Graphic Design at UCK

In this second assignment for unit 1, Shannon had to design a CD cover. This CD cover was to reflect her personality and taste in music. She had to include photography/illustration, a list of tracks and a biography of herself as the recording artist. And, as always, development work.
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The final submission:
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And her development work:
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Stephen’s assignment has many parts and, as you can see from the picture of the binder below, I’m not going to be able to post all of it, unfortunately! This is the older brief for HNGD 001 so many of you won’t have the same assignments, but here’s a look at Stephen’s work section by section.
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In the beginning of each section, Stephen included a page breaking down what is included in each section, his method of working and any other notes he felt were relevent. I won’t include any others, but here’s an example. This worked great for keeping everything organised!
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Part 01 called for the creation of vector-based objects based on your own sketches. Stephen chose Le Penseur, his Comic Self and a bottle of H2O. Below are his drawings and vectors.
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Part 01.1 required that Stephen import a bitmap into Illustrator and produce a photo real image to promote a concert.
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In part 01.2, Stephen had to manipulate, enhance and montage three scanned images (not posted) and then explore colouration methods (below).
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 Part 01.3 required Stephen to produce an advert about digital means of communication aimed at 18-25 year olds. He had to use a photo he captured himself and add layers, filters, etc. in both Illustrator and Photoshop. Here’s some of the planning and the final piece.
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Part 01.4 is about designing typography for a specific commercial brief. The subject here is an album cover. Stephen did quite a lot of exploration and research for this section so I won’t be able to include all of it, but here’s a sample!
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And finally, the last task of assignment 1, part 01.5 which was to design a custom typeface for a logo of a brand of music based on your own sketches and plending of two traditional typefaces. Once again, lots of back up research and planning so here’s a sample.
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Derrick chose Iron Man for his preview night assignment. The task was to produce a preview night poster, a brochure, a free gift and an invite for the chosen event. Again, the process of creating the final submission was just as important as the end result.
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The Final Submission:
This first photo is one Derrick took for the peer review site which was nicely laid out so you can see the final submission:
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And the Creative Process:
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Mind Maps
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Existing Examples
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Ideas for the poster…
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Decisions on Type
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More ideas coming together…
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Choosing Colours
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And there’s an idea of the preview night assignment for HNGD 006. Not all preliminary work was included here, but again, an idea.