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Designing Printmaking Cards (Part 3: Communicating the concept…
Designing Printmaking Cards
Part 1: Exploring 2D Forms
Inspiration
Old school cigarette cards
Tarot Cards
Ornate playing cards
Stylised art pieces
Look at where, when, who, and how printmaking is used
Source and identify examples of the four main printing techniques (5 examples for each technique min)
Look at traditional and modern tools, equipment, and materials. Labelling each and a description of the tools used.
Part 2: Plan and Experiment
Develop your concept. Write a proposal for the series of cards. Proposal should detail what your cards would be, how you intend to develop the concept, and examples of the drawing stage for visual understanding from peers.
Upload the proposal to connect discussion board, get 3 pieces of feedback, and record in EVD
Make final refinements to the proposal before development work begins
Gather knowledge of card sizes used in the industry and evidence this in the EVD
Finalisation of card size
Produce a mock up viewing window
Use Viewing window to select the composition of the final image.
Evidence the use of the viewing window for the 3-6 concepts
Part 3: Communicating the concept
Production of an initial black and white concept for your range
Swap work with a partner and make one change each to their initial concepts including annotation
Make a final modification based on the changes made
Scan in 300DPI, Full colour, and TIFF format. Save in working folder and place into EVD
Final designs including full colour and indication of dimensions
Practical workshop - Undertaking the printmaking of your final working range of prints
Minimum of 3 photographs documenting you working during the printmaking stage
Scan in all sample prints and final cards
Rationale of your project
Scan in 300DPI, Full colour, and TIFF format
Max four colours
Due date: Week 10