Carl Ewing
GD 394
Drawing a Zoo
Proposal
From a young age I was always fascinated by animals. I thought every single one was interesting, I enjoyed getting books on animals watching shows about animals, anything that had to do with animals was so interesting to me. Some thing that really resonates with me is the nature of the books I was given. I was never a strong reader growing up. It was hard for me to read and write. My struggle continued for most of my childhood and my grades were severely effected from it. One thing that always made it interesting for me to read was I was given books about animals. Now even though I was not able to get a handle on my reading and writing abilities till later in my childhood. Reading about animals, which is something I love, gave me a positive thing to look forward to. I could push myself to learn not only how to read but also I could learn about animals. The books could be about animals or they could just feature drawings of them. These books were a really great positive outlook for me to not worry about where I was at in my class or how I was doing in school. I could just sit and learn about the animals I loved very much. I enjoyed reading about animals now with more ease then I did as a child. From a young age I loved to go to the zoo. Lincoln Park and Brookfield were both hot spots on my list of things I loved to do. Even now, while I am busy most of the time, I always try to go if time permitting. I think I enjoy animals so much because it opened my eyes to what is happening in our world to a lot of animals. They are facing deforestation, extinction, illegal sales, and so much more. Now that I am older I love to be out in the wilderness. I feel that I have a respect for nature and I feel that I have a responsibility for it.
The zoo really opened my eyes to the world of animals or should I say the animal kingdom. Even last year I enrolled myself in a zoology class. This may seem a bit odd since the class is so far removed from graphic design. But I will say hands down it was one of the best classes I have ever taken in my entire educational career. I believe in another life I would have liked to work with animals in some way if I wasn’t a graphic designer at heart. But luckily for me, with this capstone project I can in some aspects. When presenting the ideas in class from previous portfolios students had made. I was fascinated and a children's book type of drawing style for the fictional Mandela Zoo. For me this triggered my love for animals and fascination for them. I am proposing to create almost a similar type of style drawings for the Brookfield Zoo because it is one of my favorite places that has opened my eyes and intrigued me about animals. These would be ads almost advertising the animals of the zoo and showcasing possibly fictional structures or exhibits of where the animals were housed. I feel because the zoo played such a big impact on my love for animals and the fascination with them as well, it would be nice to create drawings for ads that represent the zoo and the excitement it has to offer. I plan on drawing and using the paint brush tool in both Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop to accomplish these tasks. I have usually constructed figures and various other things out of shapes in both programs. I think drawing and using the paintbrush will challenge, and push me to really test myself for a great project. I plan on documenting this ordeal thorough my Tumblr account. This way I can document my process the 19 week period I am working on it. The takeaway I would like to create would be almost the size of a postcard or envelope with one of the various images I’ll be drawing, and on the back it will say “come join us.” I want to showcase the children's aspect in the ads for the zoo because, when I was a child that’s where I really learned about these animals and where my fascination for them grew as well. I would like to convey this aspect through trying to influence other children as well to become interested in the zoo.
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Carl Ewing
Timeline Final
Week 1 JAN 6: Begin to gather more research on project.
Week 2 JAN 13: Continue to research and gather ideas.
Week 3 JAN 20: Meet with group about topic, continue to work on topic and revise proposal as well as timeline.
Week 4 JAN 27: Refine proposal and timeline final to turn in, continue sketch, think about animals to illustrate.
Week 5 FEB 3: Refine sketches to present, nail down animals and color schemes to use in different illustrations.
Week 6 FEB 10: Get feed back from groups continue to work on progress with ads illustrations.
Week 7 FEB17: Formal sketch presentations, get okay on what you are doing so far take feedback and work on improving illustrations.
Week 8 FEB 24: Individual meetings, continue to work on illustrations as well as create powerpoint.
Week 9 MAR 3: PowerPoint presentation, continue to finish half of the animals by this point if not more for critique.
Week 10 MAR 10: Take feedback continue to work and finalize details for final critique.
Week 11 MAR 17: Final Critique, take good feedback on work and improve what I am missing.
Week 12 MAR 31: Take feedback continue to work, start working on the take away.
Week 13 APR 7: Continue to work, gather more detail into ads, while also working on the take away.
Week 14 APR 14: Continue to work, post more progress made, should be coming close to finishing up the animals ads by this point.
Week 15 APR 21: Continue to work, start nailing down final touches, start to finalize take away.
Week 16 APR 28: Continue to work, lay things into place, last minute touches to start on ads and take away
Week 17 MAY 5: Get feedback from others on what needs to be done before the projects are due.
Week 18 MAY 12: Finish up final touches on take away and ads, make sure progress has all be posted for the different weeks.
Week 19 MAY 19: Present final project
Carl Ewing
Timeline Draft
Week 1: Begin to gather more research on project, Sketch concepts
Week 2: Continue to Research and gather Sketch Concepts
Week 3: Meet with group about Topic, Continue to work on topic
Week 4: Refine Proposal, Continue sketch, Think about animals.
Week 5: Refine Sketches to present, Nail down animals and color schemes
Week 6: Get feed back from groups continue to work.
Week 7: Formal sketch presentations, Get okay on what you are doing so far
Week 8: Individual meetings ,Continue to work
Week 9: PowerPoint presentation
Week 10: Take feedback continue to work
Week 11: Final Critique
Week 12: Take feedback continue to work.
Week 13: Continue to work, gather more detail into ads
Week 14: Continue to work, post more progress made
Week 15: Continue to work, Start nailing down final touches
Week 16: Continue to work, Lay things into place
Week 17: Get feedback from others
Week 18: Finish up final touches
Week 19: Present final project
Carl, i like your subject and the story about how it influenced you in your childhood. Am really interested in the style you are going to choose for illustration
ReplyDeleteIt's really attract me. The book will be very fancy with the similar type of style drawings for the Brookfield Zoo!
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