Gig Poster

Objective

Loosely follow the style of Swiss modernism as illustrated by Mike Joyce’s work and create your own custom gig poster for an actual concert that has occured in the past for a given band or musical artist that you like.

What you’ll need to begin

• The Playgrounds app installed on your computer
• Another copy of the Sketches Template added to your list of playgrounds, renamed to be titled Custom Gig Poster
• Writing instruments, including a ruler or straight edge

Success criteria

• a hand-drawn plan is made using either a:
  • storyboard approach
    • e.g.: you illustrate, step by step, what parts of the poster you will draw in what order
  • sketch of entire poster
    • e.g.: you analyse your sketch and:
      • number key elements in the order they will be drawn (sequence)
      • identify numerical patterns in the position of elements (where iteration might be used)
      • identify similar visual elements in your poster (where abstraction using functions might be used)

NOTE

Your plan must be shared on Notion and approved by Mr. Gordon prior to starting to write code.

• ∙ to meet expectations, your code should:

  • show an understanding of sequence by producing output that matches your plan
  • show an understanding of iteration by using loops to draw repeated elements

• ∙ to exceed expectations, your code should:

  • show an understanding of abstraction by making use of functions that include parameters
  • show an understanding of selection by making use of if statements

• use color combinations that are appealing

NOTE

You may use the eyedropper tool to sample colors from the examples shown.

• code should include concise comments that describe intent
• code is correctly indented
• Playground is regularly backed up by making duplicates, using filenames like:
  • Custom Gig Poster
  • Custom Gig Poster v2
  • Custom Gig Poster v3
  • et cetera

NOTE

Create a short screen recording like this one to show that your poster was backed up regularly, then share it on Notion. Note how seven versions of the playgrounds were made across an hour – a new version made after each significant bit of progress. You must show the backups made using the list view in Finder.

• poster must be for an actual concert that occurred in the past

Exemplar

Mr. Gordon authored a complete exemplar for this task, creating a poster for Sloan, one of his favourite bands. View his work here to see how you can meet and exceed expectations.

Handing in your work

When you have finished the code for this task, please complete the Coding Task – Final Entry template, and be sure to respond to these prompts…

1. What was the hardest part of authoring your poster? Why?
2. What technique that we learned about in this module – sequence, iteration, abstraction, or selection, was most important for creating your poster? Why?

Due date

You must add all required elements described above in to your portfolio prior to the end of our final period on Thursday, December 19, 2024.

No exceptions – please, plan ahead – everything will take longer than you expect to finish.

Learning goals

Successful completion of this task is great evidence of mastery for learning goals 1, 4, 5, and 6.