Midyear Project: Artist Page

List of Famous Painters: 

• Picasso
• Mondrian
• O'Keefe
• Munch
• Van Gogh
• Da Vinci
• Monet
• Rembrandt
• Dali
• Warhol
• Cezanne
• Klimt
• Vermeer
• Pollock
• Degas
• Frida Kahlo
• Chagall
  
  
and many more...

Due Date:
Midterm Period 2: Tuesday, Jan 20 
Midterm Period 6: Thursday, Jan. 22 
You must come in for the midterm, but you will have the full period to finish the 
midterm project.

Assignment: 
Your assignment is to create a homepage for a famous painter as if he/she were alive today and create a posterboard presentation with supporting materials from your design. Bring your painter into the 21st century! Utilize the tech advances that we have today to make this a funky and fun page for the artist. 

Steps:

1. Research contemporary artist sites.
2. Create a moodboard (you can use a compositor app on your iPad)
3. Sketch out your design on sketchbook paper.
4. Create a sitemap in Gliffy.
5. Create a wireframe in Gliffy.
6. Design your site in Photoshop. 
7. Print out your materials.
8. Assemble your posterboard
9. Turn in your Photoshop JPEG to Drive.

50%: Homepage Design
Make sure you use the skills we have learned throughout the year

• Elements & Principles
• The mood of the page should evoke that of the painter's style
• Global navigation
• Alignment
  
  

50%: Posterboard
The Poster board must include the following:

• Title of your site should be prominent on the board
• Moodboard 
  
• Sitemap of your site 
• Wireframe of your site

• Printout of the site 
• On the back of your poster, write and print a critique on how your design is done well and also shows the artist's style.
• ***All printouts should have a colored border around them
• ***These pieces should be assembled in a pleasing manner on a black or white poster.
  

Grading Rubric: 
A:
Your site page is unique and innovative, bringing the artist and his/her style into the 21st century. You have utilized the elements and principles and all of the skills we have learned so far this year. Craftsmanship is impeccable on the poster. There are no missing elements. The critique is thoughtful, well written, and use the elements of art and principles of design. Poster board uses the elements/principles to create a pleasing composition. Printouts are similar sizes and work well on the poster. 
B: 
Your site page is done well; it follows the directions. Craftsmanship on the whole, looks professional, but lacks a few details. There are no missing elements on the poster. The critique lacks some element described above. Poster board is a pleasing composition.
C:
The site page follows directions, but doesn't utilize the elements & principles very well. Craftsmanship is average. There are 1 or 2 missing elements on the poster. Critique lacks thought and analysis. Poster board uses the elements/principles to create a pleasing composition. Printouts are similar sizes and work well on the poster. 
D:
Your site page lacks creative design. Little effort was put forth into both the poster board. It lacks professionalism and creativity and does not contain many of the required elements.
F: 
No work submitted or work is extremely unfinished and unprofessional.