Complete 6 monograms using the computer that show wide range and variety.
Project 02 Overview | Learn to combine letters to make a unique monogram that functions as a personal identity. Then create a stationery system that presents contact information in a beautiful and useful design.
With the feedback received from team members, use the computer to create six tight, refined drawings of six different monogram designs (using the provided template). The translation from sketch to real type glyphs can be challenging.
Completing the monograms as computer sketches provides a better idea of how the finished monogram might look. It is vital to explore a wide range of options at this point instead of a variation on one or two ideas. Limiting options will reduce the odds of developing a unique and successful personal monogram.
Creating a variety of of monograms helps provide you with additional options to choose from if some of your designs have already been used.
After you have completed all of the steps listed above for this lesson, you are ready to complete your process blog post. Blogposts should be structured like a presentation with a beginning, middle and end. Each step will involve it's own process and its own unique challenges and successes. Introduce the assignment, talk about what worked for you and what didn't, explain which of your solutions are working using design principles to back it up. If you have specific questions about how to move forward, you can ask them in the blogpost.
Please include the following in your blog post:
Once the Process Blog Post is complete, submit a link to the post in I-Learn. To submit the link in I-Learn, click P2S2 link in the left navigation and then click on the Open button at the bottom of the I-Learn window.
After you have submitted your assignment in I-Learn, you will need to provide feedback to your team members in WordPress. Your feedback to team members will be on the following areas:
You should list the item, your rating, and any comments you had to help your team member improve. Your feedback on process blog posts will not be used as part of their grade but will help you to teach one another to improve their work.
Download exercise files: http://byuiart.com//resource_files/art230_resources/art230_monogram-comparison.zip
We will create three monogram comparison scales.
Each of the monograms you found in your research has a message to communicate. By comparing the different monograms and creating a scale from one extreme to another, you should begin to see what specific characteristics communicate.
Print the comparison page from the exercise file.
Combine the monograms as a group.
Choose three sets of opposites for each team member. For example, you might use the opposites Masculine–Feminine. In this case, you would write “masculine” on the line below the first box and “feminine” on the line below the fifth box. Now search through the monograms that your team has researched. Find the most masculine and paste it in box 1 and the most femine in box 5. Then create a scale by choosing monograms that range from masculine to feminine.
Glue the monogram cards onto the sheet and then scan it for the final submission.
Work as a team to create one sheet of comparisons for each team member. Individually, you will each be responsible for a post that includes one page of three comparisons and a 200-word learning summary.
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