DRAFT VERSION - Updated March 13, 2004

The next three major assignments are intended to be used together.
• An Illustration assignment worth 15% of your final grade
• A Photo-montage, colourization assignment worth 15% of your final grade
• A CD Package that will include both of those elements
• Since they are intended to be integrated, they will be chosen to complement each other

ILLUSTRATION 15%
The Illustration will be based on a photographic image/composite with the inclusion of some additional items.
I am specifically looking for images with the same level of complexity as the Maine fishing shack photograph at http://hurmuses.com/education/tracing.pdf . If you use a composite, it must be complete when presented on March 12.The following are requirements of the assignment.
• CMYK
• A custom gradient
• A blend used as a gradient
• A layered stroke (refer to the examples on the Strokes Dash handout from the beginning of the semester).
• Objects will be grouped appropriately
• Illustrations will be locked
• Layers will be named
• Layers will be nested as appropriate
• Crop marks
• Text that has been transformed into outlines and integrated with the illustration
(see the examples at: http://hurmuses.com/education/MansiBCalender.jpg and http://hurmuses.com/education/simonHCalender.jpg you can link to them from my illustrator samples page)
• Illustrator Files must be saved in Version 10 or earlier
• Text in Illustrator will be outlined
• Image traced must be on a separate layer from the tracing
• Sublayers will be used

PHOTO_MONTAGE 15%
• The montage will be a composite photograph of the band with at least 3 source images used. One source image will be black and white and colourized to blend with the others. Realism will be the objective with respect to the colourization.
• The composite should include an absurd or surreal situation, with the objective being to be sufficiently well presented not to be questioned at first glance.
• A blend mode adjustment will be used
• A blend with a gradient on a mask will be used.

CD PACKAGE 30%
Booklet, traycard and CDBooklet Size:
• Folded will be 4-3/4”W x 4-11/16”H
• Flat will be 9-1/2”W x 4-11/16”H
(with 1/8” bleeds)
• CD Face will have a vector-based design
Traycard Size:
• 5-15/16"W x 4-9/16"H
(with 1/8” bleeds)
• CMYK
• 300 DPI imagesCriteria:
• Must have full bleed backgrounds on both outside and inside pages.
• Must have a logo created in Illustrator
• CD Title and Artist name
• Musician, production, photographer’s, designer’s and writers credits
• Liner notes
(you are NOT expected to write this material. You may use the liner notes and credits from an existing commerical product)
• All body text should be done in Quark
• Text must not overrun box
• Text and text layout should be employed as a graphic element
• Runaround should be used to shape text
• Runaround must have an appropriate offset
• Crop and registration marks should be done in Quark
• Quark Assignment has logo requirement
• Logo must be a real thing...NOT a placeholder
• Drop Cap (must be properly implemented
• Images and text are up-to-date (usage)
• Content text is properly formatted
• Spelling
• Text MUST BE APPROPRIATE to the project
• Layered files MUST be included in a separate folder
• traced image should be removed from .eps before placing in Quark
• All components must be in an envelope
• Quality of mock-up is a marked component

Due Dates

Friday, March 12
• Detailed thumbnails of your CD project with an indication of the images to be used.
• A black and white printout of the photographic selection for your illustration project.
Your thumbnails and the printout will be initialed and you will save them and resubmit them along with the project. They are each worth 20% of the relevant project mark and will not be accepted late. If you must miss this class, you will bring them to the PREVIOUS class for approval.

for guidance on your selection for the basis of the illustration, go to:
http://hurmuses.com/education/tracing.pdf

Wednesday, March 17
The illustration is due.
Submit:
• electronic copy to the drop box n year one > graf1081_hurmusesg
• jpegs of your project that are 500 pixels high, rgb (for screen view)
• properly labeled hard copy (8.5 x 11 maximum size) to Gayle
• do not forget to submit your printout.
• all hardcopy should be submitted in an envelope

Friday, March 19
• Sketches for photomontage They will be initialed and you will save them and resubmit them along with the project. It is worth 20% of the project mark and will not be accepted late. If you must miss this class, you will bring it to the PREVIOUS class for approval.

Friday, March 26
The Photo-montage is due
Submit:
• electronic copy to the drop box n year one > graf1081_hurmusesg
• jpegs of your project that are 500 pixels high, rgb (for screen view)
• properly labeled hard copy (8.5 x 11 maximum size) to Gayle
• do not forget to submit your thumbnails
• all hardcopy should be submitted in an envelope

Friday, April 2
• The CD project is due
• Submit:
• electronic copy to the drop box n year one > graf1081_hurmusesg
• jpegs of your project that are 500 pixels high, rgb (for screen view)
• a properly labeled hard copy mockup to Gayle
• do not forget to submit your thumbnails.
• all hardcopy should be submitted in an envelope

• Please note that as with all previous assignments the proper naming and file construction protocols shall be followed.