college design project

It is a brand new semester!

Intermediate Computing for Design is for students who submitted their portfolios for the graphic design review in November and were accepted into the program. All of these students took my Intro to Computing class in the previous semesters. The last time I taught Intermediate was 2 years ago and I really enjoyed it, so I am excited to have the opportunity again.

Their first Intermediate project was called “Oh What a Character!” They found an image online of a celebrity, changed it to black and white, placed it in Illustrator, and worked on top of it like a template to create their own caricature of the person. The requirement of the illustration? It had to be completed using a maximum of 7 letters and 2 symbols in black only from one typeface on their computer. Yes, a typeface! They could rotate and resize typeface items as needed.

Below are some designs that were turned in. All have aspects to be improved upon for their portfolio, but overall I was very pleased with their results!

* I have permission from my students to promote their work on my website.

Ques-Nevels_Jackie-Chan — Jackie Chan by Ques Nevels

Carly-Bond_Miley-Cyrus — Miley Cyrus by Carly Bond

Conner-Booth_BetteMidler — Bette Midler (Hocus Pocus) by Connor Booth

chanceredo — Chance the Rapper by Darby Taylor

Gerald-Wicks_TheWeeknd — The Weekend by Gerald Wicks

This semester another new-to-me course I am teaching is Intermediate Computing for Design. This class is for students who submitted their portfolios for the graphic design program review in November, and passed. Most of these students were in my Intro to Computing class I posted about last semester.

Their first Intermediate project was called “Oh What a Character!” They needed to find an image online of a celebrity, change it to black and white, place it in Illustrator, and work on top of it like a template to create their own caricature of the person. The requirement of the illustration? It had to be completed using a maximum of 7 letters and 2 symbols from one typeface on their computer. Yes, a typeface! Only black letters and symbols were allowed, and they could rotate and resize them as needed.

Below are some designs that were turned in. All have aspects to be improved upon for their portfolio, but overall I was very pleased with their results!

* I have permission from my students to promote their work on my website.