Exam Board - Creative Statement

Task:
You are to begin to write your Creative Statement for Component 1. This is what the moderator requires to help them understand your project.
You will be writing this as you go through your component 1.

The Creative Statement is HERE, make a copy and name it. Then share it with danhaycocks@me.com

...then look at the extra help and an example HERE

Comp 1 Tasks

Comp 1 Briefs

Preparation for Ricardo Cavolo

For your next piece of work, you will be illustrating a favourite film, book, group, festival etc. 
In preparation for Monday's lesson, please print off some images of the favourite band, film or event. The event that I have chosen is the Woodstock Festival in 1969. Therefore, I have pics of Janis Joplin, Jimi, Ravi and Pete Townsend. 

Miles Donovan - Analysis and presentation HWK

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Miles Donovan Analysis and presentation HWK
A few weeks ago, you were asked to complete an analysis of Miles Donovan's work during a cover a lesson. The notes that were written now need to be written up and presented in an interesting way that reflects the work of Donovan.
If you remember you used the Sentence Starters for Looking At Artefacts document. (There is a link HERE)

You should have the 4 sections completed:

• Personal Response
• The Object
• Subject and Meaning
• Art in context

Sprays into Photoshop

Stencil Spray

Cut out spray stencil

Look here: Spray Pinterest

Objective
To improve your skills when editing handmade images in Photoshop.

Task
Create a title for this section. "Spray Stencil"

Make your page reflect the work of Miles Donovans' spray drips. 

Choose a musician, sports star, film star or somebody else who inspires you. 

Choose 4 PHOTOGRAPHS of your chosen star from the web.  

** Ask me if the image is suitable for the task **

Open in Photoshop and follow the first tutorial below.

Stencil Typefaces!
Here  Here and Here

Presentation
In your sketchbook:

• put prints of your finished Photoshop examples
• work in progress shots from photoshop
• the raw stencils and sprays
• annotate thoroughly

Below are two tutorials for creating stencil spray work. They are taking a lead from the work of Miles Donovan whose work you can see above.

Get comfy and concentrate. Remember your headphones!

Colour Characteristics - Hue, Value & Saturation.

Deadline - Friday 22nd Of November 
Colour Characteristics - Hue, Value and Saturation - Home Learning Task

Over two pages in your sketchbook: 
1 Create a reaaaally good title - 'Colour Characteristics-  Hue Value and Saturation ' (Remember your type dynamics!) 

2 Collect 6 photos, illustrations or artworks (or a mix) and explain their range of Hue, Value and Saturation.

3 Draw and colour an picture of your making. Must be A5 or bigger. Then describe the Hue, Value and Saturation :)

Any questions, email me waaay before the deadline! deh@thomasadams.net

Colouring Type

Make sure you wear headphones when listening to my tutorials! I really don't need to hear two versions of my voice in my room. 

This tutorial is useful for students who have pages of black and white type they wish to colour. When you watch, it will state that you have to make a full A-Z. Feel free to ignore this.

Within this tutorial:  copy layer   /   threshold   /   zooming in  /   2 methods for colouring  /   selecting with the lasso tool  /  copy and paste /  new colour layer  /   colouring with shift>backspace  /   select by cmd click on thimbnail

Typography Personality

Deadline Monday, 4 November 2019 
Title: 'Type Personality'
(the task is on slides 5 and 6)

Type Dynamics

Deadline - Monday 14th Of October
Type Dynamics Home Learning Task:

In your sketchbook.

1 
Create a great title Typography Dynamics 
2 
Collect 6 examples from around the house or on the web of great combinations of typography. You can print them off or draw them.
3 
Write a short explanation of the meaning of Typography Dynamics (see the presentation above to remind yourself)
4
Write your first and the second name using a BAD combination of type and explain why this is the case. 

As always, make your pages look really interesting!

Any questions, please come and see me waaay before the deadline!

Typography Poster

Type Categories

Deadline - Monday 7th Of October
Type Categories -  Home Learning Task:

In your sketchbook:
1
Create a really good title - 'Categories Of Type'
2
Draw your name 6 times using the 6 type categories each time. 
3
Annotate each one stating 3 facts about them.

As always, make your pages look really interesting!
Any questions, please come and see me way before the deadline!

Foundation pinboards

Objective
To create a space where you can collect research from your chosen project.

Task
Create 2 boards on Pinterest for your Foundation project.

• Inspiration (design stuff you like at the moment - ) 
• Typography (Handdrawn and other interesting fonts - start HERE) 

Checklist for assessment
Loads of pins.

Covering your sketchbook

Objective

As you are a Graphic Communication, you will need to communicate your magic powers to the general public! To do this you will create a beautiful sketchbook cover from stuff you have collected.

Task

Create a Pinboard that is full of stuff you could cover your sketchbook wth. Consider stickers, photos, artwork, illustrations, patterns, textures, maps, stamps, labels etc etc.

Print a load of stuff off.