2024 Calendar

Studio

II

Calendar

The Project

Alexa Flikkema

Project 1

inspiration

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Illustration style Calendar type

style

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Illustration

moodboards

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ideation

- brainstorming

- spider map

- random word

- word association

- project goals

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Outline

12-month bug-themed calendar with illustrations. Each month features a different bug in a simple, and colourful style, reminiscent of childlike sketches. January kicks off moths, and continues through the year with ladybugs, butterflies, bees, dragonflies, lantern bug, beetles, etc.

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Dimentions

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Project goals

- Create 12-month bug calendar

- Illustrations inspired by cyanotype printing and black ink tattoos

- Bug illustrations from top view

- Educational bug name and family info included

- Practical design: 8.5 x 5.5 inches

- Printed on perforated paper Tear-down-the-middle layout

- Keep illustrated side as art print or postcard

- Offers aesthetic enjoyment and educational value

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Thumbnails

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Jan/Feb

March/April

May/June July/Aug Sept/Oct Nov/Dec

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Media Tests

Tech pen

HB

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Procreate -

Pencil

Cyanotype

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The Calendar Project

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Type Tests

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Typefaces

Roc GroteskWide Medium Date: Bug family: Roc GroteskWide Light Week day: Owners-Medium 14 pt 9 pt 8 pt

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The Calendar Project

Paper Magnetic wall hanger

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Heavyweight blank postcard, 80lb Cream Teak wood, 8" cut to 6"

Print Tests

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the final

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April S M W F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 March S M T W F 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 01 01 01 Antlion Myrmeleontidae Papilio ulysses 01 Ulysses butterfly February S M T W T 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 January S T W S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 01 02 03 01 02 03 01 Small dusty wave 02 Mint moth 03 Elderberry pearl Lepidoptera 01 Convergent lady beetle 02 Broken-dashed lady beetle 03 Parenthesis lady beetle Coccinellidae 2024 2024 January February March W April May June July August September W October November December W 2024 August S M T W S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 July S M W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 01 02 03 02 01 01 Mason bee 02 Leafcutting bee 03 Sweat bee Fulgoridae 01 Spotted lanternfly Megachilidae October M W F 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 September M W S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 01 02 03 01 01 African moon moth Saturniidae Coleopteran 01 Darkling beetle 02 Longhorn beetle 03 Jewel scarab June S T W 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 May M W S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 30 01 Anisoptera 01 Dragonfly 01 Stag beetle Lucanidae December S M T W T 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 November M W F 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 01 01 01 Red-winged grasshopper Acrididae 01 White witch moth Erebidae place stamp here POSTCARD Nature's quirky critters, small but mighty in their own little world place stamp here POSTCARD 19 Studio II Project 1: The Calendar Project

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