Design Assignments

If Movie Posters Told The Truth

Improve movie posters to make them more accurately reflect the content of the film. Inspired entirely by theshiznit.co.uk

Bad Guy Business Cards

Apparently, street gangs in Chicago, like the Hell’s Devils, used to have calling cards (see the gallery: http://bit.ly/pyuOEl). This makes me think that poor marketing gives evil-doers a bad image. Help some of them out by creating business cards for them. But not the Joker – that’s too obvious.

the origins of…

Make a super-hero origins strip about your online persona, or the persona of someone else. You might want to use Pixton (http://www.pixton.com) – you might want to use something else, or draw it freehand if you are super-talented. But capturing the mood and making the story “feel” right are key, you might want to track down some super-hero origin strips to get the idea.

See the originas of the Apocalypse

Animated Movie Posters

Pick a movie poster and animate it. You can see an awesome example and quick explanation by Michael Branson Smith here.

Animated Comic Book Covers

Givien the popularity and ubiquity of animated GIfs on the web right now, it is time to get jiggy with them. Animate a comic book cover. Check out Kerry Callen’s examples for inspiration.

Pokemon Card

_cokwr: Create a Pokemon card for yourself, what are your powers?, _cpzh4: Design, _cre1l: http://liriopeandmythology.com/?p=35, _chk2m: Jim Groom, _ciyn3: 39, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

What the Font?

_cokwr: A common exercise in design school, take typographical elements (perhaps even the words of a story) and bring them to life., _cpzh4: Design, _cre1l: http://www.timmmmyboy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/5165550358_98f5c72b74_b-448x580.jpg, _chk2m: Tim Owens, _ciyn3: 9, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

The Big Caption

_cokwr: In the spirit of http://thebigcaption.com/ take any photo featured on The Big Picture (http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/) and add typographical text elements in a way that changes the message., _cpzh4: Design, _cre1l: http://www.timmmmyboy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/tumblr_l4rbusqEoL1qbs8kyo1_1280-562x580.png, _chk2m: Tim Owens, _ciyn3: 6, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

Carol Yeager’s Iconic You

_cokwr: Create an iconic image/design for your own site that somehow represents you. , _cpzh4: Design, _cre1l: http://people.mozilla.com/~faaborg/files/20071114-iconicForms/iconicMickey.png, _chk2m: Jim Groom, _ciyn3: 54, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

DS106 Bumper Stickers

_cokwr: Remix classic bumper stickers to promote the cause(s) of ds106, ds106radio, and ds106tv., _cpzh4: Design, _cre1l: http://www.michaelbransonsmith.net/blog/2011/05/28/ds106radio-bumper-stickers/, _chk2m: Michael Branson Smith, _ciyn3: 133, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3: