Bezold Flowers

Bezold Flower Pattern

Original Color Aid Paper Collage

Color Theory Assignment: Sketch a still life of flowers. Using color aid paper, create a 2D design from the original sketch and use only four or five colors. Scan the collage and create the Bezold effect by interchanging the colors in the same composition and adding one new color. Repeat three more times to create a total of twelve different designs.

Champion Paper Company (Poster & Accordion)

Poster

Double-Sided Accordion Fold

Graphic Design1 Assignment: Shoot photographs of the neighborhood assigned to you, then create a poster and accompanying accordion fold, promoting Champion Paper Company who will be presenting at the Art Director's Club (ADC) Paper Expo.

My neighborhood was Times Square.

times of day

Color Theory Assignment: Sketch a study from life looking out a window in your apartment. Then paint two different times of day for the same scene. You can only use complementary hues (red and green, blue and orange, and yellow and violet) and white to mix neutral hues; absolutely no black allowed! The objective is to create a color palette that can then be used for a design project.

spoonbill & sugartown (part 1)

Web Design Assignment: The Local Project. Design a website for a local company that doesn't have a website or its existing website is very poorly executed and can be significantly improved. First step: Create a mood board and design a logo for the company.

My local company: Spoonbill & Sugartown Books, Inc.

the jealous matador

Digital Layout Assignment: Create an 8 x 10 inch collage using Photoshop and found images on the internet.

double Y self-portrait

Process & Skills Assignment: Take a picture of yourself in a photo booth and create a 18 x 24 inch self-portrait poster using only photocopied images of your photo and letters from your name.

didot, je t'aime

Typography assignment: Choose one font and design an 18 x 24 inch poster using all of the glyphs in that font to represent the concept of the chosen font.

Didot is a modern French font.