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.

Spreadsheet Invasion

_cokwr: Excel is usually a place where people go to suffer. It is time to reclaim it. Animate a scene using colored Excel cells as your medium. , _cpzh4: Design, _cre1l: vimeo.com/16845078, _chk2m: Tom Woodward, _ciyn3: 1, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

Minimlist Travel Posters Based in Movies

_cokwr: Create a minimalistic travel poster for a location in film, TV series, etc. Look at these awesome examples using the various locations in the original Star Wars trilogy: http://screenrant.com/sr-pick-minimalist-star-wars-travel-posters-robf-44551/, _cpzh4: Design, _cre1l: http://cdn.screenrant.com/wp-content/uploads/bespin-cloud-city-travel-poster-570x880.jpg, _chk2m: Jim Groom, _ciyn3: 57, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

WIRED Feature – What’s Inside You?

_cokwr: Based on the regular Wired magazine feature "What's Inside" found in the paper version of the periodical. (http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/magazine/15-07/st_redbull) Create a what's inside poster all about you. Make it humorous, make it serious, extra points if you can turn it into a formidable replacement for your CV! , _cpzh4: Design, _cre1l: http://www.techsavvyed.net/?p=1752, _chk2m: Ben Rimes, _ciyn3: 150, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

Design an Invoice

_cokwr: Create an invoice for a transaction that has happened in a film, TV series, etc. For example, Boba fett's invoice to Jabba the Hutt for capturing Han Solo see http://geek-tasticcom.blogspot.com/2010/10/ever-wonder-what-standard-rate-is-for.html, _cpzh4: Design, _cre1l: http://www.geek-tastic.com/storage/invoice.jpg, _chk2m: Jim Groom, _ciyn3: 58, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

Infographic Life

_cokwr: First, begin by spending a set period of time documenting things about your life. How much coffee are you drinking each day? How many miles do you walk/ride/drive to work/school/bars? You can use http://www.daytum.com to capture this data, or go old school with pen and paper. Now, take inspiration from infographics all over the web, including the Feltron Annual Report, and create something beautiful and interesting from all that data., _cpzh4: Design, _cre1l: http://feltron.com/ar10_04.html, _chk2m: Tim Owens, _ciyn3: 52, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3: