Life's Deal
Personal Playing Card
Problem Statment:
Create a playing card that depicts something about you (personality, life experience, values, goals etc). Use symbolism within numbers and suits to showcase your idea.
Mind Map
Task:
1. Create a sketchbook entry in a mind map / web format
2. Start with "I am" in the middle. Branch out at least 5 times.
3. As you work your way out from the center, branch off of the most recent words. For example, if you put “strong” off of “I am,” you might put “lifting weights” branched off of strong (at least 3 / word or phrase
4. Work until you have filled the page (don’t work small)
Tips:
- Work quickly and do not overthink
- There are no consequences to bad ideas. Put everything down on paper.
Thumbnail Sketches
Purpose:
Artists draw thumbnails as a quick way of visualizing ideas.
Tasks:
1. On a piece of blank sheet of paper, draw 4 thumbnail sketches.
a.Thumbnails must have borders (defined space that they are in)
b. Must include a number / face card and a suit
c. Must depict something about you.
d. Must alter the card design to showcase your idea
2. Turn in via Canvas
Tips:
- Look at inspiration in gallery below
- Playing cards are traditionally rectangular. However, you can make them any shape that you want.
- Look at animals, symbols, people that can represent you
Refined Thumbnail Sketches
Purpose:
We refine our thumbnails so we have a better grasp of concept, design and execution.
Tasks:
1. On a new sheet of paper, refine 2 of your 4 thumbnails
2. Draw them more accurately, with more detail
----- cleaner, closer to a final version
3. Add Color if you are using color in your final
Tips:
- You do not need to come up with a new concept or design. You are simply making the previous one better.
- Look at the gallery to the right for inspiration
- Look at source images when drawing (playing cards, suits, graphics similar to what you may want to use)
Artist Inspiration
Notes:
- Use the images as inspiration
- Do not copy a design or try to mimic it
- Use other methods of visual inspiration (google images, instagram, personal experiences, photographs, etc
Plagiarism in Art
- Directly using another artists idea without altering it significantly
- Copying another artist design
Final Artwork
Task:
1. Decide on one of your two refined thumbnail sketches to create into a final design. (note that it does not need to be exactly the same, use it as a guide).
2. Using a full page in your sketchbook, or another page (at least 5" at its smallest dimension), sketch your idea to scale. (Scale Calculator)
3. Must have some indication of #/face card and suit
Use materials of your choice
- If your card does not go all the way to your page borders, use a pen / marker and straight edge to create a border
Design can be as abstract as you want
Feel free to include personal/other imagery!
4. Read through the artist statement below prior to starting
Artist Statement
Task:
1. Answer the following questions in a brief artist statement. Type up (if using google doc, copy and paste text into canvas)
a. How does your playing card represent you?
--- Why did you chose the suit you depicted?
--- Why did you chose the number / facecard you depicted?
--- Did you use symbolism in any other way?
- materials, composition, reflection, objects?
b. If you were to do this again, how would you change your work?
