Illustrate the nursery rhyme Jack and Jill by using artwork from a limited set of black and white clip art. Two illustrated sets must be completed, one representational and one nonrepresentational set. A third set must be completed, using text only.
Technical Instructions:
Click here to download the source files for the project.Combine the clip art to make interesting designs and compositions. The final layout should be 3 SQUARES on top and 3 on bottom like this:
Do not use a flashy font to tell the story, do not use any filters on the clip art, do not change the opacity of the clip art (donÕt make it grey).
IMPORTANT: Every student completes two sets (two stories of Jack & Jill) for a total of 12 boxes. The first set is ÒrepresentationalÓ (like the one shown above). If you look carefully at it, you will see that the characters ÒJack and JillÓ are in every single box, except the last (which focuses only on JillÕs eyes). This means that this sequence uses ÒcontinuityÓ between the boxes to give them meaning.
The second, Ònon-representationalÓ set does NOT have continuity between the boxes, yet, it still tells the story. It is more abstract, iconographic (icon-like) and more symbolic in the sense that street signs are symbolicÉyou can read them very quicklyÉ
The third set will use helvetica and Adobe Garamond, bold/italic, turned in any rotation (90 degree increments only)
TECHNICAL NOTES
You will be creating your files in Illustrator, using the provided source files. We will demo making an 8.5"x11" file, creating an "overmat" layer, creating an art layer, selecting and manouevering the shapes into the desired composition, printing out our finals, and mounting them to foamcore.
TECHNICAL PROBLEMS
Make sure you do a few test images, early on, many days before the due date. If you have technical problems, please alert the instructor, BUT, if you wait until the night before the due date, you are going to be in trouble. This project should NOT be too technically demanding, but, if you do not have good habits developed for SAVING your work, you may have a crash or something that causes big problems! Please be advised that even the simplest task (like this one) can have technical problems.
HOW TO GET A GOOD GRADE
- Follow the concepts in the lectures
- Combine minimal design with hyper-complex design so you cover the whole spectrum
- DonÕt get obsessed with little jokesÉinstead ask someone for their opinion, see if an outside eye ÒgetsÓ what you are trying to communicate
- Remember, especially if you are an artist, the results from Problem #2! If you have wacko crazy ideas, your teacher will probably love them, but they need to communicate the message as CLEARLY as possibleÉdonÕt resort to self-expressionÉuse you mind, think of it like a rubics cubeÉitÕs a puzzle, try to solve it as best you canÉ
THE GOOD and THE BAD
The best result is when someone surprises themselves and canÕt believe how good they are at designÉthis project has given birth to career designers, who never considered it for a career. The worst result is the exact opposite, a student throws themselves into this project and it just gets worse and worseÉIf its not going your way, but you know you are working hard, not being lazy, you need to be mature enough to step back and just submit what you have on time and move on to the next project, which is very different, and may be a perfect turn around for you and your grades.