Individual Design Project - Exam 50%
CHARACTER DESIGN
Your final project is the equivalent of an exam and is worth 50% of your Design course mark.
TASK ONE: A THEME
1. You need to select a theme that you will work with for the entire project.
a. Think about if you want to create a character based in a: comic book, manga, animation, game,
story book etc
b. In class, you need to have you theme signed off by your teacher.
2. Create a new Powerpoint presentation (ppt) for your Individual Project
a. Add your student ID number, your name and “individual project” to the first slide
b. Write about your theme idea on the next slide.
c. Write notes about why you have chosen your theme and what has inspired you.
Look at existing businesses/campaigns and comment on what they have done successfully.
3. Brainstorm concepts name (book, animation, comicbook etc) . Add your brainstorm notes to your ppt slides.
4. Create a mood board for your theme. Add this mood board to your ppt.
TASK TWO: CREATE A LOGO
1. You will be creating the logo of your: book, animation, comic book etc. See the Power point presentation in Blackboard for examples of social awareness campaign logos. Think about the images, important words (taglines or slogans) and colours (think about colour theory and colour associations) for you company or social awareness campaign. Add these details to your ppt slides.
2. Sketch some logo ideas, add a photo of these sketches to your ppt.
3. Create 6 computer-generated logo concepts (vector logo designs using Adobe Illustrator) and add these to your ppt.
4. Share your 6 logo concepts in class and receive feedback. Select your best two logos.
5. Develop your best two logos. Keep screenshots/records of your development. Add your two developed logos to your ppt.
6. Ask your teacher for feedback on your two developed logos. Select your best logo to be your final logo. Complete any final adjustments or refinements to your final logo. Add your final logo to your ppt.
TASK THREE: CHARACTER DESIGN AND IDEATION
Storyboard and character development drawings for a graphic novel, animated film or game.
1. Decide if you are creating a game, graphic novel, animated film etc and use 1 slide explain the basic idea. WHAT IS YOUR THEME, WHERE IS IT LOCATED (Magical land, somewhere on Earth or in space) WHO IS YOUR MAIN CHARACTER.
2. IF YOU ARE CHOOSING A GRAPHIC NOVEL OR BOOK- Write a paragraph to explain your story idea or write a section of your story.
3. 1 ppt slide of examples of existing character development sketches that inspire you and other ideas.
4. 1 ppt slide of your main character as shown below.
5. 1 ppt slide of objects your character wears or uses (weapons, fashion, accessories etc)
6. 1 ppt slide of their environment in the game, novel, animation.
7. 1 detailed DPS from your comic book, your character in the game or a DPS from your book
TASK FOUR: CREATE A WEBSITE HOMEPAGE
1. Follow the class learning on good UX and UI (User Experience and User Interface Design). Write short notes in your ppt on what features your homepage needs to include to ensure it is appropriate for your theme.
2. Design 4 website homepage concepts using Adobe Illustrator or Adobe Photoshop. Procreate can be used to create artworks etc for the website but you should be using Ai or PS for the website concepts themselves, this allows you to create more interesting interactive websites.
3. Share your 4 website concepts in class with your teacher for design feedback.
4. Select your best two website homepage concepts to develop further. Keep records of your developments and add these to your ppt.
5. Share your two developed designs and select your final homepage design.
6. Make any final adjustments to your website homepage design and add the finished design to your ppt.
TASK FIVE: CREATING A BRANDING GUIDELINE OF ALL YOUR WORK
Create a Branding Guideline to explain the following things:
The specific fonts you will be using in your design
The specific colours you will be using throughout your design
The kinds of imagery you will be using in your design
The language your theme will use (casual, professional, appealing to children/young adults)
This is an example of a business’s branding guideline
EXTENSION
2 pages in total: 1 page of planning/sketches/ideation. 1 page of the final product.
If you are interested in extending yourself in this project (especially if you are wanting to apply for a creative degree at university) you should consider extending yourself and creating an extra collection of designs. You will be supported by your teacher with a variety of resources. This could be as follows
· Packaging Design – coffee cups, bags, product packing etc. This could result in you even creating a 3D piece of packaging
· Interior Design- Planning the interior of your business or a location relevant to your theme using SketchUp or other architectural software. You could even explore 3D modelling using paper, cardboard etc.
· Moving Image – Creating a short piece of video such as an advertisement/art piece relating to your theme.
· Animation – Creating gifs using illustrations you have created. This can also be done using typography. Animations can be made using Ps or Ai.
ALL THE IMAGES USED HAVE TO BE MADE BY YOURSELF – You need to add a slide showing us how you have created the images and illustrations for your project.
Your final project will be submitted as a Power point (ppt) and will include:
· Theme introduction
· Theme research
· Branding Guide
· Logo
· DPS
· Website
· Images made for the project
· Any extension work (if applicable)