Author: Sara Gómez Woolley (Page 2 of 4)

OCT 12th | Week 7 (NewYorkerCover)

 Strategies in Illustration COMD3633 – Class Plan Fall 2023 October 12 

Class #6 – Project 2 (New Yorker Cover) – 

1. Attendance

2. Warm Up Drawing

3. Student Questions about last week.

4. Class Critique of Thumbnails.

Please have the Thumbnails scanned For Class Critique. 

Prepare to answer these questions during the Critique: 

• a. What Theme did you choose for the cover art?
• b.Why did you choose this article?
• c.Does the Illustration you intend to create fit the market you want to reach?

5. 10 minute Break

6. Lecture/ Finding & Establishing Clients

7. Student Questions.

HOMEWORK :

Project 2: New Yorker Cover 

DUE Next Class: 

1. Refined pencil sketch for the New Yorker Cover. 

 2. Google Doc of Dream Clients & Written Assignment on Freelancing

Based on  MAILING LIST PROJECT as prescribed on page 102 of Inside the Business of Illustration CH5 , complete the writing assignment below. 

SHARE BOTH To this DROPBOX by the start of Week 8 class. (You can link to the Google doc from your writing assignment, and you may share this doc with another student if you choose to work as a team.)

Writing Assignment Freelancing Getting Clients Fa2023

OCT 5th | Week 6 (Editorial Illustration) & Intro Project 2(NewYorkerCover)

1. Attendance & Warm Up
2. Meet Lara Antal!
3. Critique of Finished Art Project 1 EDITORIAL

Please have the Art Scanned For Class Critique.  If it is not in our class dropbox by start of class, it will be considered late work.

Prepare to answer these questions during the Critique:

• What Is the Title of the Editorial or Article?
• Why did you choose this article?
• Does the Illustration you intend to create fit the market you want to reach?

4. 10-minute Break

5. Intro Project 2/New Yorker Cover

6. Student Questions.

DUE NEXT WEEK

1. Project 2: New Yorker Cover:  DUE Next Class: 5Thumbnails for New Yorker Cover.
2. Answer this question: How does the theme you chose to illustrate reflect the type of work you want to do in the future?
3. CONTINUE MAILING LIST PROJECT as prescribed on page 102 of Inside the Business of Illustration CH5 .  You may share your list with other who are interested in the same markets that you are.  You may work as a team. You SHOULD combine all the information you have gathered by researching your illustration heroes.  DUE Week 7

 Class #5 – Project 1 (Editorial Illustration) – 

• 1.Attendance
• 2.Warm Up
• 3.Student Questions about last week.
• 4.Class Critique of Refined Sketches for Project 1.

** Please have Thumbnails scanned and in DROPBOX For Class Critique **

Prepare to answer these questions during the Critique: 

a.What Is the Title of the Editorial or Article

1. What is your source (where did it come from?)
2. Why did you choose this article
3. Does the Illustration you intend to create fit the market you want to reach
4. Explain your thinking process for your thumbnails.

6. 10-minute Break

7. Lecture / Working in Multiple Illustration Styles

8. Discuss Expectations for next week

DUE NEXT WEEK

• EDITORIAL ILLUSTRATION FINAL – 9×12 finished color art (medium is the artist’s choice, but work will be reviewed digitally.)

**Submit your work to the Dropbox for Critique BEFORE class time, or it is counted as LATE WORK.**

• READ CHAPTER 5: Inside the Business of Illustration
• Continue your Mailing List as prescribed on page 102 of Inside the Business of Illustration CH5.  You may share your list with others who are interested in the same markets that you are.  You may work as a team. You SHOULD combine all the information you have gathered by researching your illustration heroes.  THIS PROJECT IS DUE WEEK 7