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Project 03_Poster Design

For this project will be designing and submitting a poster design to a student art contest. You may use Illustrator, Photoshop, or a mixture of both to create your end result.  Goals: Create an InDesign poster layout using typography, color and pattern/texture as your primary design tools Demonstrate ability to design a composition with type tool, text frames, Character and Paragraph panel formatting, graphic frames, Selecting/Direct Selecting, recoloring, creating outlines, placing and fitting images within type.  Apply and describe an intentional color scheme in the composition Design the composition to include emphasis, balance, and visual hierarchy Combine three different fonts, including a combination of serif, sans-serif, script, display type, body copy, header and sub header in a layout to express the quote messages You will research a famous quote about diversity, then design a poster/artwork around that quote. The first step is to select an inspiring or meaningful q
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03_IN DESIGN_Text tutorials and style review

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Watch the following videos on the Bauhaus and Swiss Style SWISS STYLE FILLING A LETTER WITH AN IMAGE FILLING A LETTER WITH TEXT - INDESIGN
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Instructor tutorials_Gradient Mesh_portrait.

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Online Tutorials: Textures and Gradients. The following videos are a bit long about 12 minutes each.  They are very thorough.  Feel free to speed them up or slow them down as needed.  They cover: Quick gradient mesh strategies Creating Textures in Illustrator Using effects to create smoother blending between layers and objects
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02_Gradient_Mesh_Portrait.

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Outside Assignment:  Using the Gradient Mesh tool, create a self portrait, based on a photograph.    Due:  Sunday December 24 Outcomes:  Uses gradient mesh, along with pen, gradient, and color tools to recreate an image.   Before you begin:  You will need a good quality portrait image of yourself.  Note:  a portrait means that your face will take up about 80 percent of the picture plane.   The higher the resolution of the image, the better the results you will have.  1. Using the gradient mesh tool, you will begin by creating an all over mesh of your face.  You do not need to be specific in the initial gradient mesh.  This will be much like the apple exercise you completed in the previous exercise. 2. Build up facial features--including the nose, ears, eyes, and more working with complex mesh shapes-as completed in the coffee cup tutorial 3. Finally, complete hair and other attributes using whatever tools you deem most effective. Remember to keep the form simple.  W
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01_Gradient Mesh Cup Handle

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01  ADVANCED SHAPES USING THE MESH WARP TOOL. After you have completed the apple using the Mesh warp tool, you will work to try and recreate more advanced shapes using this same tool.  CLICK HERE TO ACCESS THE CUP HANDLE TUTORIA L Follow along and recreate the cup handle following the steps listed above. when you are finished,  PLEASE EMAIL
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