FInal Print Ad!

As we finish up the school year, our final 2 page magazine advertisement combes the best of Illustrator and Photoshop. Good luck and enjoy!

Final Parameters: Starting

Background, Item, Explanation, and Slogan...


Begin by answering these questions:

What are you selling?

Why should the customer buy it?

Who is your customer?

What does it do?

How will it benefit the buyer?

How much is it?

What are some effective selling techniques you will use to sell your product?

What colors will be used for the “overall” theme of your advertisement?

What is you slogan/catch-phrase that you will use to sell your product?

Examples:

Onto the Final!

COMMERCIAL ART PROJECT (100 POINTS)

You are a professional graphic artist, working for a big commercial agency. You are approached by a company and asked to create a magazine advertisement that really focuses on their product. This company has requested that you include a catchy slogan on the advertisement and that the ad should have a minimal background to it, so not to distract from their product. Remember, a successful layout considers how each of the Principles of Design relate to the design and each other. (The Principles of Design include balance, rhythm, contrast/variation, movement, emphasis, pattern/repetition, economy, proportion, & unity.)  

As a class we will look at several different magazine advertisements to discuss techniques and methods advertisers use to sell their product.

You must decide what you wish to advertise. Your product should be less than two feet high and wide, because you need to bring it to school. Remember, you are not allowed to do any drug, sex, gang, or violence related art in my class. You cannot use any celebrity endorsements to sell your product. After you choose an account, you need to have your product and slogan approved by your boss (the teacher). Then bring in the object that you are advertising. We will set up a shooting studio so that you can digitally photograph your product. Download your image and begin creating a successful and marketable advertisement in a 8” x 10 ½” Photoshop or Illustrator file.

When creating your design you should think about color, text, and focal point or emphasis (along with all the other Principles of Design). The emphasis (center of attention) should be on the product you are trying to sell. You should also have some kind of slogan to sell your product. When creating text, I expect you to use an appropriate font to create or go along with the mood of your ad. Remember, you want to catch the viewer’s eye and draw attention to your product, because you only have 3 seconds to do so (the time it takes to turn a page). So, be creative!!!

T shirt Design!

What makes a good tee?

Here are some things to consider when designing a tee:

Is this something that the Threadless audience would like? (Check out designs

that are for sale in the catalog to see what’s popular.)

Is my design executed technically well?

Is my concept clear?

Has a similar design been done before? If so, how have I improved on the concept

or execution?

Have I listened to critiques and feedback given to me to improve my design?

Is my presentation well done? Is the image saved in a high quality format?

Have I followed the rules for submitting and have created something that is

physically printable?

Turn-in Requirements:

Step 1. Save the T-shirt Template Design to your profile (My Documents/My Pictures) as an .ai, .psd, or .gif file...or all three.  Keep your original layers/work intact, in Illustrator it is best to save for web and devices, and then choose the file type.

Step 2. Turn in to the hand-in folder, D. Chandler, the Template saved as a .jpg at 72ppi and your name.

You can show both the front and back of your tee if you’d like, as well as a few different color schemes (Multiple submissions.)

STEP 3: Create your thumbnail

Your thumbnail doesn’t have to be your entire design, a small piece of it works fine.

This is what people will click on when they want to vote on your design.

Your thumbnail must be a .gif and under 10kb. Using the “save for web” option in

your graphics program to save your thumbnail is definitely recommended.