Summer Task #3 -- Advertise!

Hey Guys,

I've decided to go ahead and propose the third official Design Matters Summer Task. This is one that my friends and I used to do a long time ago for fun way back when we were first taking an interest in digital art.

I would like everyone to make a magazine advertisement.

Well, what are the stipulations, you ask? None, really. Like all of the other summer tasks, this is very open ended. This is not a magazine layout or a spread. This is a one page ad for a product, service, business, etc. Thumb through any magazine that's close to you to draw inspiration. You can advertise anything you want and design in any style that you'd like to.











I'm going to go ahead and give everyone more time to complete this one since the last task had such a low turnout (more than likely due to the time frame). I'll go ahead and make submissions due on August 9th. That give you 12 days, not counting today. If you feel like you could do more during that time, by all means, do more than one. Or if you didn't already submit one, go ahead and submit a website design for the 2nd summer task.

Unfortunately, this will be the last summer task because school will resume shortly after this project's completion.

Good luck everyone, and I hope to see some ads from everyone in the next 2 weeks

- Chris

Summer Task #2 Submissions

Hey again, everyone.

So, perhaps I went and made the 2nd summer challenge a bit too short. I blame the boredom of summer and having to wait around for 12 days feels like an eternity so as impatient as I was feeling, I may have jumped the gun.

We only got 2 submissions: Raphyel and myself.


Raphyel Jordan



Chris Gibson


Short video showing how it would look while browsing the site


Both of us agreed that we had fun coming up with our ideas and executing the project itself so if you still want to come up with a design, by all means, keep working at it. I'll take them whenever you're done and post them up here. We'll just remove the deadline for the challenge.

- Chris

Gig Poster submissions!

Hey Everybody,

just wanted to go ahead and show off everyone's gig poster submissions for the first official Design Matters Summer Task.

Raphyel Jordan



Diana Holliday



Jimmy Taylor




Chris Gibson







Alex Sandoval




Well, that's it. Hope everyone enjoyed it as much as I did and also learned a few things along the way. I know I did. Good Job, everyone.

- Chris

Summer Task #2

Hey guys,With the first summer task having come to a close, I decided I would step up and present the next challenge. Diana mentioned maybe making some things for the Block Party but until we meet up to discuss, I'd like to continue having projects to work on.
Without further adieu:

Summer Task #2: Web Site Design

Let me preface this task by saying that your web site design, in no way needs to be functional on the web. A simple JPEG of your conceptualized design will suffice.

Here are a few examples to help you get inspired:











The actual site can be whatever you want it to be. A website for a band, a blog, an online store, anything goes.

Think about Typography and Graphics (images). These days, graphics play a huge role in website design. Remember that you have certain liberties that you might normally be restricted by with print media.
Really look around and see what makes certain websites stand out from others.

Let's say that submissions will be due on July 12th. That gives you 9 days to come up with a design. I know this is less time that the previous task but, given that it's summer, I feel like it should be enough.

I look foward to seeing your designs.

- Chris