Now that you have thoroughly researched the work of other artists and recorded your own observations through photographs and drawings, you are ready to bring all of your ideas together in a page of possible designs.
You should aim to create at least 6 possible designs for the project, some of which you will develop to create your final piece. This stage in the project is an opportunity for you to try out all of the ideas you have had so far in the project, so each possible design should be completely unique. They may not all be successful, but that's okay since you won't develop them all and we can learn valuable lessons from our failures as well as our successes.
Remember that each of your possible designs should: - Clearly link to the theme of the project - Be an appropriate outcome for the project (so if the project brief is to create a CD Cover, each of your designs should look like a CD cover) - Be influenced by the artists you’ve researched. This could be through your use of media, techniques, colour schemes, processes or subject matter - Incorporate your own photographs or your own drawings - Incorporate ideas from your mind map - Be inspired by images you included on your mood board
Not every possible design on your page needs to be completed perfectly - you aren't creating your final piece just yet, so see this as an opportunity to record your ideas before you improve them.
Take a look at these examples from a range of different projects:
Generally speaking, you will be graded as follows:
Green (grade 1/2) - You have created 4 possible designs but they are basic line drawings. Your designs have no clear link to the work you have created in the project so far and therefore have no link to the theme.
Amber (grade 3) - You have created six possible designs but the media and processes you have used to create them is all the same. There are some links to the work you have done previously, but these are not always obvious.
Red (grades 4+) - You have created six possible designs using a variety of media and techniques. The subject matter/media/techniques/concepts behind your designs clearly connect to work you have created and researched earlier in the project.