Graphic Design 2 > Final Project Choices
Please post a link or two related to your final project in Graphic Design 2 with a short statement about your project focus...
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Graphic Design 2 > Final Project Choices below
Graphic Design 2 > Final Project Choices
1 > Rock+Roll+Design Create a coordinated graphics package for a music group cd release or tour. Work with a local band, an imaginary band, or an imagined release for a band you love. The project should include a strong identity for the group and a unified visual approach applied to multiple formats. Show how you would apply your design strategy to various marketing elements : cd packaging, concert poster, ticket, tshirt, web graphics, stage graphics, etc. Start by researching the best music graphics of the past and present. Brainstorm new formats that your music market might use. Develop typographic, image and color treatments that you will use throughout the project. Create a strategy document and pitch your project to the class in a presentation for your final exam. Generate at least 2 of the formats in finished form at high quality.
2 > Dream Product / Portfolio Focus Create a coordinated graphics package for an imaginary product that represents an area of special interest to you. ( food, sports, gadgets, fashion...) The project should include a strong identity for the product and a unified visual approach applied to multiple formats. Start by researching the best graphics of this product niche. Brainstorm new formats that your niche market might use. Develop typographic, image and color treatments that you will use throughout the project. Show how you would apply your design strategy to various marketing elements : package design, tags, magazine ad, billboard, etc Create a strategy document and pitch your project to the class in a presentation for your final exam. Generate at least 2 of the formats in finished form at high quality.
3 > Creating Awareness about Homelessness in St. Louis County NOTE> THIS PROJECT IS DUE EARLY to make the deadline of Fri., Dec. 5, 2008 for the American Advertising Federation (AAF) scholarship. The assignment is to write a creative strategy and design two public service pieces for a selected northeast Minnesota area nonprofit agency or project. A pdf file of this document can be found at http://www.aafduluthsuperior.com
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The Jean Pocket Project, a cool website that documents the pocket designs seen on the back of jeans.
http://jeans.pbwiki.com/JeanPocketProject
Posted by: Mike Hagan | December 7, 2008 8:03 PM
I am doing the dream project. I am illustrating my second children's story and therefor I am doing the cover to the story as my project. It was ten years ago when I first discovered the illustrator Dave Mckean. He has illustrated several book cover and children stories by Neil Gaiman: "The Day I swapped My Dad For Two Goldfish" and "Wolves In The Walls" to name a couple.
He uses collage combing line drawings, photography and painting to create these vibrant, interesting compositions. The web page for Mckean is not the greatest in my opinion but it does link to some really cool imagery. Lori Buoen
http://www.mckean-art.co.uk/
Posted by: lori Buoen-Beyer | December 10, 2008 10:28 AM
I am creating a dream product about an excuse maker. It reads the situation your in at the moment and comes up with the best excuse on the spot to get you out of your altercation. Im thinking about doing a magazine ad, billboard ad, and more than likely a mock up of the product.
Posted by: Chris Boesche | December 10, 2008 10:31 AM
I am choosing the rock n' roll project. I have chosen to create my own cool jazz artist named "Big Daddy D". He's a cool dude with a voice like butter on a hot knife. He's the new face to cool jazz revival. He encourages personality, individuality, creativity and the overall sense of coolness. He is the embodiment of cool, or so his design seems to portray him. However, imagery of Big Daddy D will purely be illustrative. He will not be portrayed as a real person. However Big Daddy D is actually a 29 year old Chicago native. He would like to remain incognito to mainstream media. I will create an album cover, a small poster, a myspace layout page, and a button for Big Daddy D's tour; cool.
Sweet huh?!?
My inspiration was a number of sources on the nets and a couple books i viewed.
http://www.pixagogo.com/7180565202 is a website with top jazz albums
http://www.gokudo.co.jp/Record/BlueNote1/index.htm is a crazy japanese website but it in fact holds vintage Bluenote album covers
Posted by: Michael Zaspel | December 10, 2008 11:00 AM
For the final project I will be doing the rock and roll option.I am making up a hip hop band. I plan on making a album cover a a poster to promote it. I may mock a website up where the band would blog. The name as of now is Monkey Business. The bands sounds would be similar to heiruspecs but not the same.
http://www.erasoul.com/
http://heiruspecs.com/
Posted by: Brian Hochman | December 10, 2008 11:04 AM
I am developing an overall look and identity for me and my friends metal band. I'm creating a dynamic myspace page and a CD jacket with a booklet insert.
Some inspiration for the myspace page are:
http://www.myspace.com/bornofosiris
http://www.myspace.com/abigailwilliams
I am using art from some of my paintings and mixing that with some photoshop illustration as well. Im very excited to work this =)
Posted by: Mike Bregel | December 10, 2008 11:48 AM
For the final project I am working in a group for the porketta sandwich for the MN wild. We are working on an identity for the sandwich. It is going to combine italian along with the northland.
Posted by: Amanda Planting | December 10, 2008 11:49 AM
I'm creating a nail polish brand for men. My main focus is on the logo and the name of the polish. The theme that my produce will be based on is football. It's name will be football related. I came up with the idea after reading an article about how women sometimes buy nail polish for their names and not for the color.
Posted by: Yer Moua | December 11, 2008 2:42 PM
Our final project was for the homeless in St. Louis County scholarship contest. We decided to use black and white photography in order to relay our message effectively, as well as handwritten text on a piece of cardboard to give a more personal feel to our poster and billboard.
Posted by: Noel Silker and Angie Schroepfer | December 11, 2008 2:42 PM
I am making promotional graphics for a tour of the group DangerDoom. I will have a poster as well as a stage backdrop.
Posted by: Corey Landgraff | December 11, 2008 2:44 PM
I am doing the rock and roll design for my final project. The band I chose is Metro Station. For the two formats, I will be creating a cd case and t-shirt designs.
www.metrostationmusic.com
Posted by: Michelle Miller | December 11, 2008 2:46 PM
For my final project I'm going to do identity for a rapper that I made up. I'm creating a logo that I will apply to a chain, T-shirt, and hat. And I will also be creating a cd cover.
http://www.intuitivedesigns.net/top-10-rock-band-logos/
http://www.gigwise.com/photos/45166/The-50-Greatest-Band-Logos-Of-All-Time
Posted by: Jessica Peterson | December 11, 2008 3:53 PM
I am working on a team to create a logo for a Porketta sandwich.I am creating an identity for the sandwich that has a cartoon boar and an italian theme. This sandwich will be marketed for the Minnesota Wild Hockey team and sold at the Excel Energy Center.
Posted by: Christopher Glancy | December 17, 2008 1:17 AM