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Akil Grant's Sophomore Portfolio

Mar 22, 2016

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Akil Grant

A collection of my work from my sophomore year in the Graphic Design program at The School of Visual Arts
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Basic Typography Jason Heuer

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Book Covers: design book covers for novelizations of popular tv shows

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T-Shirts: create T-shirts that reference a specific typeface

in an appealing way

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Editorial Design: given a specific article, design and lay out two spreads to display the information aesthetically

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Poster: design a typographic poster that illustrates a specific quote

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Computers in the Studio Viveca Diaz

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Clothing line: develop a logo, as well as branding solutions for a fictional clothing company

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Originality Adrienne Leban

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Draw With Me: Given a half-filled book, the artist fills the remaining pages by incorporating the existing images.

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Visual Literacy Richard Wilde

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Visual Diary: Record each day for a month. Address each day as a whole or simply the most important event.

GIRLFRIEND ON HER GODDAMN PERIOD

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FRIDAYSTOPPED BYNYPD FOR

BEING BLACK

HURRICANE SANDY PREP

HURRICANE SANDY IN GW

SKIPPED AD CAUSE JACK MAKES ME

HATE LIFE

BUMPY ASSTRAIN RIDE

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HARD PLACE

The Line Project: Illustrate a selection of emotions and states of being using the format of the line.

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ROCK

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The Sound Problem: Graphically represent the sounds of the topics indicated without literal reference.

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Flesh n’ Bones Breath of Life

Time Money

Stable Relationship Living quarters

Ego: Depict your goals, as well as your reflections on

yourself in the form of mathematic equations.

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ME

AN IDEAL ME

ME IN 5 YEARS

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Graphic Design Frank Young

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Paula Scher: Weekly reinerpretations, and rearrangements of a vectored Paula Scher poster.

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Transforrmation: depict an object in a way that clearly demonstrates a visual change

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Drawing John Ruggeri

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Collage: given a selection of objects and books, create collages that aren’t cliche

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Personal Artwork

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CS6: an assortment of pieces done using programs from the Adobe Creative Suite

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Special thanks to my family and its insanity, which literally and figuratively decorates these pages, as well as the amazing faculty at SVA.

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