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Due Date: Fri.,
Nov. 13, 2009
Critique Date: Wed., Nov. 18, 2009
Be sure to take advantage of the opportunity to bring your journal
for a check, between the due date and critique date!
Size: One page
PROCEDURE & REQUIREMENTS:
1. Choose a simple object that you can explore visually! (Don't choose an apple or a cartoon. Try an everyday household object!) Remember that a shape (like a circle) is not an object!
2. Divide your journal page into 6 equal parts. In a graphic design, covering a surface with a repeated image is known as tiling.
3. Now, find 6 different ways to recreate your object! The idea is to take one object and recreate it in several different ways. Look at the examples of all the different ways an apple can be drawn! (Remember that everything does not have to be realistic!)
3. After you have drawn, inked and colorized your 6 objects, be sure to fully color (and design) the background of each tile. Use interesting colors and patterns. DO NOT use any construction paper to create colored areas.
4. Use meaningful text somewhere in your page to explain your variations.
5. Use collage in a creative way! Don't use images or photos of "things"....just use colorful bits of paper to enhance your work!
6. Create a pop up, window or slider somewhere in your work. Be sure that no tape shows and that it is well constructed, and not "stuck" on. It should work in with the overall composition of the page.
7. FILL THE PAGE and be creative! Show what you've learned!
8. Use FULL RICH COLOR! Not light, sketchy colors.
9. BE ORIGINAL! Use ideas that are new and different!
WHAT not TO DO:
1. Do not use cartoons or copyrighted images.
2. Don't copy directly off the internet.
3. Avoid choosing a subject that is hard, or complex to draw.
4. Avoid simply drawing one thing--and coloring it differently. You must DESIGN it differently!
line drawing/color
stylized drawing of an apple
REMEMBER...
That this nine weeks, the bar is raised! If you are looking for A's and B's,
you need to plan carefully, be neat in creating your work, AND show originality!
We have moved beyond simply "meeting the requirements", to creating
journal pages that are fully developed and rich in color, texture, pattern,
text, collage and imagination!
GRADES WILL BE BASED UPON:
1. Following directions
2. Having all the required elements
3. Going BEYOND the bare minimum expectatons (if you are looking for more than an average grade!)
4. Evidence of thought and planning
5. Good craftsmanship
6. Being creative and innovative in your solution!