All of these projects can be tweaked, adapted, or changed based on your personality and interests. These are all just starters.
Graphic design is visual communication and problem-solving through the use of typography, photography and illustration. Research the process, styles, the methods of construction & planning, measuring, sketching, typography, photography, coloring, use of materials, etc. and design and create graphic designs with your own unique twist. Practice and record your practice for each step of the process that leads to the final project.
Graphic Design or Communication Design
AdvertisementPart 1: Find a professional advertisement or ad company that you like similar to your intended project. Research the creators and the process they go through to create their graphics. Analyze and reverse engineer their ads: what techniques are being used (eg. brainstorming, planning, color psychology, layout, photography, patterns, etc.)?
Part 2: Design and create your own graphic advertisement for a product. Practice and record your practice for each concept. |
Graphic Design CompanyPart 1: Find a professional graphic designer or company that you like similar to your intended project. Research the creators and the process they go through to create their graphics. Analyze and reverse engineer their graphics: what techniques are being used (eg. brainstorming, planning, layout, materials, patterns, etc.)?
Part 2: Design and create your own graphic designs. Practice and record your practice for each concept. There are many students who may need you to create graphics for their own projects--some will even pay for it. |
Movie PosterPart 1: Find a professional graphic designer or company that you like similar to your intended project. Research the creators and the process they go through to create their graphics. Analyze and reverse engineer their graphics: what techniques are being used (eg. brainstorming, planning, layout, materials, patterns, etc.)?
Part 2: Design and create your own graphic designs. Practice and record your practice for each concept. |
LogoPart 1: Find a professional graphic designer or company that you like similar to your intended project. Research the creators and the process they go through to create their logos. Analyze and reverse engineer the graphics: what techniques are being used (eg. brainstorming, planning, color psychology, layout, materials, photography, patterns, etc.)?
Part 2: Design and create your own graphic logo, then begin creating a portfolio of logos. Practice and record your practice for each concept. There are many students who may need you to create logos for their own projects--some will even pay for it. |
Graphic RecipesPart 1: Find a professional graphic designer or company that you like similar to your intended project. Research the creators and the process they go through to create their graphics. Analyze and reverse engineer the graphics: what techniques are being used (eg. brainstorming, planning, color psychology, layout, materials, photography, patterns, etc.)?
Part 2: Find a professional chef that you like. Research his or her creative process. Choose a complex recipe from this chef and recreate it with your own twist. Analyze and reverse engineer how the recipe is made: what techniques do you need to learn to create the recipe (eg. planning, knife skills, quartering and trussing a chicken, making stock, sautéing vegetables, controlling thickness, etc.)? Practice and record your practice for each concept. Step 3: Design and create your own graphic recipe. You could potentially create your own recipe book with these graphic recipes. |
Album CoverPart 1: Find a professional album cover that you like similar to your intended project. Research the creators and the process they go through to create their graphics. Analyze and reverse engineer the cover: what techniques are being used (eg. brainstorming, planning, coloring, layout, photography, patterns, etc.)?
Part 2: Design and create your own album cover. Practice and record your practice for each concept. |