Using your compositions 4 and 5 from project one for reference and inspiration for further
development (not limiting yourself to the same final renderings), create four reductive compositions
on two 17”x 11” sheets, each composition with one or more representations of your object.
Project 3: Type and Image in Three Dimensions
Create a series of compositions combining representations of your object with words or phrases that communicate the formal concepts of “repetition,” “transition,” and “opposition” in relation to aspects of your object on all three of the following dimensional forms
Create a series of compositions combining representations of your object with words or phrases that communicate the formal concepts of “repetition,” “transition,” and “opposition” in relation to aspects of your object on all three of the following dimensional forms
Project 3: Poster
Create a poster explaining the use and how the object functions.
Create a poster explaining the use and how the object functions.