Print Mannual

Project 1: Insert

we had to design a B+W, 2-sided A5 magazine insert.

I learned:

• how to change the image to black and white using adjustments in Photoshop.
• that we have to export images to tif and vectors to eps.
• how to add a slug.
• how to make a package file. File-Package.
• how to print double sided document.

Deliverables:

• Mock-up. 2-sided A5 print and trimed to size, B+W/greyscale
• Mark-up. Annotated file mark-ups. Printed in B+W, both sides. including the slug.
• Digital Files.

Project 2: Flyer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We had to design a B+W plus one spot color, 1-sided A4 flyer. that announced an upcoming music event.

I learned:

• how to design a B+W logo for the festival by using illustrator.
  
• how to add 1 spot color ( i used purple with different shades)
• how to use the blend tool.

Deliverables:

• Mock-up. One side A4 flyer, print and trimmed to size, B+W/greyscale + one spot-color.
  
• Mark-up. Annotated file mark-ups. Printed on one side.
  
• Digital Files.
  

Project 3: Book

We had to design a 4-color (CMYK), 2-sided, saddle stitched booklet based on the information I gathered from the internet.

I learned:

• how to setup a new book file on in-design.
  
• how to make a grid and used it in the book.
• save the images with the right extension, with the right set-ups (image size, color mode)

Deliverables:

• Mock-up. One 16 page mock-up, CMYK + appropriate builds. A5 in size.
  
• Mark-up. Annotated file mark-ups. Printed all the booklet spreads and trimmed with the slug.
  
• Digital Files.

Project 4: Package

We had to design a 6-color (CMYK+2) package.

I learned:

• how to set the package template.
• how to add a spot color and a varnish.
• how to clip path the raster images.

Deliverables:

• Mock-up. One package Mock-up of my cubic template.
  
• Mark-up. Annotated file mark-ups. Printed with the slug.
  
• Digital Files.

character sketches -1

#the advantages of marrying a qatari man

#The advantages of marrying a foreigner

Outcome plan

When I spoke to Basma and Levi, I was going to create a game. However, I realized that I wasn’t really into game design and I wasn’t familiar with the system. Also I wouldn’t have the time to complete it because the due date is so soon. I talked to Levi about the game design and he recommended for me to look up certain games so that I would get an idea to how mine would be. So I looked back at the notes and realized that there were many interesting responses so I decided to make a book. When I shared my outcome with Basma she recommended that I change my outcome to make it more interesting. She told me that I can create collective figures and have them all in one collection I want to do more than just a book, I am planning to create more than one outcome and have them all linked to each other.

Abstract Poster

The inspiration behind my poster was a henna pattern. I decided that it would look interesting because it reminds me a lot of my topic, which is all about culture and traditions, and henna is a traditional way of painting/drawing on your skin. I experimented a lot with color and with hierarchy, but ended up going for the colorful one at the top because of its happy and optimistic vibes.

#if i married a foreigner

The first set of pages I created, I kept for 3 days. The pages got filled up so fast, which makes me think that people were so excited and interested in the question. It was so interesting to walk around the campus and hear people talk about it. At times I would stand close to them and listen to what they have to say before they fill in the page.

Day 1

After looking at the feedback I got from the surveys, I realized I wanted to do more in order to know what people’s opinions are. I created a hashtag on twitter and instagram: if_i_married_a_foreigner, and printed the hashtag in an A3 paper, in both languages Arabic and English so that everyone could respond. I hung them all around VCU and took the papers down a few days later when I felt that the page was all filled up. I was very happy to see the responses and the fact that they are all different to each other, which shows you how people have different mentalities.

WORK PLAN

• Topic:
  • Intercultural Marriage (Qatari ladies)

• Possible projects
  • Game Design
    • Design a game that can be played by young adults to change their way of thinking, so some of them, when they grow up they would be more open with the idea.
    • or for parents, so they might accept the idea that their daughter is getting marries to a foreigner.
  • Wall of thought.
    • I would like to use a wall in public, and let people write their thoughts about the topic. I can use their thoughts later to design a book.

• Workplan By Week:

1. Intro
2. Topic Generation
3. Topic Generation
4. Topic Research
5. Presentation
6. Research games played by teens/ games played in Qatar during Ramadan
7. Design the Game
8. Make a prototype
9. Presentation 2, Finalize book design
10. Test the prototype
11. Have focused groups (girls that will play the game)
12. Fix any faults
13. Produce actual game
14. Final presentation

Presentation Feedback

Hessa:

• Very Articular!
• Very good surveys and statistical data.
• Where are your precedents?
• Your outcomes feel abstract and might be too removed from cultural issues.

By Basma.