Last Wednesday, we were given the following (terrific) design exercise. Give it a shot, it was a lot of fun!!
Today’s Graphic Design Exercise by Alex Griendling
It really is quite genius.
He says “I do these as experiments, and use the below formula. It doesn’t matter if the finished design is any good or not, only that I’m challenging myself to think on the fly, and develop an interesting solution to the problem presented.”
Here are the rules:
1 – Go to “wikipedia.” Hit “random” or click
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
The first random wikipedia article you get is the name of your band.
2 – Go to “Random quotations” or click
www.quotationspage.com/random.php3
The last four or five words of the very last quote of the page is the title of your first album.
3 – Go to flickr and click on “explore the last seven days” or click
www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days
Third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.
4 – Use photoshop or similar to put it all together. Your finished piece should be 11″ X 11″ trimmed and put on the white board.
You have one hour…..ready, set, GO.
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My random article was about Crystal Township, Michigan, and my random quotation was
“Life isn’t fair. It’s just fairer than death, that’s all.”
from the Princess Bride.
For the picture, I chose a photo of a cow from flickr.
And here’s my album cover! It was so much fun to make!
Leanne Padgett 