Half-term homework challenge

Design challenge.

It's up to you to choose the format e.g.: drawing, photography, collage etc

The briefs are:

• an animal
• a literary hero
• a pattern
• retro inspired
• a clock
• in the style of another artist
• a self-portrait

Pick as few or as many as you want. Combine and adapt as you see fit.

Easter homework challenge

The following task is for the committed Media Studies students among you (it is optional):

Create a media journal to collect, curate or collate your creativity over the Easter break. This can take the form of a book, folder, blog or any other suitable format.

You could include the following:

• film or TV reviews
• music recommendations
• mood boards
• playlists or mix CDs
• drawings
• doodles
• lists
• short stories
• collages
• photos
• any other creative elements you can think of

Creative challenge - A themed music mix

Your task is to create a themed mix of music. The mix can tell a story, evoke a mood or represent a facet of your personality. You choose - it just needs to be themed.

There are a few guidelines to keep in mind:

• Theme your mix. No mix without a theme will be accepted.
• 90 minutes absolute max. CD's are dying but restraints are good.
• To present your mix use Spotify, Apple music (or other similar service) or burn to a CD.
• Email me the link or hand me the CD.
• Include a cover image. You must have some sort of artwork.
• Remember, make it great.
• There is a lot of this sort of thing on Pinterest and Tumblr - I'll leave you to discover those.
• There will be prizes for the best mixes and artwork.

Click on the image for additional ideas:

Christmas homework - create a font specimen sheet

Your homework is to create a font specimen sheet. You need to have a different font for each letter. You can use the ideas in the Chip Kidd book (above) or you can take the fonts from any appropriate source - this may include the following:

• magazines
• newspapers
• takeaway menus
• tickets
• flyers (one sheet print adverts)
• pamphlets
• carrier bags

When you return after Christmas you will have a page with 26 letters, A-Z - all in a different font. Yours will hopefully look similar to the one above.

Deadline: Thursday 5th January

Half-term homework: Start a graphic design collection

This is the first design project from Chip Kidd's brilliant book GO: A Kidd's Guide to Graphic Design.

Over the half-term have a go at this project. How you collate the images is up to you - you can make a scrap book of cut out images or you could do it all in word or publisher or  Photoshop (if you have it).

This is an optional task. If you have ambitions to gain an ATL of a 1 in assessment points then this is the sort of extra work you need to do.

You can buy Chip Kidd's book here.