CalArts Introduction to Imagemaking
Assignments from the third course of the online Graphic Design Specialization offered by The California Institute of Arts (CalArts) on the platform Coursera.
III.I. AN ABSTRACT THREAD
Assignment: Experimentation and Improvisation
Objective: to experiment with the different approaches to make images and create ten different ways of representing the chosen subject.
Subject: Palenqueras, women from San Basilio de Palenque, Colombia, who travel to Cartagena in the coast to sell fruits. Their colorful dresses, skill to carry big bowls of fruit on their heads and smiles have made of them an iconic symbol of the country.
PICK AND MATCH
THE ESSENCE
FOLLOW THE LINE
LESS IS MOR
REFLECT, IMITATE, EMBRACE
FACES TALK
GLOWING
PACE
PRESENT
TRACE ME BACK
III.II. FROM REAL LIFE TO WORDS
Assignment: Range of Representation
Objective: to demonstrate a range of representations of my previously chosen subject.
III.III. ON, IN, UNDER, NEXT TO
Assignment: Composing Simple Spreads
Objective: to try out some of the compositional strategies suggested, scale, space, and figure/ground, on six two-page spreads.
III.IV. THE SUBTLE CADENCE
Assignment: Composing a Complex Narrative (in a book)
Objective: to pull together all of your imagemaking work and compositional experiments into a single 8-page book.
