Assignment Five - Graphic Layout Mock-Ups

Due this THURSDAY, May 3rd at the Beginning of Lab

1: Print out your section perspective on the color laser printer in AAA the output room (Foster).
NOTE: review the requirements (click on link above) for printing to the AAA output room - you will need a prepaid punch card.
NOTE: The purpose of printing to Foster is three-fold: First, it introduces you to how to print to the AAA output room prior to your mid-term. Second, printing will help you to see the quality of your lineweights and linked files. Third, you will be able to verify if the output color space matches what you have on the screen.

2a: Your are to design a grid layout for your mid-term presentation. Your presentation will be on two - and only two - Tabloid (11x17) sheets. You can choose to mount them in Portrait (Vertical Orientation) or Landscape (Horizontal Orientation) - but you must use the same orientation for both.

TIP: The cells between the grid should be scaleable, so that one cell in the lower right, scales up to the same proportion as four cells. The best grid layouts will follow a similar proportion in the vertical direction, such that a horizontal cell rotated to the vertical direction will scale up to two horizontal cells. This establishes a proportional relationship in the underlying grid.

TIP: The cell size between the grid is not arbitrary, keep in mind the size of views you are working with and coordinate cell size between what works well on the tabloid page size and the output renders from Sketch-Up and Illustrator.

2b: Based upon this grid, your are to create a mock-up of your mid-term presentation. The mock-up will be reviewed by your GTF this Thursday in Lab to help guide you in your graphic layout and presentation composition. Refer to the mid-term drawing requirements and compose the mock-up based on these required views. You can develop your mock-up in two ways (and I highly suggest a combination of the two).

Method A:
Print out your grid at full-scale or a smaller scale if you like. Using trace paper, sketch over this grid placing the required drawings as you think is appropriate. Bring your trace to lab.
Method B:
Export lo-res raster images from Sketch-Up for the required views. Place those images into your Illustrator file, scale them and move them to generate your mock-up. Print your mock-up for lab.
NOTE: In scaling images, be sure to hold down the Shift key so that images scale proportionately.

Graphic Layout Design Requirements

• Information is organized from general to specific.
• Create a strong visual hierarchy placing emphasis on your most descriptive drawing(s).
• Create a variation of image sizes to support the main hierarchy with smaller supporting images.
• Compose the drawing to maintain visual interest - keeping the eye moving through hierarchy and range of image sizes.
• Sufficient negative space to give a graphic rest in the composition, and the negative space supports the main composition hierarchy.
• Create a variation in rendering techniques, including raster/vector composites, and simple vector drawings.
• Simple color scheme repeating colors throughout the composition.