Client(Sender): Slam Magazine
SLAM brings the reader face to face with their favorite players, to inspire the young boys that read it, that they can do what they set their minds to.
SLAM brings the reader face to face with their favorite players, to inspire the young boys that read it, that they can do what they set their minds to.
Message: Klay Thompson is the coolest guy in the NBA. He has saved the team from losing on multiple occasions. He makes "waves" with his unbelievable, consistent three-pointer shots. (OLD: Get to know 3-time NBA champ, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, and one half of the splash brothers.)
Make waves with hoops.
Make waves with hoops.
Audience: Readers of the Slam magazine. Males aged 13-20.
Caucasian readers 49%
African-American readers 16%
Caucasian readers 49%
African-American readers 16%
Purpose/Objectives: (Show a person in a way that that person is not typically seen.) Show Klay Thompson with his "splash/waves" he makes with his unbelievable shots.
Specifications:
Full page bleed: Regular size issue-- 8 1/8" x 11 1/8"
Project Schedule and budget: The project launched Tuesday September 25, 2018. The project will be due Thursday October 18, 2018. The budget will be $3000. $75/hour. Estimating 40 hours.
Project Research & Preparation Due -Beginning of Class Thursday September 27
(Word List, Visual Research Board, Similar Illustration Solutions)
Nine Thumbnail (2x3”) Explorations Due - Beginning of Class Tuesday- October 2
Three Illustration Concept Roughs (4x6”) Due - Beginning of Class Thursday October 4
Tight Illustration (8x12”) Due - Beginning of Class Tuesday, October 9
Finished Illustration Comp (8x12”) with Text Due Tuesday- October 16
Final Illustration/Ad Due - Beginning of Class Thursday- October 18
Illustration Idea/Concept/Thematic Statement: I will be creating a magazine illustration for SLAM magazine to portray basketball player Klay Thompson in a realistic cartoon-ish kind of way. This illustration will portray in a conceptual way, the way Thompson can make "waves" with his unbelievably consistent shots.
