RESEARCH

LIST IDEAS
THUMBNAILS
CONCEPT SKETCHES
 Concept development
Gather specifications (specs) for your piece:
Size, color, special instructions
Research your subject
Choose a theme
Select color options

Create a brainstorming list of individual ideas that support

your theme/overall concept
Purge ideas for clarification

Sketch one quick abbreviated image per idea

Sketches that help you attach a visual image to a
word or concept

Sketches that combine multiple ideas to create one cohesive

design where all ideas, elements & principles work together
 COMPREHENSIVE
LAYOUT
TIGHT COMPREHENSIVE
LAYOUT

FINAL DESIGN
REFLECTION
 Choose your strongest concept
Start laying out your design piece
Draw your design to size
Layout your design on the computer (first draft)

Give and receive critique

REDESIGN - After critique, work out the proposed design
problems and re-create or re-work new creative solutions
Modify your layout for each direction

Work out your final design concept

Generate high resolution output
Submit final design

Reflect on your project & the design process

Think about what you did & what you would change if you
could do the project again
Think about the skills you learned & how you would use
them in the real world/outside of this class
COLOR PALETTE
 Select color choices for your design
Think about color relationships
Be specific