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What is Due

Overview

Every day of the 18-Days of Something project, you will need to post your daily new project to the visual comm Facebook group. You will be held accountable for daily posting by submitting a screenshot and a link to your daily posts. Even though it is only required to post on the Visual Comm Facebook group, it is recommended to build your personal brand and look for other opportunities to showcase your work through different platforms.

Instructions

This is a daily assignment which will be turned in to the same assignment 24 times. In other words, you will have 24 submissions to the same assignment. Before you submit you’ll need to:

  1. Finish a new daily 18-Days of something project
  2. Create visuals which pleasantly display the daily project
    1. Don’t just save it out on a white background
    2. Try and use different display methods
  3. Create a Facebook post and share it to the Visual Comm Facebook group
    1. The link is: https://www.facebook.com/groups/visualcomm/
  4. Download this Google Doc: 18-Days of Something Report and include:
    1. A screenshot of the shared Facebook Group post
    2. A URL of the shared Facebook post
  5. Save the doc and submit it to this assignment
  6. Repeat steps 1-5 every day of the 18-Days of Something project
    1. There will be 18 submissions to the same assignment
    2. Keep the previous submissions within the document

 

 

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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