akil grant's sophomore portfolio
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A collection of my work from my sophomore year in the Graphic Design program at The School of Visual ArtsTRANSCRIPT
Akil GrantSophomore portfolio
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Basic Typography Jason Heuer
Book Covers: design book covers for novelizations of popular tv shows
T-Shirts: create T-shirts that reference a specific typeface
in an appealing way
Editorial Design: given a specific article, design and lay out two spreads to display the information aesthetically
Poster: design a typographic poster that illustrates a specific quote
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Computers in the Studio Viveca Diaz
Clothing line: develop a logo, as well as branding solutions for a fictional clothing company
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Originality Adrienne Leban
Draw With Me: Given a half-filled book, the artist fills the remaining pages by incorporating the existing images.
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Visual Literacy Richard Wilde
Visual Diary: Record each day for a month. Address each day as a whole or simply the most important event.
GIRLFRIEND ON HER GODDAMN PERIOD
FRIDAYSTOPPED BYNYPD FOR
BEING BLACK
HURRICANE SANDY PREP
HURRICANE SANDY IN GW
SKIPPED AD CAUSE JACK MAKES ME
HATE LIFE
BUMPY ASSTRAIN RIDE
HARD PLACE
The Line Project: Illustrate a selection of emotions and states of being using the format of the line.
ROCK
The Sound Problem: Graphically represent the sounds of the topics indicated without literal reference.
Flesh n’ Bones Breath of Life
Time Money
Stable Relationship Living quarters
Ego: Depict your goals, as well as your reflections on
yourself in the form of mathematic equations.
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ME
AN IDEAL ME
ME IN 5 YEARS
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Graphic Design Frank Young
Paula Scher: Weekly reinerpretations, and rearrangements of a vectored Paula Scher poster.
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Transforrmation: depict an object in a way that clearly demonstrates a visual change
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Drawing John Ruggeri
Collage: given a selection of objects and books, create collages that aren’t cliche
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Personal Artwork
CS6: an assortment of pieces done using programs from the Adobe Creative Suite
Special thanks to my family and its insanity, which literally and figuratively decorates these pages, as well as the amazing faculty at SVA.