Deadline to upload files to Dropbox is this Friday, December 16th before midnight. Please save to your Dropbox folder the following things: 1. Dropcaps as Single Letters in JPG format 2. Zine 3. Gig Poster 4. States Project 5. Dropcaps as Poster — When saving everything, please label each project with your name in the […] Read more – ‘Final Files’.
Examples from Last Semester on On Instagram! —— GD Max Breaux CA, NM, HI Katie Caraher VA, DE, MD Jonathan Chen AK, CA, NY Jihae Choe NY, IL, PA Christina Hyrkas MD, WV, CA Jae Jang Tao Lin CT, OH, PA Sofia Rembalsky MA, AK, FL Gabriela Trujillo NY, FL, NC —— IL Brianna Gooch […] Read more – ‘States! States! States!’.
As illustrators and designers, we often have to work on spot illustrations and lettering for different publications and projects. Those little illustrations can be really fun to draw and pretty quick to turn around. We are going to take a little spin on the idea of a spot illustration and make mini posters to represent […] Read more – ‘Make a State-ment Finally!’.
Hi guys! Below is a list of each person in the class and the band/musician that they drew and/or traded from the magic hat of names. Those of you who missed class were randomly assigned a band/musician. This is your artists that you must design a poster for. Sorry for the little switcheroo. 🙂 GD […] Read more – ‘Gig Poster Updates’.
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YAY POSTERS! DETAILS 1. Size: 18” x 24” or equivalent dimensions. 2. Full Color / Full Bleed 3. Must include: — Artists’ Name — Dates/Times — Location/Address — Ticket Info/Web address GOALS – Express the vibe/style of the music of the artist through mark making. – Become comfortable with a brush and ink to create […] Read more – ‘Gig Posters’.
Download PDF HERE! — ZINES Zines are most commonly used as small circulation self-published folios of original or appropriated texts and images, and they are usually reproduced via photocopier. They are meant to be cheap, quick, and simple ways to disseminate information and ideas. We are not talking about the September Issue here. These are […] Read more – ‘ZINES!’.
Download PDF here. Each week, we will create 2 DROPCAPS until we complete the alphabet. We will start with letters A & B, and each week will add on 2 more. i.e. C & D, E & F, G & H, etc… The only rule that you have to follow is that the final size […] Read more – ‘Drop Caps’.
Welcome back! Below is the Syllabus for GD/IL 254 — HANDLETTERS! Download the pdf here. All hand outs and course information will be posted here throughout the semester. Wesley Read more – ‘Hand Letters Syllabus Fall 2016’.
Please save to your Dropbox folder the following things: 1. Dropcaps as Single Letters in JPG format 2. Mayor’s Bag Challenge 3. States Project 4. Animated Colors as a Gif 5. Quote/Gig Poster 6. Dropcaps as Poster — When saving everything, please label each project with your name in the title of the document. Example […] Read more – ‘Final Files for Lettering’.
Please save to your Dropbox folder the following things: 1. Museum Branding – Logo 2. Museum Branding – Supporting Documents/Mockups 3. Pecha Kucha 4. Final Homewood – Logo 5. Final Homewood – Brand Guide — When saving everything, please label each project with your name in the title of the document. Example below. FirstnameLastname_Project1_Logo_Print.pdf FirstnameLastname_Project1_Logo_Proof.pdf […] Read more – ‘Final Files’.
Here you go my friends. You may want to use this template or create your own. Please place your weekly drop caps into a poster that is at least 11″x17″. I gridded out 30 rectangles on a page with different margins. Take your pick or create your own. Obviously, you will not use all 30 […] Read more – ‘Poster Template for Drop Caps’.
YAY POSTERS! Color or Black and White Focus on Lettering Minimum Size: 200 square inches Subject Matter: Inspiring Quote, Social Cause, or Gig Poster Gig Posters ⇛ HOW Poster Design Awards ⇛ Tips for Posters ⇛ Inspiration Posters ⇛ Hatch Show Print ⇛ Heads of State ⇛ Chelsea Beck ⇛ Quote Posters Follow STUCKEY Design’s […] Read more – ‘Poster’.
Hey guys! We are working on our Brand Guides as the final part of the semester. Below, you will find detailed information about what needs to be included in the guide and a couple of examples from previous semester. A Brand Guide is as important if not more important that the logo for the brand. […] Read more – ‘Brand Guides’.
Hey there. When saving for web please change the size of image, below color table, to the following. Width 1280px Height 720px Quality: Bicubic That should do it. Save to your Dropbox folder. Read more – ‘Saving Gif’.
Here are some articles to read about logos that I found to be pretty good! Evolution of the Logo Smashing Magazine Android, Apple, Starbucks & NASA: What inspired these four world-famous logos? The Next Web 7 Horrifying Historical Origins of Famous Corporate Logos Cracked Read more – ‘Articles to Read’.
What is better than Hand—lettering? Hand—lettering that moves. For this assignment, we are going to make some lettering that defies static, hand drawn on paper, logic. By using stop frame animation, imagery and videos combined with hand lettered words, we are going to make short 30 frame animations about your favorite color. The style and […] Read more – ‘Letters In Motion’.
Here is a list of some things that you may want to acquire for class. Bristle Paper Tracing Paper Micron Pens Stabilo Pens Pencils Prismacolor Markers a selection of Calligraphy Pens Waterbased Ink Quill Pen/Nibs Read more – ‘Lettering Supplies’.
If you haven’t already, please upload your state mini-posters to Instagram and use these hashtags! #handletteredstates #micadesign #micagd #micaillustration #micahandletters #handlettering @wesleystuckey @mica_gd Read more – ‘Hashtag Your Stuff’.
Gathering photos, notes, & sketches along with finding out the history of a product/location and environment is crucial to developing meaningful identities. The project will be very hands on and make you absorb all that you can while conducting research. Students will present their findings in a Pecha Kucha presentation (20 slides for 20 sec […] Read more – ‘Pecha Kucha’.
We are going on a trip to Homewood. Homewood is the Palladian/Federal style mansion built and offered as a wedding gift in 1800 by Charles Carroll of Carrollton, (1737-1832), the longest surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence, to his son Charles Carroll, Jr. When built, it cost $40,000, four times the budgeted expense to […] Read more – ‘We are going on a trip!’.
Hey there, Please use this pdf as a guide for how to print your In-Progress “black & white” LOGOs. Make sure that you follow the margins on the 6″ x 9″ sheet of paper. Your logo should be no larger than 3″ tall or 3″ wide for the upper part of the print and the […] Read more – ‘Logo Template’.
As illustrators and designers, we often have to work on spot illustrations and lettering for different publications and projects. Those little illustrations can be really fun to draw and pretty quick to turn around. We are going to take a little spin on the idea of a spot illustration and make mini posters to represent […] Read more – ‘Make a State-ment’.
Here is the updated bag, to scale, for your mock up. I can’t wait to see everything! Download PSD here or by clicking on the image below. Read more – ‘Updated Tote Bag for Mock Up’.
Below is a bunch of links to some pretty interesting museum and cultural institution re-branding case studies. Take some time and read up on the thought process and inspiration of each of these. MoMA SF Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago Australian Museum Royal Albert Hall Maritiem Museum Nationaal Militair Museum Cooper Hewitt Read more – ‘Links for Museum Branding’.
Hi guys, I managed to get some logos and PMS colors for you to use in your mock-ups. I kept digging around on the websites for both the Civic Works and the Baltimore Office of Sustainability until I found reports that had eps’s embedded into the pdfs. I extracted them and saved both the full […] Read more – ‘Energy Challenge — Logos and Colors’.
So…Obviously we didn’t have class yesterday due to the feet of snow across the city! Never fear, we will all recover. LAST WEEK’S HOMEWORK Bring in at least 10 images and/or sketches of different objects that would be found in your museum. Also bring in at least 5 different names for your museum. Refine your […] Read more – ‘Snow Day for You!’.
Download PDF here. Each week, we will create 2 DROPCAPS until we complete the alphabet. We will start with letters A & B, and each week will add on 2 more. i.e. C & D, E & F, G & H, etc… The only rule that you have to follow is that the final size […] Read more – ‘Drop Caps’.
Hi guys, Attached is the template and examples of how to print out your Dropcaps for class this week. The final paper size for each letter should be 5″x7″. I set up the template to fit 2 letters on a standard 8.5″ x 11″ sheet of paper. Wesley Read more – ‘Template for Dropcaps’.
— Below are some links to great examples of branding for museums! Jewish Museum by Sagmeister & Walsh Philadelphia Museum of Art by Pentagram rijksmuseum Philbrook Harvard Art Museum Whitney by Experimental Jetset New Museum Gram Grand Rapids Art Museum V&A MoMA Design Studio The Barnes Foundation — 51 Weird Museums across the US Branding: […] Read more – ‘Museum or What?’.
Welcome back! Below is the Syllabus for GD/IL 254 — HANDLETTERS! Download the pdf here. All hand outs and course information will be posted here throughout the semester. Wesley Read more – ‘Hand Letters Syllabus’.
Welcome back! Below is the Syllabus for GD 360 — Branding! Download the pdf here. All hand outs and course information will be posted here throughout the semester. Wesley Read more – ‘Branding Syllabus’.
Alrighty… Save all project files into folders on DropBox like this : Project(#) Packaged Folder LastnameFirstname_Project1 NATIVE FILE LastnameFirstname_Project1.indd or LastnameFirstname_Project1.psd or LastnameFirstname_Project1.ai PDF’s LastnameFirstname_Project1_Final_Bleed.pdf (with crop marks) LastnameFirstname_Project1_Final_NoBleed.pdf (no crop marks) gif’s/animation LastnameFirstname_Project2_Final.gif (or .mov/.mp4) — DROP CAPS Please save a jpg, 5″x7″ 300dpi of each letter. LastnameFirstname_A.jpg LastnameFirstname_B.jpg LastnameFirstname_C.jpg — HAVE ALL FILES […] Read more – ‘Final Final Final’.
This is pretty good tutorial showing one strong way of creating scripted lettering. CLICK HERE. Several things that we have already talked about are discussed in this step by step approach to lettering. 1. Write the word over and over and over to learn the rhythm and pacing of the letters 2. Using Baselines and […] Read more – ‘Script Tutorial’.
The Jingle Book by Carolyn Wells. Click Here to Read We are going to use 4 of these short jingles as the text for you to illustrate/letter. The final goal is to have four 5″x7″ full color, hand-lettered prints. Each print will display a different style of lettering based upon our in class workshops each […] Read more – ‘Project Gutenberg’.
Hi guys, here is a brief outline of the upcoming weeks. Tuesday, October 20 — Fall Break Tuesday, October 27 — Work day in class and individual critiques on progress. One on one help with setting up your animated gif’s. Tuesday, November 3 — Full class critiques and last edit’s in class. Tuesday, November 10 — […] Read more – ‘Coming Up’.
Below is the story board template that I would like for you to use when thinking about your 30-60 sec clips about your favorite color. Click HERE to download pdf. When setting up your Photoshop document… use this document setup profile so that your files will be built in a manageable file size. Read more – ‘Story Boards’.
What is better than Hand—lettering? Hand—lettering that moves. For this assignment, we are going to make some lettering that defies static, hand drawn on paper, logic. By using stop frame animation, imagery and videos combined with hand lettered words, we are going to make short 30-60 sec animations about your favorite color. The style and […] Read more – ‘Letters In Motion’.
Quotes are little things that people are obsessed with these days. From the Keep Calm and Carry On bandwagon to tid-bits of inspiration, quotes are lettered and designed as posters for nearly everything. Take a look at this Pinterest board for some inspiration on how quotes may be integrated with imagery, shapes, styles of lettering, […] Read more – ‘Quotes’.
Each week, we will create 2 DROPCAPS until we complete the alphabet. We will start with letters A & B, and each week will add on 2 more. i.e. C & D, E & F, G & H, etc… The only rule that you have to follow is that the final size of your letter […] Read more – ‘Weekly Drop Caps’.
Alrighty… Save all Project 4: Grimm Fairy Tales files to your DropBox folder as follow: Packaged Folder LastnameFirstname_TitleOfFairyTail InDesign LastnameFirstname_TitleOfFairyTail.indd PDF’s LastnameFirstname_TitleOfFairyTail_SinglePages_Bleed.pdf (with crop marks) LastnameFirstname_TitleOfFairyTail_SinglePages_NoBleed.pdf (no crop marks) LastnameFirstname_TitleOfFairyTail_Spreads_Bleed.pdf (with crop marks) LastnameFirstname_TitleOfFairyTail_Spreads_NoBleed.pdf (no crop marks) — FINAL PDF’s PDF’s of everything else from the semester needs to be saved in a folder named […] Read more – ‘Final Documents’.
Hey guys! I am so sorry about the delay in posting this content. As you can imagine, I have been a bit occupied by the events that have been surrounding my home and office in down town this week. We will bounce back and get on track. I promise! We are working on our Brand […] Read more – ‘BRAND GUIDES’.
Hey there, I tried posting this yesterday but it accidentally was saved as a draft instead of published. Please use this pdf as a guide for how to print your In-Progress “black & white” & “color” LOGOs. Make sure that you follow the margins on the 6″ x 9″ sheet of paper. Your logo should […] Read more – ‘In-Progress Logo Printing Template’.
DOWNLOAD PDF The Project Gutenberg EBook of Grimms’ Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or […] Read more – ‘Book update’.
The DROPCAP is one of the greatest gifts to designers that a typographer can give. With a dropcap, you can add context to the text with image and illustration, style and color, and personality and aesthetics. Dating back to around 400 AD, dropcaps have been used in Illuminated manuscripts all across Europe and the Middle […] Read more – ‘Dropcaps and Books for Your Looks!’.
Hey guys! We are doing a book. Not just any book, but Grimms’ Fairy Tales by Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm. You will find the text for the book HERE thanks to the Gutenberg Project. We will talk about the format and some specifications in class. I will update with more info soon! In the meantime, […] Read more – ‘MICA TYPE 1 PROJECT 4: mini-BOOK’.
Hey there, Use this pdf as a guide for how to print your FINAL “black & white” LOGO and FINAL “color” LOGO. Make sure that you follow the margins on the 6″ x 9″ sheet of paper. Your logo should be no larger than 3″ tall or 3″ wide for the upper part of the […] Read more – ‘LOGO: Printing Template’.
Hey guys and gals, For class when we come back from Spring Break, please have 10 of your 20 slides for your Pecha Kucha prepared in InDesign. Ultimately, you will have 2o pages in a horizontal PDF that will be uploaded to your Dropbox for us to present from, in class, the first week in […] Read more – ‘BRANDING: Pecha Kucha’.
Hey guys! So here is the deal… we are going on a field trip on Tuesday for class. Make sure you bring a camera, sketchpad, pen/pencil, and an open brain to absorb as much as you can. Look at the map below for directions. Both locations are roughly within 1 block of each other. Section […] Read more – ‘FIELD TRIP – Yay!’.
Hey guys, Use this pdf as a guide for how to print your “black & white” and “full color” LOGO. Make sure that you follow the margins on the 6″ x 6″ sheet of paper. Your logo should be no larger than 3″ tall or 3″ wide. After printing your logos, please spray mount your […] Read more – ‘Logo Printing Template’.
Alrighty… Save all Project 4: Through The Looking Glass files to your DropBox folder as follow: Packaged Folder LastnameLastname_Chapter1 InDesign LastnameLastname_Chapter1.indd PDF’s LastnameLastname_Chapter1_SinglePages_Bleed.pdf (with crop marks) LastnameLastname_Chapter1_SinglePages_NoBleed.pdf (no crop marks) LastnameLastname_Chapter1_Spreads_Bleed.pdf (with crop marks) LastnameLastname_Chapter1_Spreads_NoBleed.pdf (no crop marks) — FINAL PDF’s PDF’s of everything else from the semester needs to be saved in a folder […] Read more – ‘MICA TYPE 1 – Almost there!’.
Hey Guys! It has been a fun semester and you all have done some good things. As we wrap up everything and but a bow on it, please do the following ASAP. 1. Upload a pdf of your final brand guide in spreads with bleeds and crop marks to DROPBOX. 2. Upload a pdf of […] Read more – ‘UMBC: FINAL THINGS!’.
Hey guys! The following requirements must be in your final brand guide. REQUIREMENTS FINAL LOGO – Black & White – Full Color LOGO SAFE SPACE LOGO MINIMUM SIZE – for Print (INCHES) – for Web (PIXELS) COLOR PALETTE – PMS – CMYK – RGB – Hex TYPEFACE – Primary – Secondary BUSINESS CARD LETTERHEAD ENVELOPE […] Read more – ‘UMBC: Brand Guides’.
Hey guys! We are doing a book. Not just any book, but Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll. You will find the text for the book HERE thanks to the Gutenberg Project. We will talk about the format and some specifications in class. I will update with more info soon! In the meantime, below is […] Read more – ‘MICA TYPE 1 PROJECT 4: BOOK’.
Hey there, Use this pdf as a guide for how to print your FINAL “black & white” LOGO. Make sure that you follow the margins on the 6″ x 9″ sheet of paper. Your logo should be no larger than 3″ tall or 3″ wide for the upper part of the print and the logo […] Read more – ‘Black and White Logo Printing Template’.
Hey there. Take a look at this PDF of our talk about grids as a reference for your poster design. Try applying different types of grids to your information as alternative ways to read your content. Ultimately, your poster should convey information about product, cause, or event that you are promoting, while organizing the information […] Read more – ‘MICA TYPE 1 PROJECT 3 : GRIDS’.
Hey there, Use this pdf as a guide for how to print your FINAL “black & white” LOGO and FINAL “color” LOGO. Make sure that you follow the margins on the 6″ x 9″ sheet of paper. Your logo should be no larger than 3″ tall or 3″ wide for the upper part of the […] Read more – ‘Project Two: Printing Template FINAL’.
Hey there, Use this pdf as a guide for how to print your “black & white” LOGO. Make sure that you center your logo on the 6″ x 6″ sheet of paper. Your logo should be no larger than 3″ tall or 3″ wide. After printing your words, please spray mount your paper to white […] Read more – ‘Project Two: Printing Template’.
So guys…You may use any of these photos for reference in your research for your PechaKucha. Don’t rely on these images. Instead, use them to supplement your own notes, sketches, and images. I believe that you can download the original high resolution images directly from Flickr. Wesley Read more – ‘Lady Maryland Photos’.
Hey Guys! We are going on a field trip! Yay! We will meet at the Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Park in Fells Point, Baltimore, at 3pm on Monday, September 29, to take advantage of the Lady Maryland while it is dockside. We will board the ship at 4pm and will leave the pier no later […] Read more – ‘Field Trip: LADY MARYLAND’.
This is for your Monday pleasure! There is nothing better than sweet pups making letterforms. 🙂 There are some more awesome dog videos here. Read more – ‘ABC—Dogs’.
Hey there, Use this pdf as a guide for how to print your “clean” and “dirty” TYPE PROTOTYPE. Make sure that you center your type on the 11″ x 17″ sheet of paper. Your type should be no larger than 5″ tall or 11″ wide. Print one copy of your “clean” word and one copy […] Read more – ‘Project One: Printing Template’.
“I hate logos,” Abbott Miller confesses in Design and Content, a new monograph on his graphic design work, which includes plenty of logos. “…[E]veryone gets obsessed with the logo when they should really be more concerned with how it’s used.” I couldn’t agree more that it really comes down to how a logo is used […] Read more – ‘Pentagram’s Abbott Miller: “Branding Has Become Oppressive”’.
Pentagram’s Abbott Miller will speak about his new book Design and Content at Type Nite, Monday, September 22, Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in Baltimore. Miller be joined by fellow MFA in Graphic Design faculty member Ellen Lupton, type designer Tal Leming, and other special guests. The evening will showcase new typefaces under development, […] Read more – ‘Type Nite at MICA’.
