Project Description

Writing a project description is an essential part of documenting and sharing our work. Below is an outline of how to create a project description.

Parts of a Project Description

Heading

  • Title (Your Name for the piece),
  • Dimensions (in inches, picas, or pixels),
  • Medium (Usually digital),
  • Year

Subheading

Media/Software, Class or Personal, Individual or Team Project, AI Tools

Description

  • What was the prompt/assignment?
  • What did you learn while working on this assignment?
  • What would you like to improve on/do differently in the future?
  • If this was a team project, what was your role? Additional Details: Is there anything else you’d like to share about this project?

Additional Suggestions

  • Observational Drawings
  • Sketches/Sketchbooks– Concepts, Journals, Sketches, Experimentation with Techniques
  • Storyboards / Scripts
  • In progress versions of the digital work

Keep track of process: Write notes and take screenshots of your project’s process to show colleges how you work through creative problems

Example

Abstract Shape #1, 1200x1200px, Digital, 2024

Adobe Illustrator, Class Project, Individual, No AI Tools

For this project we were asked to create abstract designs in Adobe Illustrator using the concepts of Line, Shape, Texture and Color. This piece represents my Shape design. During this assignment, I learned how to use the pen and blob brush tools in Adobe Illustrator. In the future I would like to learn to use more advanced shading techniques. This project pushed me to explore black and white abstract design which was completely outside of my comfort zone.

FAQ

How do I determine the size of my image?

  • Pressing ⌥ ⌘ I while selecting a file in the Finder will bring up the Inspector. (or File > Show Inspector from the Menu Bar)
  • From here you can find the file size (here: 3 MB, and the image dimensions 1333x2000 px)