This collection contains works created by students at Watkins College of Art and Design for several classes including: Introduction to Illustration, Digital Art and Art Licensing.
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Illustrated Portrait of Joshua Dent
Mary Beth Parkinson
Assignment: Create an Illustrated portrait of Joshua Dent, a Non-Binary Nashville-based cellist who focuses on cross genre collaboration, chamber music, and improvisation. Your work will be based on life drawings of Dent during a performance at Watkins, your original photographs, notes and conversations with the cellist.
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Music City Hot Chicken Festival 2020
Olivia Brant
Create an illustrated poster for the 14th Annual Music City Hot Chicken Festival, including spicy art and handcrafted type. One poster from this class will be selected to promote the uniquely Nashville culinary festival.
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Music City Hot Chicken Festival 2020
Skylar Tippetts
Create an illustrated poster for the 14th Annual Music City Hot Chicken Festival, including spicy art and handcrafted type. One poster from this class will be selected to promote the uniquely Nashville culinary festival.
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Music City Hot Chicken Festival 2020
Natalie Welch
Create an illustrated poster for the 14th Annual Music City Hot Chicken Festival, including spicy art and handcrafted type. One poster from this class will be selected to promote the uniquely Nashville culinary festival.
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Sketchbook Assignment pp. 11-15
Olivia Brant
The sketchbook is comprised of notes, sketches and all materials pertaining to this course, as well as weekly interpretations of word prompts. The weekly entries should clearly communicate the meaning of each word. Please write the definition of each word beneath each entry or incorporate it into the illustration. These can be quick sketches or more involved works of art. Produce one per week, due each Wednesday. The Sketchbook counts 10% of the final grade.
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Sketchbook Assignment pp. 1-5
Olivia Brant
The sketchbook is comprised of notes, sketches and all materials pertaining to this course, as well as weekly interpretations of word prompts. The weekly entries should clearly communicate the meaning of each word. Please write the definition of each word beneath each entry or incorporate it into the illustration. These can be quick sketches or more involved works of art. Produce one per week, due each Wednesday. The Sketchbook counts 10% of the final grade.
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Sketchbook Assignment pp. 6-10
Olivia Brant
The sketchbook is comprised of notes, sketches and all materials pertaining to this course, as well as weekly interpretations of word prompts. The weekly entries should clearly communicate the meaning of each word. Please write the definition of each word beneath each entry or incorporate it into the illustration. These can be quick sketches or more involved works of art. Produce one per week, due each Wednesday. The Sketchbook counts 10% of the final grade.
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2020 Tin Pan South National Songwriting poster
Madison Thomson
Illustration for NSAI's (Nashville Songwriters Association International) 28th Annual Tin Pan South Songwriting Festival. Logo design provided by the client and re-drawn by the illustrator.
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2020 Tin Pan South poster
Kaelin Baudier
Illustration for the 2020 Tin Pan South Songwriting Festival (logo provided by the client, NSAI)
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2020 Tin Pan South Songwriting Festival poster
Jordan Zinn
Poster illustration for the 2020 Tin Pan South National Songwriting Festival (logo provided by the client, NSAI)
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DRAG
Madison Thomson
12-page booklet that showcases strong layout skills and understanding of design principles, as well as demonstrates your ability to use the digital tools you’ve learned throughout the semester. For the subject matter of this booklet, define a type and evaluate variants of it. Look at everyday objects in a new or more detailed way. A type might be based on a category of product, a shared designer, or a common material.
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Earth and Heaven
Natalie Briscoe
Illustrations and patterns for the purpose of surface design and products
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Farm Collection
Natalie Briscoe
Illustrations and patterns for the purpose of surface design and products
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Flip of a Switch
Kate-Lyn Rogers
12-page booklet that showcases strong layout skills and understanding of design principles, as well as demonstrates your ability to use the digital tools you’ve learned throughout the semester. For the subject matter of this booklet, define a type and evaluate variants of it. Look at everyday objects in a new or more detailed way. A type might be based on a category of product, a shared designer, or a common material. Examples include types of ocean creatures, teas, phobias, bands, etc. Give a brief overview of the type you’re studying and showcase what the objects have in common as well as what makes each unique.
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Illustrated Portrait of Adia Victoria
Mitchell Coleman
Assignment: Develop a visual interpretation of vocalist Adia Victoria based upon life drawings, (your) personal photographs, notes, and conversation.
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Illustrated Portrait of Adia Victoria
Travon Lacy
Assignment: Develop a visual interpretation of vocalist Adia Victoria based upon life drawings, (your) personal photographs, notes, and conversation.
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Illustrated Portrait of Adia Victoria
Kate-Lyn Rogers
Assignment: Develop a visual interpretation of vocalist Adia Victoria based upon life drawings, (your) personal photographs, notes, and conversation.
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Illustrated Portrait of Adia Victoria
Rafer White
Assignment: Develop a visual interpretation of vocalist Adia Victoria based upon life drawings, (your) personal photographs, notes, and conversation.
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Improbable Locations Postcards
Madison Thomson
The objective of this project is to demonstrate understanding of Illustrator and basic design principles. Create artwork for a set of four postcards that function as a series. Each card should be sized to print at 4.25 x 6” with 1/8” bleed. The postcards should engage and inspire the viewer to visit locations that we can’t reach by today’s travel means –– imaginary places or an existing location that we can’t reach just yet or any longer.
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Poster illustration for Tin Pan South
Hannah Hagans
Assignment: Create an illustration for the 2020 Tin Pan South National Songwriting Festival, its 28th year. Partnered with NSAI: Nashville Songwriters Association International to promote the festival through illustrated posters for their print and digital media campaign.
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PSA Poster
Jordan Zinn
Create a public service announcement (PSA) poster to bring attention to a topic that interests you. A PSA is a clear and concise, powerful message that is intended to create behavioral change for the public good. The 11x14” poster must be laid out in InDesign and include the following: a strong visual, compelling headline, 1-2 sentences that explain the topic, a call-to-action (CTA), source credit, and the Ad Council logo.
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The Catch by Langston Hughes
Jordan Zinn
Assignment: Illustrate the Langston Hughes (1902-1967) poem “Catch” for the cover of Poetry magazine.
