Drafting Ideas

Objective

To explore and develop different ideas.

Task

Using the presentation above for ideas, create a set of drafts that further your book cover ideas.

You can use any medium - pencil, Photoshop, ink, camera etc etc.

Concentrate on the front cover - feel free to explore the remainder of the spread if you wish.

Size - aprox 10cm tall.
A - 12pcs    C - 8     E - 5

Presentation

Photograph your sketchbook pages and post to blog

Checklist for assessment

Lots of neat, interesting ideas.

Time needed

3 hrs

Deadline

Friday 21 March.

Unit 1 Task 3 - Pins

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

To allow easy access to the pinboards from your blog.

Task
Create 3 Unit 1 boards in pinterest. To begin with you are to pin loads of images on the 'Inspiration' and 'Similar Artefacts' boards. Leave the subject matter one for a while.

• Inspiration (stuff you like at the moment)
• Similar Artefacts (if you are designing a book cover, this will be full of book covers) 
• Subject Matter (If your artefact is about fish, this will be full of fish)

Presentation
Create links at the top of your blog for each of the 3 boards. See the image below. If you don't know how to create page links (not posts) watch the tutorial below.

Checklist for assessment
3 linked boards. First two have loads of pins.

Time needed
1 hr.

Deadline
tbc

Unit 1 Briefs

Links to the short stories...
What The Ladybird Heard   /   Winston Was Worried    /    Tiny's Big Adventure   /   Mr Big

Unit 1 Task 2 - Blog Header

Task: Create a beautiful blog header for Unit 1.

Using any of the processes that you are familiar with from last year, create a blog header.  The final design can be scanned into Photoshop or created entirely digitally.
Make sure you include the following info:

Your name  /  GCSE  / Unit 1  /  Graphics

SIZE = 900 X 300 PIXELS

Think about colour, hierarchy and clarity.

Here are some interesting examples...

Hello.