Self Guided Photoshop / Illustrator Challenges
Illustrate a Sentence
In Photoshop, create a new document that is 10 inches wide, by 5 inches high (10"x5")
Choose one of the following to illustrate:
Create a Storefront
**Recommended for Illustrator
(10” high x 8”wide)
Create a storefront, or strip of stores.
You must include windows, doors, sidewalk, street light, parking meters, store signs.
Add details to make your store stand out.
What the store sells is up to you, but MUST be school appropriate
Create a Comic Strip
(5” high x 10”wide)
**Can be done in Illustrator as well!
Use your knowledge of creating a character to illustrate a 4 to 6 panel story.
You must include text bubbles, and backgrounds!
Design a Vehicle
( 8”high x 10” wide)
This can be a car, spaceship, airplane, boat, motorcycle, bicycle or anything you want. Include details
Big and Small
(8" high x 10"wide, or 10"high x 8" wide")
Create an image of every day objects on a different scale. Like a huge person walking through
the streets of a city, or a Huge ship sailing in a bathtub.
Be as creative as possible. The more details the better.
A Postcard from your favorite place
(5” high x 7”wide)
**Can be done in Illustrator as well!
Make People Want to Visit!
Include images from the place, and Text
A Travel Poster
(10” high x 8”wide)
**Can be done in Illustrator as well!
Make People Want to Visit!
Include images from the place, and Text
Illustrate a Visual Pun
(10” high x 8”wide)
For example, illustrate what a Clownfish may look like, or an Air Guitar.
Your image must represent the pun and be identifiable by viewers.
An Advertisement for a favorite....
(10” high x 8”wide or 8”high x 10” wide)
**Can be done in Illustrator as well!
It can be any consumer product (electronics, cars, etc.), make people want to buy it!
An informational poster
(10” high x 8”wide or 8”high x 10” wide)
**Can be done in Illustrator as well!
Help people by creating an infographic for a cause, like the environment, health issues, etc.
An Album or Book Cover
(4,5” square, or 7”high by 5” wide)
**Can be done in Illustrator as well!
Design a new cover for a favorite Album or Book
Don’t forget to add the title, and artist
Use Images, filters and effects to make it visually interesting
Create a Landscape
(10” high x 8”wide or 8”high x 10” wide)
Use several images to create a fantasy landscape in a location of your choice
It can be either on earth or another planet
Use your imagination!
Create a Creature
(10” high x 8”wide or 8”high x 10” wide)
Mix and match parts from different animals to create your own creature
Use your Imagination!
Create a Human/Animal Hybrid
(10” high x 8”wide or 8”high x 10” wide)
Create your own hybrid creature using human and animal parts. Be creative!
Under Glass
(10” high x 8”wide or 8”high x 10” wide)
Create an image of everyday life, but in a glass bottle or jar.
Out of Context
(10” high x 8”wide or 8”high x 10” wide)
Place objects, animals or people in settings they normally would not be seen
Examples could be – a snowman surfing, or a floating goldfish over a field.
Cartoons and You
(10” high x 8”wide or 8”high x 10” wide)
Create a scene using your favorite animated characters and you!
Use setting and scenery to tell a story that includes you and the main characters from
an animated show or movie.
Design Your Own Sneaker
Take a blank, white sneaker design from the internet
and design your own sneaker. Include patterns and colors.
You will need to show the shoe under your work so change layer blend modes accordingly.
In Photoshop, create a new document that is 10 inches wide, by 5 inches high (10"x5")
Choose one of the following to illustrate:
- There are three children sitting on a log near a stream. One of them looks up at the sky and says…
- The asteroid was hurtling straight for Earth and…
- You thought dragons didn’t exist, but…
Create a Storefront
**Recommended for Illustrator
(10” high x 8”wide)
Create a storefront, or strip of stores.
You must include windows, doors, sidewalk, street light, parking meters, store signs.
Add details to make your store stand out.
What the store sells is up to you, but MUST be school appropriate
Create a Comic Strip
(5” high x 10”wide)
**Can be done in Illustrator as well!
Use your knowledge of creating a character to illustrate a 4 to 6 panel story.
You must include text bubbles, and backgrounds!
Design a Vehicle
( 8”high x 10” wide)
This can be a car, spaceship, airplane, boat, motorcycle, bicycle or anything you want. Include details
Big and Small
(8" high x 10"wide, or 10"high x 8" wide")
Create an image of every day objects on a different scale. Like a huge person walking through
the streets of a city, or a Huge ship sailing in a bathtub.
Be as creative as possible. The more details the better.
A Postcard from your favorite place
(5” high x 7”wide)
**Can be done in Illustrator as well!
Make People Want to Visit!
Include images from the place, and Text
A Travel Poster
(10” high x 8”wide)
**Can be done in Illustrator as well!
Make People Want to Visit!
Include images from the place, and Text
Illustrate a Visual Pun
(10” high x 8”wide)
For example, illustrate what a Clownfish may look like, or an Air Guitar.
Your image must represent the pun and be identifiable by viewers.
An Advertisement for a favorite....
(10” high x 8”wide or 8”high x 10” wide)
**Can be done in Illustrator as well!
It can be any consumer product (electronics, cars, etc.), make people want to buy it!
An informational poster
(10” high x 8”wide or 8”high x 10” wide)
**Can be done in Illustrator as well!
Help people by creating an infographic for a cause, like the environment, health issues, etc.
An Album or Book Cover
(4,5” square, or 7”high by 5” wide)
**Can be done in Illustrator as well!
Design a new cover for a favorite Album or Book
Don’t forget to add the title, and artist
Use Images, filters and effects to make it visually interesting
Create a Landscape
(10” high x 8”wide or 8”high x 10” wide)
Use several images to create a fantasy landscape in a location of your choice
It can be either on earth or another planet
Use your imagination!
Create a Creature
(10” high x 8”wide or 8”high x 10” wide)
Mix and match parts from different animals to create your own creature
Use your Imagination!
Create a Human/Animal Hybrid
(10” high x 8”wide or 8”high x 10” wide)
Create your own hybrid creature using human and animal parts. Be creative!
Under Glass
(10” high x 8”wide or 8”high x 10” wide)
Create an image of everyday life, but in a glass bottle or jar.
Out of Context
(10” high x 8”wide or 8”high x 10” wide)
Place objects, animals or people in settings they normally would not be seen
Examples could be – a snowman surfing, or a floating goldfish over a field.
Cartoons and You
(10” high x 8”wide or 8”high x 10” wide)
Create a scene using your favorite animated characters and you!
Use setting and scenery to tell a story that includes you and the main characters from
an animated show or movie.
Design Your Own Sneaker
Take a blank, white sneaker design from the internet
and design your own sneaker. Include patterns and colors.
You will need to show the shoe under your work so change layer blend modes accordingly.