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Guidelines for creating project proposals.
Your proposal should describe the main ideas / concepts you are interested in and the ways you plan to make them visible in your project.Your proposal should include two parts:
(1) Written description of the concepts of the proposed artwork. What do you plan to do and why is it interesting? Discuss your ideas and influences - artists, popular culture, personal experiences. Consider creativity - how will your project be original and yet also be understood by others? What do you imagine the end result will look like? How will you arrange the elements of your work to best convey your ideas?
(2) Sketches and visual source material. These sketches and visual source material are a guide for you to explore how you want your concepts to manifest themselves into a digital medium. You should have at least 5 different sketches to explore your approach to the project. The more source material you gather before working digitally, the more options you will have once you begin working on the computer. I would recommend exploring the University Libraries, bookstores, taking digital photos, scanning real objects, internet archives, etc.
Visual source material to includes:
What to turn in:
- Sketches
- Flatbed Scans of source materials
- Cut out magazine images
- Other artworks for reference
- Article or book summaries
- Newspaper clippings
- Blueprints for how you will assemble the images
The written portion should be at least ONE FULL PAGE OF TEXT and a maximum of two pages. Pages should be typed, with 1 to 1.25 inch margins, double spaced, times-roman 12-point font. Your writing should follow proper grammar and spelling and your name should appear at the top of your paper. Sentences that are merely "filler" will not be counted towards the full page of text. An example of filler: "I was thinking, and I don't know what to do for this project, but since I'm taking this class and I have to do something I came up with an idea." This type of writing does not help the reader's understanding of the concept or the artwork.
You will turn your typed proposal and support materials in at the start of class, rather than through Carmen. You should use a manila folder, or portfolio, or at least a staple, to keep all the materials together.
Proposals are tools of creativity. If you are concerned that you will be tied down to the ideas written about in your proposal and that it will stifle your creativity, please know that it is fine if you change your ideas while you are working on your project. Proposals are graded separately from the artwork. Be open to allowing your artwork to inform your ideas along the way; as long as you make great work, changes from your proposal will not affect your grade. The main purpose of this proposal is to get you to start with a good idea.
Your proposal is due by the beginning of class on the due date. If it is turned in late, even later that same day, the grade will be reduced by one point. And another point for each additional day it is late. (Each paper in this class is worth 3 points towards your final grade). If you are not able to make it to class that day, you must upload your paper and scanned sketches/visual materials to the Carmen online course system dropbox before the time our class begins so it is not counted as late.