Alfred State Graphic and Media Design Portfolio
Assignment Information
Name of Assignment: Practice Reading Assignment 2
Class: Illustration
Due Date: 9/28/2020
Date Posted: 9/24/2020
Assignment Description: After reading an exert on Saussure’s semiotics, we were tasked with finding different illustrations that portrayed various topics in his reading. We have to identify what the specific topic represented was and how it fits that topic.
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Name of Assignment: In-Class Sketching Assignment 2
Class: Illustration
Due Date: 9/24/2020
Date Posted: 9/23/2020
Medium: Graphite pencil
Assignment Description: Within the time given in class, we were tasked with drawing people around campus using different criteria. The sketches were supposed to be treated as quick studies, with the primary goal of capturing a person’s likeness and pose. We needed 10 sketches for each prompt.
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Project Information
Name of Project: TEXT Interactive Story
Class: Interactive Media
Due Date: 9/22/2020
Date Posted: 9/22/2020
Program: Twine
Project Description: We were tasked with making a completely text-based game using the program Twine. The game had to be dynamic enough to immerse users without using imagery or sound.
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Name of Project: Addressing Stereotypes and Diversity Project
Class: Illustration
Due Date: 9/14/2020
Date Posted: 9/12/2020
Medium: Watercolor pencil, Color pencil
Size: 9 in x 11 in
Project Description: We were tasked with revisiting one of our Scenario sketches and reworking the composition into a fully fleshed-out piece. We had to address any underlying stereotypes that may have inspired the piece, and create a composition that bolsters diversity without relying on those stereotypes. Color was required for the assignment.
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Name of Assignment: IMAGE Redux Swap
Class: Interactive Media
Due Date: 9/3/2020
Date Posted: 9/1/2020
Program: Adobe Photoshop
Partner: Xavier Sosa https://sosa.digital/2020/09/01/interactive-media-assignment-1-story-board/
Story Generator: https://www.youngwriterssociety.com/story_theme.php
Assignment Description: After reviewing our IMAGE assignment, we were given a partner and were tasked with manipulating their IMAGE submission. We could change images around, draw on them, and reformat them to either improve the composition of the piece or change the narrative entirely.
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Name of Assignment: In-Class Sketching Assignment 1
Class: Illustration
Due Date: 9/2/2020
Date Posted: 9/1/2020
Medium: Graphite pencil
Assignment Description: Using the time allotted in class, we were tasked with coming up with illustrations based off of sixteen prompts. We were allowed to use any medium of our choice for the assignment. Additionally, we had to sketch the prompts out in order, and could only go back over and revise a prompt once the entire list was completed.
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Julie Elwood 