Copy and paste from the following data to produce each assessment task. Write these in plain English and spell out how, when and where the task is to be carried out, under what conditions, and what resources are needed. Include guidelines about how well the candidate has to perform a task for it to be judged satisfactory.
Required skills
communication skills to engage with others about illustrative work
initiative and enterprise skills to experiment with illustration techniques to produce different effects
learning skills to refine and improve a range of techniques
literacy skills to interpret illustration briefs and research information about illustration
numeracy skills to deal with technical illustration concepts
self-management and planning skills to plan work tasks
technical skills to evaluate, adapt and integrate a range of illustration techniques
technology skills to use industry-standard illustration software.
Required knowledge
role of experimentation in developing and refining illustrative work
techniques, materials, tools and equipment and their application to illustrative work
types of briefs for illustrative work
formal elements and principles of design and their application to illustrative work
ideas, techniques and work of other illustrators
history and theory of design in relation to illustrative work
elements and principles of design and how they may be used, adapted and challenged in the creation of illustrations
intellectual property issues and legislation and their relevance to illustrative work
OHS requirements for illustrative work.
The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included.
Specifications may refer to: | audience medium purpose style. |
Briefs are usually prepared by a commissioning body or organisation and may be: | diagrammatic verbal visual written. |
Illustrative work may be for: | advertisements architectural illustration books caricature cartoon children’s book development of techniques experimentation and exploration illustrations for urban planning layout design logos magazines mock-ups posters story boards for animation storybooks technical, anatomical and botanical illustration wordmarks web design. |
Parameters and constraintsmay refer to: | client’s organisational background cost finished art requirements considerations, such as: contractual copyright ethical health and safety legal material characteristics product characteristics and statistics subject matter quantity technology timeframe. |
Relevant peoplemay include: | clients colleagues industry practitioners managers mentors supervisors. |
Work space needs may include: | drafting table electronic equipment lighting and power requirements process-specific needs. |
Materials may include: | board canvas charcoal crayons fabrics found surfaces glues graphite inks marker pens pastels pencils range of papers of different weights and textures vellum water-based and oil-based paints and mediums wood. |
Tools and equipment may include: | computer and software applications for illustration digital camera photocopier (black and white and colour) printer range of brushes, including air brushes scanner scrapers handmade pen from bamboo or feather spatulas sponges spray cans steel nibs in pen holders sticks. |
Preliminary visual representations may involve: | computer-aided exploration sketching. |
Approaches may encompass: | aesthetic considerations choice of medium and materials parameters of the brief solutions in terms of illustration. |
Criteria may relate to: | access to materials, tools and equipment required for the production of illustrative work access to specialist support services consistency with illustration briefs ease of application personal affinity with medium and materials. |
Strategies to test techniques may involve: | exploring techniques by making practice pieces, test pieces, mock-ups or samples testing materials and their application. |
Techniques may include: | calligraphy cartooning collage digital imaging drawing for animation lettering line drawing mixed media stencilling tonal drawing types of painting: watercolour, gouache and oil painting. |
Process followed to refine the design approach may involve: | adjustment to content adjustment to take account of elements and principles of design adjustment to use extended capabilities of techniques. |
Process used to document the approach may involve: | final sketches material samples photographs written rationale or description. |
Copy and paste from the following performance criteria to create an observation checklist for each task. When you have finished writing your assessment tool every one of these must have been addressed, preferably several times in a variety of contexts. To ensure this occurs download the assessment matrix for the unit; enter each assessment task as a column header and place check marks against each performance criteria that task addresses.
Observation Checklist