FWC4) FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 ™ Series: Create Your Own Mascot (Free) (Age:12-15)​

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About this class

Celebrating the hosting of the World Cup 2022, this course is designed to develop ideation and imaginative skills within the participants and enable them to use it in practice. The participants will be introduced to the simple principles of design and will be taught the importance of creativity and self-expression through visual communication.  

The objectives of the course are: 

  • Story-telling through the narrative of “creating a mascot” – participants will build a narrative around the characters they design and use inspirations (books, films, music,artists,writers,figures,etc.) to help their final outcomes.  
  • Explore the different mediums of design and decide on what the best options are for creating their mascot. 
  • Understand the effect of using different colors, patterns, shapes and design elements on their design results. 
  • Communicate and share their ideas in what interests them and what they hope their “mascots” can achieve as a story character.
Class Outline

Day One: Participants introduce themselves, their interests and their hobbies. They will be introduced to design as a medium of self-expression and imagination. As well as that, examples of mascots as inspirations to keep in mind for the class.

Day Two: Participants will explore styles and design principles and produce a collage of the overall style that interests them. They will also explore the story narrative behind their mascots. They will dive into their imagination and focus on the characteristics of their personas in order to create their mascots. 

Day Three: After finalizing their mascots’ background story, participants will start sketching, collaging, collating pictures to make their mascot come to life. 

Day Four: Production day! Participants will have a full day to build their character. They can build mascots from paper/boards, paint and or collage them. 

Day five: Presentation and reflection day.

Materials needed

Please note: VCUQatar reserves the right to cancel classes for which not enough participants are registered. Already paid fees will be refunded.

Please do not purchase materials until VCUQatar has sent final course confirmation.

Items to buy for this class

  • Watercolor paint + paint brushes
  • Acrylic paint + brushes 
  • Color pencils 
  • Sketchbook

On occasions, there may be some more materials to be bought and brought in if and when advised by the instructor.

Where to buy your materials

Most of the materials are available from any art supply shop, for example:
  • Cass Art (Fire station): Community Classes students get a 15% discount upon presenting the registration ticket
  • Jarir Bookstore: on Rayyan Road or Salwa Road
  • Color Note: on Al Nasser Street
  • Ibn Al Qayyim: at Markhiya Roundabout
  • Al Rawnaq

Schedule

Start: Sun, 23 Oct, 2022
End: Thu, 27 Oct, 2022
Lessons: 5
Days: Sunday to Thursday
Time: 5pm – 6:30pm
Location: VCUQatar
Cost: FREE

Instructors

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Hagar Allam

Hagar Allam is a VCUQ Alumni who has graduated with a BFA in Graphic Design. She is interested in cultivating collaboration in workspaces and using design to create connections within her culture.  Hagar has been involved in VCUQ’s community throughout her student career by taking part in exhibitions, the student government association and research assistant positions. She has also co-taught a VCUarts community class and enjoyed helping participant’s processes. She is currently working in VCUarts under the fabrication lab, in the print lab, and has passion for printmaking within Graphic Design. 

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