Cover+This!

**Statement of Inquiry: Communicating popular themes that appeal to audiences personal and global view impacts directly on the successful commercialisation of a commodity.**

 * LEARNING MATERIALS**

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsY4ihZCJL8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IxcJsXyWtQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0gyP17bs8I
 * POP ART**

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61Jn2kf3eDA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C57A6BIB0O4
 * COMIC ART**

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvrocH4noms https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMUYG1hkY5c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwmcJYtdLp0
 * FIGURE PROPORTION**


 * VISUAL** **ORGANIZER (Use this for your comparative studies, concept development and problem identification: Criteria A, C and D)**


 * ATL SKILL CLUSTER**

1) **Research project (Criterion A) Knowing and Understanding:** **Complete the comparative studies with effective use of visual and written evidence.**
 * ASSESSMENT**
 * 2) Research on comic and human figure and proportion**
 * 3) Study the gesture of human figure, basic typography, comic genre and cover design**
 * 4) Design your own superhero character and cover design**
 * 5) Show artistic intention in the creative cycle and consistent work evaluation and reflection**

Study human form. Design superhero characters and annotate any special features in the workbook. Research project done
 * PLAN and DEVELOPMENT (I): **
 * DUE DATE ON 31/05/2016 **

TWO stick figure motion drawings showing body gestures. TWO geometrical shapes (i.e. sphere, cube and cylinder) body gestures
 * PLAN and DEVELOPMENT (II): **



Research FOUR comic covers and identify visual elements of the medium. Use annotated images and diagrams, bibliography is required.

Including THREE personal goals to show artistic intention, criteria that justify your character design of its origin, concept development and modification, comic genre and style (Criteria C) On-going visual development (including previous proportional measurement of sticked figures, adding three dimensions, etc.) with written justification (Criteria D)  Final character design with colors (A3 size), and three more gestures and facial expression of the same character (A4 size and shown on the DW), demonstrating your understanding of the proportional measurement (Criteria B)
 * DUE DATE ON 20/04/2015 **
 * FINAL CHARACTER DESIGN: **


 * DUE DATE ON 04/05/2016 **

Investigating the following type categories and making analysis on their attributes. 1) Serif type 2) Sans-serif type 3) Script type 4) Fancy type
 * RESEARCH ON TYPOGRAPHY: DUE DATE ON 23/05/2016 **



For the final cover design (A4), you should have the following visual components:
 * FINAL COLOUR COMIC BOOK DESIGN: DUE ON (TBC) **
 * 1) An appropriate letterform reflect to the book title (the chosen letterform should connect to your hand-drawn character(s), showing book genre, mood and feeling)
 * 2) A subheading links to the title (optional)
 * 3) Artist name(s)
 * 4) Volume number, date of issue, etc.
 * 5) Name of a publisher
 * 6) Bar code image

Besides, pay great attention to proportion of the graphics and their arrangement in composition. Remember the golden rules of 30:70; 50:50 and 70:30. Use gridlines to help to organise graphics to achieve visual harmony (unity).