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Art
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Endangered Species Stamp Project
You will create a U.S. postage stamp in Adobe Illustrator with an endangered species within its native environment as the stamp's subject. You will need to create a highly graphic representation of your subject with no more than six related colors plus black and white. Remember that the graphic will be reproduced very small so it should read well as a small graphic image. You will print a larger representation of your stamp and two color variations of the original at stamp scale with information on the species itself.
Here is an example from the US Postal Service:
Process:
Part 1: Collect photos of various endangered animal species from magazines, books, or the web. Find two images that will translate well as a small postage stamp. If needed, enlarge the image and trace basic shapes of the animal and fill with colored pencil or marker in a color palette of related values from light to dark. You may use only six related colors plus black and white to represent your subject. You may incorporate one gradient into you color scheme to create depth using the colors from your eight color palette. Both fills and stroked outlines can be used in this assignment. Create two entirely different variations (using two different photos of the same species) each on 8.5 x 11 inch paper. Your stamp comp design can be a square, rectangle either in landscape or portrait orientation.
Part 2: In this step you will work with Adobe Illustrator to recreate your stamp comp as a vector graphic by scanning in one of your comps and placing it in Illustrator for tracing. Make a new layer on top of the tracing image to recreate your comp. When you have completed the first design, duplicate it and create two different color variations of the original design in a color pallet that relates to your subject. Add the species name, the postage value in a typeface that reads easily at small scale and relates to your design.
Part 3: Layout out your original stamp image on a 8.5 x 11 inch document (this design should be at least six inches tall or wide). Reduce the two color variations to stamp scale and place them below the original. Add a caption listing the species common name and its Latin name (i.e. Oncorhynchus tshawytscha is latin for Chinook salmon), where it is located and its endangered species status.
Mount your professionally printed color printout on 11 x 14 inch black mat board Label your board with a typeset label on the back with name, course title, session and project name. All mounted projects should follow these specifics. Be sure your cuts are clean and mount your image straight. Boards should clean and professional with cover sheet.
Note: The stamps below are not vector illustrations but do provide nice compostion examples for this project.
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Due Dates:
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