Wednesday, 14 March 2012

iPod Poster Ad Campaign

Read: The Distinctive iPod Advertising Campaign - http://www.admadness.co/2010/11/ipod-advertising-campaign/
Read: iPod Spoofs - http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/ipod-ad-spoofsparodies/photos/page/1


Exercise #1:  Design a series of 3 Poster Ads for a new iPod
  • The posters will appear in London during the 2012 Olympic Games
  • Document setup - A3, CMYK, 300ppi

Wednesday, 29 February 2012

Pathfinder and Path Manipulation

Demonstrate basic GradientsPathfinder, Type Tools, Align and Distribute Objects, and Path Manipulation

Pathfinder
Apply Pathfinder Effects
Pathfinder Panel Overview
http://blogs.adobe.com/infiniteresolution/2009/04/finding_your_way_with_pathfind_1.html

Exercise #1: Create a Facebook icon and a nuclear icon using gradients and pathfinder tools.




Exercise #2: Create the following logos -



Create an Envelope Distort Mesh and create an interesting Illustration.  Follow this tutorial to understand the technique and then apply it to a design of your own.  http://veerle-v2.duoh.com/blog/comments/illustrator_make_with_mesh/