ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
Why are book covers important?
How can you tell a story with images?
How can you create a balanced composition?
Why are book covers important?
How can you tell a story with images?
How can you create a balanced composition?
STUDENT EXAMPLES
ARTIST EXAMPLES
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
Students will re-create the cover for their favorite book.
REQUIREMENTS:
Prep (30 points):
Drawing (45 points):
Effort (20 points):
The student took time to develop their ideas fully. Many new techniques were tried. The student made excellent use of class time - 20 points (10 or 5 points for lesser effort)
Reflection (5 points):
Self Reflection- 5 points
Total: 100 points
Students will re-create the cover for their favorite book.
REQUIREMENTS:
Prep (30 points):
- Resources: Use a resource for everything you draw - 10 points
- Draft: Create a draft featuring everything you will have on your final. Work out composition problems - 10 points
- Packet: Completion of packet - 10 points
Drawing (45 points):
- Composition: Your composition emphasizes vital characters and/or events a meaningful way - 15 points
- Title and Author: You must include the title, author, and illustrator using an original, applicable, well crafted, and thoughtfully sized font. The illustrator is you - 5 points
- Color Palette: Your color palette reflects the mood of the book and is thoughtfully applied. You may choose your medium - 10 points
- Craftsmanship: Your final is neat and reflects your best work - 15 points
Effort (20 points):
The student took time to develop their ideas fully. Many new techniques were tried. The student made excellent use of class time - 20 points (10 or 5 points for lesser effort)
Reflection (5 points):
Self Reflection- 5 points
Total: 100 points
ADVICE FROM STUDENTS
- “During this project I used many resources, but the most helpful one was definitely YouTube. I also looked at pictures of trees for inspiration and even asked my friends and Ms. B for advice at times. I would also hold it up at a distance and my friends would comment on it.”
- “One tip that was very useful to me was shading as much as possible. I shaded my trees, sky, bark and character's hair to go from light to dark. It really makes a difference. My drawing looked so much better. A tip I would give someone doing this project for the first time is to treat letters as objects/shapes. I did this with my title. By measuring them it will look even.”
- “I used pictures and help from peers as resources. It's really useful to have other people's suggestions besides your own. I would use both resources again.”
- “I took advice from my peers to see what they thought. It was very helpful.”
- “I found it helpful to use other objects in the picture to scale things. I would tell people to always make sure things are the right size.”
- “I used drawings from the Internet and pictures from the movie to get more details. I also asked people around me what I could add to make the picture better.”
- “Techniques that I found extremely helpful for this project were spacing and starting with basic shapes. A tip I would give someone is to always know the space you should have to work with for each piece of your drawing and to always start with a simple circle or whatever the basic shape of your object is and work from there.”
