Today’s Plan:
- Mini-Project #4: Flyer Design
- Homework
Mini-Project #4: Flyer Design
For our next mini-project, we head back to where we started: flyers. We’ll add in a few more concepts and readings and then design a flyer for an upcoming English Department event. Some vital info:
- The department has a limited budget to print flyers. As I’m writing this, I’m not sure if we can swing colored printing. So I will ask you for both a color and greyscale version of your design [Note: you can design in color, next week I will show you how to convert a color document to grayscale in InDesign]
- Mini-Project 4 is due Tuesday, October 5th at midnight
- Mini-Project 4 should have an “interesting” (i.e. not the works-every-time) layout. It should have a clear focal point.
- Your flyer needs to include an image
- Submit as .indd file and as a .pdf
Let’s look at the 3 project options.
Homework
Read WSINYE, “Layout,” and look up the discussion of focal point in the Mini-Art School chapter. Those should be useful.
I’d also recommend looking through some collections of innovative layouts (beyond the small beyond the works every time layout section). Something like:
- 99 flyer designs
- 25 Eye Catching Flyer Designs
- 26 Movie Poster Templates
- Pinterest: lecture poster design
- Sum Moar Designz
Remember, too, that InDesign Lesson #5 on Flowing Text is due by Monday (you are welcome to work on it in Friday’s class).
