PCA - Art Blog: Graphic Design

11 Jan 2013

2nd Yr - Book Jacket Design

For this project students were given the job title of Graphic Designer!

As a graphic designer they were approached by the Roald Dahl Museum, to design a Book Jacket for one of Dahl’s unpublished book. They were allowed to pick from one of the following titles:

As Nature Awakes
Good Food
The Show
Suitcase of Memories
Along The Riverbank

Students were also asked to write a summary or ‘blurb’ about the new book. Here are some of their finished designs.

Below are some useful links to views past book designs of Roald Dahl and information about his life and work.

http://www.roalddahlmuseum.org/
http://www.roalddahl.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roald_Dahl

1st Yr - Postcard Design Project

First years students were introduced to the elements of art by selecting an object of their choice and creating four design boxes, exploring different types of media. Students began by drawing the object, and then created stencils of its silhouette in various sizes.

Students explored :

Line using markers,
Colours using oil pastels,
Tone using pencil
Shape and Pattern used coloured card.

The next stage was to introduce students to graphic design and lettering. Good lettering is a basic part of graphic design. Letters say a lot about a word. The size, style, weight, colour and position are all very important when trying to create a certain image. Using the name of their object students created four new design boxes of their choice.

The finished post card designs were a combination of all 8 design boxes. Using tracing paper students transferred their images, focusing on layout, positioning, layering, using imagination and creating unique colourful designs. Here are some of their finished postacrds ready to be sent and swapped to a group of 1st Years students who have also completed the same project, in Our Ladys College, Greenhills, Drogheda.