Project Requirement
For this project, you are a stamp designer for the Canada Post Corporation .
Your job is to come up with a unique stamp uncut press sheet design (set of stamps with presentation background) inspired in one of the following themes:
Your job is to come up with a unique stamp uncut press sheet design (set of stamps with presentation background) inspired in one of the following themes:
Multiculturalism
Chinese New Year
Canadian Christmas
Your own topic (needs instructor's approval)
Chinese New Year
Canadian Christmas
Your own topic (needs instructor's approval)
If you have been to the Canada post office, you have probably noticed that there are always several stamp designs packs or especial edition stamps to choose from. These designs celebrate people, places, art, and events within our culture. Sometimes, they’re just attractive seasonal designs. Visit this link for inspiration and ideas. http://www.canadapost.ca/shop/collecting/
Requirements:
Size: Stamps come in many sizes, but two standards are 1.1875 x 0.875 inches (can be portrait or landscape), and 0.875 x 1 inches. You may select either size, or measure another stamp and use/copy its size.
Required Text: “2.50” (stamp cost in dollars and cents), "Canada" and the name of the theme you chose.
Presentation: stamp designs, grouped together 3x3 or 2x2, or in a row.
Media: Your own Illustrations (digital or scanned), collages, photographs.
Stock/free images are allowed with source permission.
Proof carefully (watch for capitalization, punctuation, spelling, grammatical errors)
Make sure that you run a preflight
Export PDF file with all printer’s marks turned on
Packaged InDesign files + add the PDF file, compress and upload to D2L
Required Text: “2.50” (stamp cost in dollars and cents), "Canada" and the name of the theme you chose.
Presentation: stamp designs, grouped together 3x3 or 2x2, or in a row.
Media: Your own Illustrations (digital or scanned), collages, photographs.
Stock/free images are allowed with source permission.
Proof carefully (watch for capitalization, punctuation, spelling, grammatical errors)
Make sure that you run a preflight
Export PDF file with all printer’s marks turned on
Packaged InDesign files + add the PDF file, compress and upload to D2L
Process and Deliverables:
Research: Before working in InDesign, you are going to do some research into the theme you chose.
Brainstorm: List in a word document the list of ideas and sources of inspiration
Technical Requirements
Brainstorm: List in a word document the list of ideas and sources of inspiration
Technical Requirements
Dimensions: 8.5" x 11" or a different size depending of package idea.
12 Concept thumbnail (all are different ideas) - choose 1 concepts for your roughs.
6 Roughs total . choose 2 roughs for your comprehensives.
(above done by hand and digitized for submission)
2 Comprehensives.
1 Final
(above files done in Photoshop or Illustrator)
12 Concept thumbnail (all are different ideas) - choose 1 concepts for your roughs.
6 Roughs total . choose 2 roughs for your comprehensives.
(above done by hand and digitized for submission)
2 Comprehensives.
1 Final
(above files done in Photoshop or Illustrator)
Add/type your names on the stamps page. This can be on the slug or a printable are of the sheet.
Your stamps should stand alone as attractive designs, but also look as though they are part of a series when look as a package.
Images used should be crisp and recognizable, actually educating the viewer
about aspects of your chosen theme.
Your stamps should stand alone as attractive designs, but also look as though they are part of a series when look as a package.
Images used should be crisp and recognizable, actually educating the viewer
about aspects of your chosen theme.
Make sure that your uploaded folder is labelled "assignment5+ your name" (no spaces - lower case)
