Designing the California Dollar bill
Overview
One purpose of this assignment is to improve your skills in Photoshop
and Illustrator by going through a series of exercises and tutorials
that will teach you the advanced features currently available. Whether
or not you choose to use these techniques in your end design will
be up to you. Our purpose is to point out to you the scope of what
the programs can do. How you utilize this knowledge will depend
on how you choose to solve the design problem.
Another purpose of this assignment is to expose you to the issues
surrounding the design process in general and currency design specifically.
You will explore the history of money while also researching what
characterizes good currency design. This kind of comparative research
is essential if you are to create an innovative design that doesn't
simply relay on imitation of past creations.
Design project:
You are being asked to design a proposal for the new California
dollar bill and you have a month to do it. You are responsible for
redesigning the front and back. The project will be broken down
into five assignments, each of which you will be graded on.
Assignment 1: Threaded Discussion
Due Date: 9/6/2003
Assigned On: 9/3/2003
Worth: 15%
Description: Participate in a threaded discussion about
currency design issues.
Assignment 2: Threaded Discussion
Due Date: 9/10/2003
Assigned On: 9/6/2003
Worth: 15%
Description: Participate in a threaded discussion about
currency design issues.
Assignment 3: Researching Themes
Due Date: 9/15/2003
Assigned On: 9/10/2003
Worth: 11%
Description: Conduct research on appropriate themes
and ideas.
Assignment 4: Preliminary Sketches
Due Date: 9/20/2003
Assigned On: 9/15/2003
Worth: 17%
Description: Present thumbnail sketches of three ideas
Assignment 5: Final Comps
Due Date: 9/27/2003
Assigned On: 9/20/2003
Worth: 35%
Description: Choose one idea and create a final design
using Photoshop and Illustrator.
Attendance and Patricipation
Worth: 7%
More than three absences means a drop of one letter grade. More
than three absences and you will asked to repeat the course.
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