Shepard Fairy is a contemporary street artist, skateboarder, graphic designer, and illustrator. He is well know for his Andre the Giant sticker campaign and became internationally known with his "Hope" poster of Barack Obama during his 2008 campaign. His posters have a cutout aesthetic and utilize a limited color palette to create a visually dynamic look. The poster as a medium at its core is advertisement, meant to draw the viewer in and get the message across quickly. As a result it is also inherently political, used by all sides for the same purpose: to sell an idea whatever it may be. His most recent series was done in protest of President Donald Trump's election to office and features three minority women of color, with slogans such as "We the People" are greater than fear, protect each other, and defend dignity.
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Assignment # 1: Value Portrait Questions
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ASSIGNMENT # 2
You are to create a Shepard Fairey inspired portrait of a notable figure of your choice. These can be political or they can be more lighthearted funny etc. This project is another beginning of the year warm up project to get you comfortable using the pen tool again in Adobe Illustrator. Requirements 1. It must be drawn using Adobe Illustrator using the pen tool. 2. It must have a limited color palette with contrast and there must be a text element added. (One word, a phrase etc) 3. It must have additional areas of lights and darks using the Burn and Dodge tools in Adobe Photoshop. 4. It must have an area with a pattern or a texture, and an additional overlay. TUTORIALS BELOW:
***the "character selfie adding text" tutorial, is for a different project but the same way to add text and manipulate it applies***
Self Reflection Questions: complete these when you are done!
When you are done with your project, and it is in your google portfolio for grading, answer the following questions in the comment section underneath your slide:
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