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project brief

Your task is to produce an illustration for a short

story to be published in a fi ctional magazine and

come up with design solution for a spread. Illus-

tration is a visual counterpart to a written text.

Successful illustration stimulates the potential

reader’s imagination enough to make the story

worth reading; it suggests what the text is about,

it supports it visually, and after the reading, it

helps broaden and deepen the reader’s intellec-

tual and emotional horizons. In this exercise, we

will try to create a multidisciplinary whole. We

will put literary content and visual imagery in

harmony, so that they support each other in a

mutually benefi cial relationship.

The full-color double spread you are about

to design must incorporate the title, subtitle, and

author’s name, at least one column of text from

the beginning of the story, page numbers, and

the name of the magazine. Please carefully read

the story to be illustrated more than once; think

what could be the most important message it

communicates. Be aware that writers often use

symbols and metaphors. While reading, write

notes, make sketches. Create a large selection of

sketches that suggest (not depict) the content

of the written text and evoke its mood. Try to

fi nd your inspirations through broad research

about the time and the place where the story is

situated. At a certain point, start thinking about

the role of typography in your design solutions.

Look at all your sketches, compare them and

analyze them critically; select only the ones that

intrigue your imagination and invite you to read

the story.

To select the best idea, consider which

sketch has the biggest capacity to broaden the

reader’s scope of thoughts and associations

communicated by the text. There are no limita-

tions on the use of media—your choice should

be a logical consequence of the formal require-

ments of your concept. You have to design three

solutions targeting three different audiences:

hip teens; a conservative crowd; and an upper-

class, sophisticated readership.

project goal

The goals are to introduce students to concep-

tual problem solving; to use research as inspi-

ration and direction toward problem solving;

to coordinate accumulated experiences from

previous classes (typography, layout design, im-

age making); and to devise successful solutions

aimed at a target audience.

Class: Image Design

Level: Junior

Faculty: Cedomir Kostovic

Duration of Project: Three Weeks

Missouri State University, Department of Art and Design

Springfi eld, Missouri, USA

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Student: Sherri Brown

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Student: Abigail Reilly

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Student: Richards Scott

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Student: Myriam Bloom

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Student: Steffes Kelsey

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Student: Dustin Jacobs

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Student: Jessica Schmidt

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