SUMMATIVE: Concert Poster
Project Brief
Create an 11x17 concert poster for a musician to show your understanding of the principles of design. You will make up a concert date and location.
Pick a Musician
Choose a musical artist. (Anyone as long as their name is school appropriate and you can find a photo of them that is school appropriate.)
Search for photos of them in Google Images.
Right-click on the image and click "Save Image as..."
Save the image to your "My Drive" > "Graphic Design" > "5 - Principles" folder.
Cut Out the Background
Click "Sign in" in the top right and "Continue with Google"
Click the purple "+" button in the top left.
Under "Quick actions" click "Remove background"
Locate your image in "Finder" and drag it to the "Drag & drop an image" area.
If it looks like what you want, click "Download"
In your "Downloads" folder drag it to your "My Drive" > "Graphic Design" > "5 - Principles" folder.
Create a New File
Open Illustrator
Click the "New File" blue button
Click on the "Print" tab
Click "View all Presets"
Click "Tabloid"
Change the units from "Points" to "Inches"
Click "Create"
Save as .aic File
In the very top toolbar, click "File" > "Save As..."
Click "Save to Creative Cloud"
In the "Save As" text bar, rename your file to be:
"Last Name, Concert Poster"
Click "Save"
Make Your Guides
Make 1" Margin Guides
Select the Rectangle Tool
Click on the artboard to bring up the "Rectangle" pop-up
Adjust:
Width: 9 in
Height: 15 in
Click OK
In the "Properties" tab, under Align, click the third and sixth icon to "Horizontal Align Center" and "Vertical Align Center"
Right-click on the rectangle and click "Make Guides"
Make Rule of Thirds Grid Guides
Use the Rectangle Tool to create a rectangle to fill your whole artboard.
With the rectangle selected, click "Object" > "Path" > "Split Into Grid..."
Change:
Rows
Number: 3
Columns:
Number: 3
Click "OK"
Right-click on the grid and click "Make Guides"
Make Center Axis Guide
Use the Rectangle Tool to create a rectangle to fill your whole artboard.
With the rectangle selected, click "Object" > "Path" > "Split Into Grid..."
Change:
Columns:
Number: 2
Click "OK"
Right-click on the grid and click "Make Guides"
Lock Your Guides
You should now have your margins, rule of thirds grid intersections, and center axis guides.
De-select everything (with your "Selection Tool" click in the gray area)
In the "Properties" tab next to "Guides" click the center icon to lock your guides.
Create a Background with the Rectangle Tool
In the left toolbar near the bottom, double-click on the fill color swatch/square. This will open the Color Picker.
Choose a color and click "OK"
In the left toolbar, click on the rectangle icon.
Click in the top left corner of your artboard and drag down to the bottom right corner of your artboard.
Rename Layer and Create a New Layer
Click the "Layers" tab in the top right.
Double click "Layer 1"
Rename to "Background"
Lock the layer by clicking the blank square next to it.
In the bottom right click the "+" button to create a new layer above your Background layer.
Double click "Layer 2" and rename to "Type"
Create Text with the Type Tool
In the left toolbar, click on the "T" icon.
Click on your artboard. This will create a text box filled with PlaceHolder text (Lorem ipsum - it's Latin).
Create 3 separate text boxes:
Your chosen musician's name
A concert location (can be real or not)
A concert date (can be real or not)
Activate an Adobe Font
If you don't have a font you want to use:
Go to Adobe Fonts
In the top right corner click "Sign In" and sign in.
Find a font (or 2 fonts) for your poster
On the left side toolbar, you can click on different tags and classifications or you can just scroll through the pages
When you find a font you like click "Add Family"
Use Your Activated Font
In Illustrator:
Select your text box(es)
Open the font dropdown and click the cloud/check icon to "Show Activated Fonts"
Select your activated fonts.
Create Text Hierarchy
Create text hierarchy using the 50% guideline
Your smallest text should be at least 24 pt.
My example: 135 pt, 48 pt., 24 pt.
In your "Layers" panel, lock your "Type" layer.
Add Your Image
In your "Layers" panel create a new layer
Rename it: "Image"
Open Finder and find your image in "Creative Cloud Files"
Drag the image to Illustrator.
In the "Properties" panel, click "Embed"
Resize as you wish (remember to hold "shift" on your keyboard so it doesn't get squished).
Use Principles of Design & Make Your Poster Unique
Make a copy.
As you are designing your poster, complete the Google Doc answering the questions about how you used the Principles of Design.
Click the "move" icon to adjust where this doc is to your "Graphic Design" > "5 - Composition" folder.
Mrs. Hodges' Example:
Save Your Poster
Because your file is saved on Creative Cloud, it will be a ".aic" file - this means Illustrator saves your file every 5 minutes.
If you see an asterisk (*), that means there are unsaved changes.
To save, in the top menu, click "File" > "Save"
If "Save" is grayed out, it means your file has already been automatically saved.
Save As PDF
In top menu, click "File" > "Save As..."
Choose "Save on your computer" this time.
Save it to your "My Drive"> "Graphic Design" > "5 - Principles"
For"Format:" choose "Adobe PDF (pdf)" from the drop-down
Click "Save"
Click "Save PDF"
Check & Submit Google Drive
Check that you have the following 2 files to your "5 - Principles" Google Drive folder:
Exported PDF (from Illustrator)
Google Doc
Right-click on your "Graphic Design" folder
Click "Copy link to clipboard"
Paste this link in Canvas to submit.
