Fantastical Travel Posters
CLO: Students will be able to create a travel poster depicting either a fictional destination or mode of travel from literature. Students will be able to combine visual imagery with specific typography and color schemes to entice travelers to visit their destination. Students will also be able to critique and implement feedback for final revisions.
Learning Goals/Requirements:
Standards addressed:
CVAS3: Invent and Discover to Create: ...To make art involves creating, inventing, conceiving formulating and imagining art...
ARVD.03.02.a Identify and demonstrate positive work behaviors and personal qualities necessary for the current
workforce (i.e., Critical Thinking, Information Literacy, Collaboration, Self Direction, Invention).ARVD.02.01.c Investigate to gather information necessary for decision making.
ARVD.02.01.d Employ ongoing reflective strategies during the design process.
New Academic Language within the context of this project:
Learning Goals/Requirements:
- Students will brainstorm a Fictional Destination or Mode of Travel from Literature.
- Students will create an 11X17 poster using original imagery in either Photoshop or Illustrator with 300 dpi
- Students will choose typography and imagery based on descriptions and themes from a specific story.
- Students will critique, reflect and create an artist statement discussing their process.
Standards addressed:
CVAS3: Invent and Discover to Create: ...To make art involves creating, inventing, conceiving formulating and imagining art...
ARVD.03.02.a Identify and demonstrate positive work behaviors and personal qualities necessary for the current
workforce (i.e., Critical Thinking, Information Literacy, Collaboration, Self Direction, Invention).ARVD.02.01.c Investigate to gather information necessary for decision making.
ARVD.02.01.d Employ ongoing reflective strategies during the design process.
New Academic Language within the context of this project:
- Typography: Specific fonts used to create a feeling or follow a theme. Changes to existing fonts in illustrator and photoshop through warping and/or creating outlines is highly recommended.
- Advertising: A form of marketing communication used to promote or sell something, usually a product or service.