Welcome eager young artists!

Ms. Edelman Friday, April 21, 2023

DO NOW: take out your notebook and a pen. Copy and open Hsdir intro.ppt from the lessons folder on Dropbox.

HS Directory Cover Competition

We will be entering the NYC Public High School Directory Cover Design

Competition.

Your Challenge: Design the Front and Back Cover of the 2013-

14 Directory of the NYC Public High Schools.

HS Directory Cover Competition

The Cover Design Competition encourages participants to reflect on their lives as public school students in New York City and express their ideas artistically in the form of a cover design. The winning designs will be featured on Department of Education school directories, which are distributed to thousands of students and their families across New York City.

Design Guidelines:

Design should incorporate the feeling of NYC and tied to the concepts and education, learning and growing up.

Take a graphic approach with limited color palette. Not photographic or illustrative.

Avoid single portraits, should represent students as a whole, not individuals.

Do not use copyrighted images, ex: I love NY logo or Big Apple

Specs:

Target Audience: 7th and 8th graders Size: US letter, 8.5x11 inches. Text: Directory of NYC Public High Schools

2013-2014 Front and back covers.

Cover layout: art can wrap

FRONTBACK

PAST WINNERS

WHAT ARE THUMBNAILS?

Subject variations

Compositional variations

Can include notes

Can include color

HOMEWORK PROJECT:

1. Minimum of 3 thumbnail concepts.2. Choose your favorite and work up a

half size comp on paper. • Text should be indicated in place.• Front and back cover together.

3. Thumbnails and comps due Wed. 1/24. Sketches will be collected and

graded as own project.5. Final art should be ready to start

in Photoshop to be done in class.

Where to go for more inspiration:

Check out the following resources for more information about graphic design and book cover design:

The Book Design Review: nytimesbooks.blogspot.com An Archive of Book Cover Design & Designers:

bookcoverarchive.com American Institute of Graphic Arts: www.aiga.org Chermayeff & Geismar: www.cgstudionyc.com Print Magazine: www.printmag.com