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All email regarding this class should have the following for the subject heading:

ART4990C 2410 ADV GRAPH or

Re: ART4990C 2410 ADV GRAPH

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Monday, September 13th, 2010

We will work to combine all of the elements we have found on the web (and converted to the illustration style of our WPA posters) into a single design. This means that you will need to create a setting or ground for your elements (the person and three objects)

Do not yet worry about turning this design into something with a propaganda message. First try and assemble all of the elements into a composition. Be mindful of the composition of your original WPA poster and the mood the composition creates. Answer the following questions in paragraph form on your blog before beginning:

Why might the artist have used the particular setting?

figure/ground relationships?

figure/figure relationships?

What is the artists saying with the composition?

What is the artists saying with light?

How might you evoke similarly without any text?

How might you change the mood without any text in a manner that stays true to the original artwork?

The final design should be tabloid sized and printed on the laserjet 5550.

Class for Wednesday, September First

Please use class time to work on a figure based on the style of your WPA poster.

The next step in the project will be based on the "Paper Bombs" article you are reading. Use addition class time to consider possibilities for this project. We will be making two posters, one to boost the morale of students during exam week, the other to demoralize them. The propaganda or advertising strategy for one of these posters should bear a direct relationship to the strategy used in your WPA poster, as should the design style.

Advertising Strategies and Propaganda

Please read the following linked list:

http://www.foothilltech.org/rgeib/english/media_literacy/advertising_techniques.htm

link to Propaganda Techniques on Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda_techniques

link to Propaganda article on Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda

Also your reading assignment is here:

http://www.pixelcola.net/advg/advgr-assn.html

Post three related images to your blog.