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What’s Due

Overview

This project is something you have probably never attempted. Make sure that you take this assignment seriously. Put everything you have into this preparation. Those that do not prepare properly during this Week 0 struggle tremendously the next three weeks.

For this assignment, you are going to prepare to start the 18-days of something project. You have one week to prepare as much as you can short of actually doing the final work. This means, at a minimum, you should sketch ideas for each of the 18 days. However, you will probably want to flesh out 36 – 54 different ideas instead of the minimum 18.  To help you do this you will be provided a sketchbook and will be required to fill the whole thing with your sketches for this assignment. The sketches should be comprehensive and should really explore the ideas to ensure the highest quality possible.

If there are other things you can prepare, it is highly recommended. Finding mock-ups, creating captions, writing content, making scripts, storyboards are all examples of things you can do. The more you do this week, the easier 18 days you will have.

Instructions

Follow the instructions to build out your 18-Days of Something week 0.

  1. Sketch as many idea as you can
  2. Take photos of each page of your filled out sketchbook
  3. Create a document with that includes all the photos of your sketches
    1. Include anything else you’ve done to prepare (mock-ups, captions, written content, scripts, storyboards, etc.)
  4. Save the document as a PDF
  5. Submit the PDF to this assignment

18-Days of Something Requirements

Overview

The objective of this project is to select one of your primary visual skills you would like to refine, practice, and develop. The project will consist of 18 individual visual projects completed each day that are part of a consistent topic or theme. This will be graded on meeting the minimum expectations (see below) and the quality of the design. 

Examples

Here are some examples of what can be done for this project.

  • Photography
    • A daily Photoshop composite.
    • A daily photography-based ad.
    • A daily Photoshop mock-up.
    • A daily book cover.
  • Vector Design
    • A daily logo.
    • A daily icon.
    • A daily vector-based ad.
  • Web Design
    • A daily website mock-up.
    • A daily app icon.
    • A daily app layout (different app for each day).
  • Animation/Video
    • A daily animation.
    • A daily animated logo.
    • A daily tutorial (video, stop-motion, Instagram carousel, etc).
  • Other
    • A daily 3d product mock-up.
    • A daily 3d animation.

Minimum Expectations

The project must be ...

  • approved by your instructor
  • visual in some way
  • must communicate a message
  • must have a purpose a company would use
  • cannot be “fine art”
  • a set of consistent projects, which are part of the same topic or theme
  • a total of 18 individual visual projects completed daily
  • completed within 20 days (This leaves flexibility to not work on Sundays or to have extra days in-case of emergencies.)
  • shared daily on the BYU-I Visual Comm Society & Emphasis Facebook group and any other social media platforms of your choice (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc). These social media posts should showcase your process (write-up, speed video, video summary, etc.) along with your finished daily project
  • recorded in your 18-Days of Something Proposal/Report

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