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.

Merit a Badge

_cokwr: Badges. Badges are the future of education. With a badge, you can express your skills in a visible and authentic way. Without a badge, you're just another worthless drain on society. Better get yourself a badge., _cpzh4: Design, _cre1l: http://flic.kr/p/arw9aW, _chk2m: leelzebub, _ciyn3: 174, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

Create a movie poster for your website

_cokwr: Create a "movie poster" for you picture. Include your website name and a few pictures, _cpzh4: Design, _cre1l: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3023/2809207408_46a3239e30.jpg?v=0, _chk2m: Elizabeth Castillo, _ciyn3: 110, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

Warning

_cokwr: Lots of things today have warning labels. Create warning labels for things that exist only in movies or your imagination. Examples, _cpzh4: Design, _cre1l: http://superpunch.blogspot.com/2011/02/science-fiction-danger-awareness.html, _chk2m: Tom, _ciyn3: 87, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

The Little Caption

_cokwr: Take one of your own photographs, one from Flickr Creative Commons (http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/) or one from the DS 106 Flickr group (http://www.flickr.com/groups/ds-106/) and caption it., _cpzh4: Design, _cre1l: http://www.flickr.com/photos/daking27/5437505752/, _chk2m: Donn King, _ciyn3: 64, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

The Big Hip Hop

_cokwr: Take any photo from The Big Picture http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/ and overlay it with lyrics from a Top 100 song. Similar to The Big Caption project., _cpzh4: Design, _cre1l: http://www.timmmmyboy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/sickofbeingserious.jpg, _chk2m: Tim Owens, _ciyn3: 12, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3: