Assignments

One major project, broken into deliverables

Major Project: Make Something You Care About

This term centers on one self-directed project, developed in four loose stages. The emphasis is Experiment → Discover → Develop → Finish, not Research → Brief → Proposal → Execute. Each deliverable below moves you closer to a finished piece.

Deliverable 1

Pick Something

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Choose something you actually want to make. If you're excited about it, it's probably a good project.

Pick one thing to make: a poster, character, logo, T-shirt, package, zine, room/environment, short animation, website, album artwork, a weird object, a fictional brand, or something completely different.
Write one or two sentences about what you want to make and why it excites you. That's the whole brief — no formal proposal required.

Send your submission via email to mitchellh2@cnc.bc.ca. Please CC any other instructors for this course.

Due: Oct 1, 2026

Deliverable 2

Play

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The heart of the project. Collect, sketch, photograph, collage, experiment, and make bad versions. Ideas come from making.

Make 10 things. They don't have to be good, and they don't have to match.
Try something weird. Try something obvious. Try something you don't know how to do.
Keep everything — the messy attempts are the point.

Send your submission via email to mitchellh2@cnc.bc.ca. Please CC any other instructors for this course.

Due: Oct 30, 2026

Deliverable 3

Mid-Way Show & Tell

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Bring your work to class — sketches, prints, photos, models, collages, printed screenshots, experiments, or prototypes. Just bring something we can see.

Answer four questions: What am I making? What have I tried? What do I like? What's not working?
Then: What should I try next?
You don't need to have everything figured out yet.

Send your submission via email to mitchellh2@cnc.bc.ca. Please CC any other instructors for this course.

Due: Nov 12, 2026

Final Deliverable

Make the Thing

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After the Show & Tell, choose a direction and develop it into your final piece. Experiment → Discover → Develop → Finish.

Submit the finished project along with a process journal / process board.
The process board can hold whatever helped you make it: photos, sketches, screenshots, inspiration, notes, failed attempts, colour and material tests, things you changed, and feedback you received.
No minimum number of pages, no written brief, and no formal reflection required.

Send your submission via email to mitchellh2@cnc.bc.ca. Please CC any other instructors for this course.

Due: Dec 2, 2026