Final Print Portfolio Requirements

Your Final Portfolio should include all of your work from the semester, including that submitted at midterms.

Work since the midterm should be organized by exercise into spreads. Each exercise should be labeled.

The following spreads from work since the midterm should be included:

HUE, SATURATION, BRIGHTNESS spread

1 page has 2 designs, the other page has a single design. 

"Hue Exercise", "Brightness Exercise", or "Saturation Exercise" should be under your designs.

SIMULTANEOUS CONTRAST spread:

One exercise per page

Transparency, Depth, Vibration spread:

Transparency, Depth, Vibration spread:

1 page has transparency, the other has depth and vibration

Pattern and Color Harmonies spread:

each page should have one pattern plus the three variations on that pattern

Expressive Word spreads:

1. Original Expressive word spread:

one word design per page, 2 pages, each page having 1 design

2. Next Step spread:

2 per page, 2 pages total

3. Four Variations spread

1 page has all four, the other page has the best of the four

Master studies and character illustrations should be inserted into a pocket, no need to reprint or reformat

Underground Comic Spreads:

1 spread has the cover on a single page and the title page on a single page

the second spread has the two interior pages split across the spread

2484C FINAL: Underground Comic

Your Final should utilize your illustrations from the previous exercises. Please copy and paste for maximum efficiency.

For your final we will create a cover, title page, and two page (or landscape/tabloid spread) for an underground comic.

Cover: 8.5 x 11 full color
Title Page: 8.5 x 11 B/W
Spread: Landscape Tabloid (17" wide, 11" tall) B/W

You will need the following type of "shot distance" in your frames/on your page:
XLS: eXtreme Long Shot
LS: Long Shot
MS: Medium Shot
CU: Close Up
XCU: eXtreme Close Up

Your sequence should describe the following:
Character X starts out at Place Y
Character X leaves Place Y and goes to Place Z
Character X picks up a package or object
Character X returns to Place Y with object/package
Character X opens package to find something unexpected
Character X reacts

Please experiment and be creative with your interpretations of this assignment. For example, any one of the sequence parts might take place on your title page. Please research Chris Ware's spreads for inspiration.