VALENTINE CARDS

 
Love’s Many Facets




Love is a legal drug.
Love is like glass, it shatters.    
Love is the most beautiful thing.
Love is eternal.
Love is like fire.
Love is passion.
Love is painful.
Love hurts.
Love is a magnet.
Love is costly.
Love is dreamy.
Love is the fulfilling of God’s law.
Love empowers faith.
Love is the greatest power in the universe.
Our loves suck us into the vortex of what we will be for eternity!


   Love is the first commandment - Love the Lord our God with all your being. 

   Love is the second the commandment - Love your neighbor as yourself. 

   Love is the New Commandment - Love as Jesus loved us.  His love-in-
action is a pattern.  “A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another” (Jn. 13:34, 15:12 ).


















CATEGORIES OF VALENTINE CARD TOPICS

1.  Sincere - genuine, tender
2.  Childlike - pure, innocent, playful
3.  Humorous - obviously sarcastic, situational 
4.  Casual - friendship, appreciation, buds
5.  Romantic - captivating
6.  Sweet - kind, gentle, good
7.  Biblical - quote Scripture, 1Cor. 13, S.S.
 Nostalgic - old fashioned





             

        







   










    
 









PUBLISHER’S CLIENT REQUIREMENTS

Originality - Half of your imagery may come from high resolution Internet sources.  The other half must be original in one of the following ways:
    a.  Original photography - images that speak of love
    b.  Original imagery created by using various brushes

2.   Include verbiage that marries well with the imagery to maximize love communications.

 Cards must fit standard greeting card envelops.

 The bottom-backside of cards must read: “Created by Oakland Christian School Graphic Designers.”  

 A minimum of 10 cards are required per designer for submission to the jury selection board. 

The “lay-up,” (the layout of your cards on the 8.5x11 card stock) must maximize the surface of the paper to minimize scrapping paper.  

Cards can be printed and then folded without layering other paper media.  The image area may be printed, cut out and then glued to the folded card stock.  Your lay-up will be only two cards if you do not layer, and four image lay-ups if you layer the image on a folded card. 

 The more additives the better with certain motifs.  Glitter, punch-stamps and other added materials such as ribbon and stickers may enhance the attitude you wish to communicate. With some motifs, the less glitz the better.  Your message may be more clearly spoken.  Experiment with both to become fluent in a variety of visual voices.   

 Submission deadline is January 28, at the end of your studio time (when bell rings at end of class).

 Prototypes (handmade cards) are submitted in a rubber-banded bundle of 10.

Digital Media II Designers are to package-design their product in shelf ready boxes for publication jurors and potential retailers.  Include: a bar code, box cover design, composite illustration the cards contained in the box, suggested retail price, manufacturer and “Created by Oakland Christian School Graphic Designers.  Digital Media I students may do this added challenge for extra credit points. 

 Select one or two of the following genres for your line of Valentine cards:
    Sincere            Childlike        Humorous        Casual
    Romantic        Sweet            Biblical            Nostalgic 

 Your pay (aka grade) is based on the following criteria:    
    Ten quality Valentine Card designs
    Originality of words and imagery
    Marriage of words and imagery
    Visual relatedness in your line of greeting cards related to your target
    Craftsmanship - no glue shlep, dog-eared or rag-tag edges.