Assignment 1

TASK

You are to select an ASPECT or AN EFFECT of global warming. In other words, you are to research the meaning of global warming and choose one area to focus on such as weather change, melting of the ice caps, de-forestation, rising prices and so on.

You will have to do research on the GLOBAL WARMING to understand and to select an area of choice.

Assignment 1 – SYMBOL OF AWARENESS (10%)

You are to design, using Illustrator, a symbol based on the area of global warming that you have chosen. This symbol is to be used to create an awareness of the area of your choice. For example, a symbol could be designed to represent the polar ice caps melting or a tree-like symbol to represent de-forestation.

Requirements

1) Ideation must first be drawn. In other words, you are to draw your idea on paper first prior doing it in Illustrator. The process of ideation to final output must be documented on a blog or web log that all students must create.

2) The symbols should be made out of shapes only. It should be based on your area of choice about Global Warming. No text, no human or animals symbols. Just plain shapes.

3) The symbol should be in colour. The colour should have meaning to the symbol.

4) The shapes should be a metaphor of the area you have chosen. For example, if you like cars, it could be used to represent rising fuel prices.

5) Size of the symbol – A3

6) Printout the symbol and mount it on an A3 mounting board.

7) The other side of the mounting board must contain a write-up page. The write-up page must contain - the title of the symbol, the meaning of the symbol, its metaphor, the meaning of the shape of the symbol and the meaning of the colour of the symbol and the relation to the area of global warming of your choice.

8) Include your name, ID and group at the back of the mounting board.

Documentation to be done on the BLOG

(1) Include the RESEARCH you have done on the area of choice (add the web links).
(2) Include the idea of the symbol, its meaning and so on. This could be similar to the write-up.
(3) Include designs, sketches, references or images that you use to create your symbols, tools that you used and the final output.
(4) Tools used. You are to EXPLAIN the tools that you used and learnt from the tutorials and EXPLORED.

Submission:

1. Students must submit the Illustrator file and title it studID_symbol a. Date of Submission: Week 6 in tutorials to tutorial Group Leader.
2. The student name, ID and Group must also appear inside the document. Marks will be deducted if you do not enter your name, group and ID properly. Marks will also be deducted if there are no name, ID and group.
3. All class submission guidelines must be followed. Not following these requirements will mean a reduction in your marks in this exercise.
4. Any copying or similar symbols may result in the students getting an automatic "0" mark.

Criteria for marking:

(1) The concept itself and the proof of concept which are the sketches, references and research.
(2) Design of the symbol and symbol write-up.
(3) Use of the tools - the proper and creative use of the tools
(4) Write-up and documentation must be in proper English.
(5) Detail description of the process.
(6) Quality of the printing and display.