Professor Sara Gómez Woolley | Section D076 | Spring 2025

Tag: WEEK 1 (Page 1 of 3)

Assignment 1

Beverage Label Reboot

Floriaan, OostEke Brewery, Belgium – Designer: Jonas Devacht, New York

Project Overview:

Congratulations you got your first gig! A client has approached you to redesign an existing beverage label. Your client will be assigned at random by your professor for this project.  (You may choose to interpret the design prompt as an illustrated tea, soda, or beer label. All designs are for an illustrated wrap-around can for the specs provided.)

NEW DESIGN MUST BE PRIMARILY ILLUSTRATED, NOT TEXT BASED. If text is included in the final design it may not constitute more than 20% of the final artwork.

Instructions

  • Final Art is required to be created in Black and White only.  Work will be conceptualized in pencil and finished in ink.
  • Work in Progress must be posted for feedback to the DROPBOX. This is part of the design process and is a graded component of the project.

Due Date(s)

Resources

Week 1

Class Info

  • Date: January 31 2025
  • Course Goals: To familiarize students with the illustration field including its basic working methods, industry practices, basic history, and philosophies. Artistic techniques will be taught as well, however, this is a class focused on concept generation, and the creation of thoughtful illustrations, as opposed to a drawing or painting technical course.

To-Do Before Class

  • Join this Openlab Site
  • Review the Syllabus

Topic

WELCOME TO INTRO TO ILLUSTRATION

Objectives

  • To familiarize students with the objectives of the course.
  • To establish working practices and clarify expected outcomes.
  • To introduce the basics of illustration working practices.
  • To introduce concept generation techniques.

Activities

  • Review academic policies & go over the syllabus
  • What to Expect
  • Critique and Discussion best practices
  • Introduction to Weekly Sketchbook Practice

Lecture

  • What is Illustration?   
  • Illustrators are visual problem solvers!
  • Process: Where to begin?  Brainstorming & Research Techniques

Word Web Method of Brainstorming, for Japan Day Central Park.
Key Words: Japan, New York, Central Park

In Class Demo 

Bradlt Brald, Mint Magic 1986
  • Brainstorm concepts to update MINT MAGIC TEA
  • Competitive Concept Generation in Small Teams

Review Assignments and Expectations for Next Week’s Class

Due Next Week

  • Assignment 1 – Craft Beverage Label Illustration
    • Part 1 of 4 due next week – Brainstorm & Sketches (helpful hint REMEMBER THE HORIZONTAL SHAPE OF THE FINAL ILLUSTRATION.)
  • Read: Design Driving Industry
  • Sketchbook Exercise Week 1 : Meet the Artist
  • Discussion Week 1 :  Developing a Sketchbook Practice
  • Join this Openlab Site
  • Purchase Supplies

Sketchbook Week 1: Meet the Artist

illustration by Karla Diaz

Page 1: #meettheartist

Your Sketchbook theme for Week One is Meet the Artist!

Create a meet the artist page for yourself in your Sketchbook! Search for for #meettheartist to get inspired, and then design one to introduce yourself to the class.  You may use any media and style you feel is appropriate and that you are proficient in!  

You may choose to include any information about yourself in your meet the artist illustration. The content is entirely up to you.

Add a comment to this post, introducing yourself to the class. You could include your academic interests, why you chose your major, what you enjoy reading, listening to, watching, and doing in your spare time, or anything else you want to share (include your pronouns, if you wish).

Post when complete:

GO TO: CLASS SITE

DASHBOARD > POSTS > ADD NEW >

Write your post. Add a Descriptive title.

Choose CATEGORY (bottom right side): Sketchbook > Week 1 Sketches

PUBLISH

Please upload your MEET THE ARTIST along with a short paragraph of introduction. It should be between [250-300 words].

Before next class, read the comments and get to know your classmates! 

For extra credit, reply to one of your classmates’ comments. Do you have something in common? Did you learn something? Be kind.

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