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What’s Due

Overview

For this assignment, you’ll put together a case study of the 18-Days of Something project. Aside from your about me page, case studies are the most important part of a portfolio. Aside from showing your experience and skill, case studies give your potential client or employer an idea of how you work and think. Your case study should have personal branding and be a well designed multi-page PDF. 

Instructions

Follow the instructions to build out your 18-Days of Something case study.

  1. Gather together all digital assets used or created within the project
  2. Create an outline of the case study
  3. Create a case study document which includes:
    1. Cover
    2. Your name
    3. The Objective
    4. The Solution
    5. Your Approach
    6. Learnings
    7. Your top three days highlighted
    8. A presentation of each of the 18 days
    9. Your Contact Page
  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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