Students were to emulate an art movement, such as the Industrial Revolution or the Arts & Crafts, or a well-developed design aesthetic taken from the book Megg's History of Graphic Design and at the same time pair the movement with a product.

USC Upstate, SART108 Computer Graphics Class, students used three Adobe applications:  Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator to achieve a CD product design. Students had to recreate the CD, the back cover and a 4-page booklet, print it out and mock up for the critique. Students were guided through the process with initial sketches and packaging set up for the printer.

USC Upstate Graphic Design Studies had their choice of subject were asked to emulate a historical manuscript. Had to be created by hand with out computer.

Student Project for the 2014 National Compost Poster Awards Contest.

Student was to choose an art movement, such as the Industrial Revolution, Arts & Crafts or a well-developed design aesthetic and at the same time pair the movement with a current cultural or social movement relating to our book, Megg's History of Graphic Design.

This assignment, students were to take their name, nickname or initials and create their first personal logo. This project began in their sketch books. Then students must take those sketches to the computer and show at least four designs in the quadrants. Must be created in Illustrator and a limit of 2 PMS colors.

Students in Graphic Design Studies class had to design in Illustrator an example of Cubism. Each student added one item to a list. The list consisted of: xbox, red, NewYork, white tiger, black, pizza, green and fishing. Students were only allowed to design with items and colors from the list.

SART108 Illustrator Music Poster

The main function of a poster is to capture a moving audience with a message. When designing a poster, plan its design carefully. You will have a short amount of time to attract and hold your readers attention. Think about the one aspect of the information that must convey the message and plan your design around that.

After you determine the most important information, think about the imagery that will best convey your message visually. Should you use on large image, or have several small interesting shapes? Would bright colors evoke the mood or emotion that you want? Should some of the words be in very large type to be easily read?