Unit 12 Assignments 2007 - 2008
 

Below are links to MS Word copies of the Assignments set for Unit 12 during the year 2007 - 2008. Please use these references to review your assignments, complete or make additional submissions for them prior to the end of the first year of the course.

Important: Don't forget to save and archive your digital work safely and be ready to produce it for your tutor when it is requested. 'Lost' work cannot count towards your porfolio so it is vital that you at least have sufficient print outs and back up your work to CD ROM regularly if possible.

Portfolios: Be sure to make print outs of at least your final product on all of these digital assignments and place them in a portfolio ready for assessment. No printed work means your assessment grade will suffer.

Evaluating your work: You can enhance your Unit 12 work/sketchbook by including an Action Plan sheet with any or all of your assignment work. You can use the 'Action Plan' section to record a 'diary' of how you produced the work and what you discovered, then an evaluation of it - i.e. did the piece(s) work well? Did they satisfy the brief? If you did the work again what would you change? How was producing it different to working in other units?

Download a copy of the Action plan sheet using this link

Download a Evaluation/Analysis helpsheet using this link

If you have any queries, please use the link on the front page to contact your tutor.

If you wish to view or print these assignments outside college and do not have Microsoft Office, a free Office compatible program (for Windows, Mac or Linux) is available at this site.

Important information about completing your assignments - please ensure you read this


Autumn Term
The Punk Poster
This was our first complete exercise using Photoshop and learning some of the basic techniques. If you missed the session or wish to repeat the exercise for your portfolio, please ask your tutor for the material you require. PDF Version
   
Shape, Pattern Colour
Complementing your main course units, this assignment was designed to get you to explore Photoshop more fully and produce a variety of example print outs to illustrate the range of effexts you could achieve with the program. PDF Version
 
Portfolio Web Sites
A short written assignment, investigating the design and use of 'portfolio' sites on the web, showcasing either individual artists' work (including fine artists, designers, photographers etc.) or galleries. PDF Version
 
Reworking the Masters
A follow on from Shape, Pattern Colour. A more deliberate exercise in Photoshop, deliberately trying to retouch or montage images. Referencing well known artists and their works. PDF Version
   
Spring Term
Portrait of an Icon
This assignment complements the Portrait theme in your main unit assignments, but getting you to look at 'multimedia' approaches to producing a final submission. The idea is to try and work with several digital applications on the Apple Macs (or using your own PC's as well) to produce one or several pieces of work. You ae also required to evidence a rationale, preparation and planning of your work as well as evaluate it at the end. PDF Version
   
Your own web site
Having learned the basics of how to build web pages and a small site from the Yorkshire Sculpture Park task, you now have an opportunity to build a small site of your own - which will be published as a sub site on IteachIT when complete. PDF Version
   
Using Digital Applications
A written assignment, where you are asked to detail how you have used digital applications during the unit so far, which applications you have used, how using them may have changed the way you approach your work and how you think you might use them in the future. PDF Version
 
Summer Term
Producing a Flyer and Poster
This assignment is returning to use InDesign as your final production program, having explored various ideas for an invitation/flyer and a poster for either an exhibition of work produced for the Johnson Diversey Project or an End of Year Show for your course. PDF Version
 
Click here for flyer and poster project resources
   
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