David Durbak Multimedia Graphics: GRA2131C - Illustrator Minimalist Movie Posters

Create two (2) completely different minimalist-style movie posters using Adobe Illustrator. For one poster, use elements of international pictograms. For the other poster, you have free reign of your conceptual imagery.

In this assignment, combine simple, minimalist, graphic shapes to illustrate the theme, concept, penultimate and/or iconic moment of a movie.

For the poster using international pictograms, create your posters using values ranging between pure black and pure white. You may use one (1) accent color.

For the poster where you have free reign on design, concentrate on using the minimal amount of graphics in your poster. You may use more than one color in your design, although in this assignment, less is more. A single accent color can have greater impact than a poster containing several colors.

See the link below for a tutorial on creating basic shapes using Illustrator:

https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/how-to/draw-basic-shapes.html

1.) Research basic shapes via a search for minimalist international warning signage on the Internet

2.) Choose two (2) different movies to illustrate

3.) Use Illustrator to create the poster background and to create the graphic elements used in your posters; do NOT simply copy the elements from the Internet and remove the background(s)

4.) Use the default poster size found under the 'Art & Illustration' templates and change the settings to 18 inches by 24 inches (or 24 inches by 18 inches for a horizontal poster) at 300 p.p.i., adding a 1/4 inch bleed on all sides.

5.) You may create an achromatic design (only black, white, and grey values in between), and use a single color (monochromatic) in your minimalist design - the accent color can be different on each poster design

6.) Illustrate the themes of your movies by using as few, basic, simple design elements as possible

7.) Create a separate layer for each element of your design and, as in the HTML portrait, be sure to label each layer so that you can easily adjust and tweak your image

To organize and create the layout your artwork, use the appropriate tools for selecting, positioning, and stacking objects precisely. You can measure and align objects; group objects so that they are treated as a single unit; and selectively isolate, lock, or hide objects.

Before you can modify an object, you need to distinguish it from the objects around it. You do that by selecting the object. Once you’ve selected an object, or a part of an object, you can edit it.

Illustrator provides the following selection methods and tools:

- Isolation mode

Lets you quickly isolate a layer, sublayer, path, or group of objects, from all other art in your document. When in isolation mode, all nonisolated objects in the document appear dimmed and are not selectable or editable.

- Layers panel

Lets you quickly and precisely select individual or multiple objects. You can select a single object (even if it’s in a group), all objects within a layer, and entire groups.

- Selection tool

Lets you select objects and groups by clicking or dragging over them. You can also select groups within groups and objects within groups.

- Direct Selection tool

Lets you select individual anchor points or path segments by clicking on them, or select an entire path or group by selecting any other spot on the item. You can also select one or more objects in a group of objects.
note: When in outline mode, the Direct Selection tool may select imported graphics that are near the tool’s pointer. To avoid selecting unwanted graphics, lock or hide the graphics before making the selection.

(above) the artboard settings should look similar to the above image

(above) the result should look like this for a vertical artboard

(above) use simple shapes; ellipses, circles, rectangles, squares, etc.,

and only use one color along with black and grey for your shapes

click on the above image to see how to change the color of the shape

(above) create a new layer for each element

this should happen automatically with Illustrator

(above) label each layer so that you can easily adjust or transform the layer or shape

7.) Be sure to add the movie title and credits, as shown in the illustrations below and refer to the previous assignments on typography:

https://durbakaesthetics.blogspot.com/2020/04/gra2131c-assignment-typography-part-1.html

https://durbakaesthetics.blogspot.com/2020/04/gra2131c-assignment-typography-part-2.html

https://durbakaesthetics.blogspot.com/2020/04/gra2131c-assignment-typography-part-iii.html

8.) Use the sample illustrations below as reference - you may create a totally NEW poster for any of the movies shown below, as long as all of the elements are completely different shapes

9.) NOTE: Blogger will not let you post AI files, so you must create screenshots of your files and post those resulting .png files to your blog. Save each poster as follows:
- once as an Illustrator .ai file so that you may adjust your project later

- again as a flattened .PNG file to post to your blog

- we will review your Ai layers during class via screen share

Then, EXPORT your file as a .PNG or .JPEG file to post on your blog.

REMEMBER - you are creating two (2) posters for this assignment.

IMAGES BELOW: poster examples using a minimal amount of international pictograms-based elements