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Minimalist Poster Design

Project Purpose: Effectively apply design PROCESS to art; Communicate visually; Create using minimalist stylization of artwork; Self-Evaluation

min·i·mal·ism

noun: minimalism
  1. a trend in sculpture and painting that arose in the 1950s and used simple, typically massive, forms.
  2. an avant-garde movement in music characterized by the repetition of very short phrases that change gradually, producing a hypnotic effect.
     

 

Minimalism is an often deceptive form of art that is more challenging to create than its products might suggest: Your quest Visitor,  should you choose to accept it, is to create an powerful, dynamic, and unique design that effectively communicates an abstract design element from the story of choice. 

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Important: Documentation of your entire “Design Process” will be required for this quest. Please make a new PROJECT PAGE titled “Minimalism Poster” where you will record your findings and creations. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

Create a new project page titled “Minimalist Story Poster.” Now copy and paste the following as you will need to complete and correctly document these 7 steps on the your design process:

  1. Understand the Problem
  2. Research and Investigate
  3. Generate Possible Solutions
  4. Select AND DEVELOP Best Solution 
  5. Model and Prototype (Create)
  6. Test and Evaluate
  7. Produce

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PROJECT OBJECTIVES

  • Show the use of a DESIGN PROCESS in your design planning
  • Utilize basic AI illustration tools
  • Utilize Photoshop to blend layers for added depth
  • Focus on the design element of SHAPE in your designs
  • Exhibit an understanding of Minimalist design
  • Produce a Minimalist Poster for a Book, Movie, or Play of your choice
  • Use creative problem solving for a inspired and original solution
  • Demonstrate how you used problem solving skills with the design process

 

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PROJECT REQUIREMENTS & INSTRUCTION

 

Start documenting Process Now!

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WARNING: DON’T GOOGLE THE POSTER YOU WANT TO DESIGN. COPYING
SOMEONE ELSE’S IDEA EVEN IF REDRAWN, IS PLAGIARISM OR COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT

     Design Process STAGE 1: UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEM

1. Document what the actual goal of your design is: do you understand the “problem”?

  • What is a minimalist design?
  • What do you want to learn with this project?
  • What will you be communicating?
  • What is the goal of your art?

Assignment requirements / parameters:

  • 12″ x 18″
  • minimize your color pallete to roughly 3 colors
  • Title and director or star actor(s) must be included
  • Fonts may not be official movie font
  • addition info optional
  • All artwork is original vector art (no movie imagery or logos allowed)
  • texture overlay in photoshop will be the final step

 

     Design Process STAGE 2: Research and Investigate

Always record everything you find: images, ideas, information.  Document all the sites as a cited source or simply create a link in your documentation to the website to give them recognition.

2. Research Minimalist design AND your Story of choice

  • Research your purpose. What could you want to communicate about your story and Why? make a list
  • The more information you have about the people, places, or concept of a project, the more inventive and creative you can be as you brainstorm design ideas.
  • What makes a minimalist poster design successful or even GREAT?

Find your own resources: use classroom books or web resources

Here are a few to get you started:

 

     Design Process STAGE 3: Generate Possible Solutions 

USE YOUR SKETCHBOOK! This stage should be done mostly outside of a computer. Take photos on your phone to post on your project page

3. Brainstorm ideas for visual imagery representing elements of your Book or Movie — Show your brainstorming as idea webs, clouds, lists, found imagery, small sketches of elements (at least 25 ideas, words, elements required)

  • Brainstorm – concepts (what your design is trying to show, say, or communicate)
  • Brainstorm – style, techniques, or even a medium you will use to create the design
  • Brainstorm – colors, objects, patterns, images, or stories that could make a connection to your idea

4. Begin sketching thumbnail ideas for the graphic or layout of your poster. Remember minimalism

  • Sketch at least 8 completely different design solutions in your sketchbook.
  • Thumbnail sketches should be about 4″ sketches in sketchbook
  • Designs should be ORIGINAL though inspired!
  • Consider possible color schemes and fonts even if just in notation.
  • Be aware of size restrictions and page proportions

 

     Design Process STAGE 4: Select and Develop Best Solution

5. Select the best solution

  • notate why you have chosen it
  • Finalize a new detailed sketch of the best solution (not on the computer!)
  • sketch the composition of entire design plan including Typography and Space
  • Explore and document possible color schemes
  • Design Typography (beware of crazy display fonts, they are often cheesy!)
    • Use Kerning, Tracking, Leading, Contrast!!!
  • How will you create hierarchy of information? (Define what is most important and least important elements of the poster design)

      Design Process STAGE 5: Model and Prototype (Digitally Create)

6. Begin production of your Poster

  • Final Poster must be 12 x 18inches
  • Practice, develop or refine new skills you are exploring.
  • Remember Craftmanship matters. It shows you care!
  • All images and illustrations must be original and follow copyright laws
  • Remember to take in-progress screenshots for your project page –required

Polishing: Now that you have you design finished its time to polish. We are heading over to photoshop with your designs where we will be able to refine your looks. Follow along with these videos carefully and see how far you can take you final look before submission.

 

 

     Design Process STAGE 6: Test and Evaluate

7. Self-reflect on your design

  • self-reflect and carefully evaluate your successes and difficulties
  • How could you take it further?
  • Ask others for their opinions and document the suggestions whether you agree with them or not.
  • Refine or develop elements of the design that can be improved
  • Consider asking the Captain for a brief In-Progress Critique

 

     Design Process STAGE 7: Produce

8. Turn in the final .JPG and Print

  • Turn file into the captain’s server
  • Get final printed and mounted
  • Finalize Project Page with full self-reflection
    • successes
    • struggles
    • improvements
    • what you learned

 

 

COMPLETE: You need a fully finished project page including all scanned sketchbook work with image captions. Turn your your finished artwork to the Captain’s Server. Finally Paste the URL to your project page below and you may then click complete.