You will use your combined knowledge of Adobe Illustrator, typography, color theory, and the elements of art to create one t-shirt design. Through learning about the history of screen printing, you will create a t-shirt that represents a cause you care about. This project will challenge each of you to create a design for a t-shirt utilizing both the front and the back side of the shirt. You will use Adobe Illustrator to create your design and must include a typographic element.

You will use your combined knowledge of color theory and Adobe Illustrator functions to create a set of three icons. These icons should represent different facets of your identity, such as hobbies, aspirations, or cultural background.

You will use your combined knowledge of typography, publication design, color theory, packaging design, and Adobe Illustrator functions to create a book cover. You can choose any book that already exists but it must be a hardcover (novel, graphic novel, photo book, yearbook, textbook....) as you are designing the jacket that surrounds the book.

You will use your combined knowledge of marketing, branding, color theory, and Adobe Illustrator functions to re-imagine a branding identity system for a company of your choosing. This system should be able to be used for portfolios, business cards, marketing/advertising, websites, social media, resumes, and more.

You will use your combined knowledge of typography, publication design, color theory, and Adobe InDesign functions to create a small zine. This zine should be a “How To” book on a topic of your choosing.

You will use your combined knowledge of layout, color theory, typography, illustration, photography, marketing, Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop to create one reimagined movie poster.

You will use your combined knowledge of photography, layout, color theory, and Adobe Photoshop functions to create one skateboard deck design. This design should showcase who you are and what is important to you while following a unique, cohesive, style. You are essentially illustrating yourself in this design.

You will use your combined knowledge of layout, color theory, typography, illustration, photography, marketing, Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop to create a branding system and deliverables for one musical artist.

Click on the document to see a written step by step guide with screenshots on how to open a new file and use the Pen Tool in Adobe Illustrator. The document also includes a list of short commands for Illustrator to make your designing process easier and more efficient.