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Portfolio of Creative Tasks
You are required to prepare a portfolio of creative tasks in which you compile your response to the tasks outlined.
The portfolio must adhere to the following:
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— A link for an online form will be e-mailed to you if you qualify for the programme.
— If you struggle with the online form and it is within your means, you may submit a digital portfolio of the creative
tasks – a PDF document no bigger than 8MB, or seperate files for all tasks. This creative portfolio of all tasks
can be emailed to
— Your name, telephone number, registered student number and email address must be included in the form or the PDF.
— Please upload certified copies of your ID and your latest results in the National Senior Certificate examination or
equivalent qualification, as well as a certified and signed declaration that the tasks is your own work.
— Your digital creative portfolio must include all the set tasks as outlined below, and you may additionally include
examples of your best existing work. Please note that there are written tasks on the next page in this brochure.
— It is at the discretion of the department to exempt applicants with high marks and strong creative work in Visual
Arts, Design and Technology subjects (NSC), from submitting a portfolio of creative tasks.
— It is important that the examples of your creative tasks that you upload to Google Drive are clear and crisp,
showing as much detail as possible. If the images are dark and blurry, the Department will not be able to make a
fair decision about the quality of your portfolio.
— Find a suitable, clean area with minimal distractions to photograph or scan your work. Working on a solid, plain
background works best.
— It’s best to photograph during the day using natural light. Try to avoid shooting directly in the sun, as your work
may look washed out or have a glare on certain spots. If you shoot in low light conditions (night photography) your
work could look grainy or blurry.
— Do not use the zoom feature on your phone. This will cause pixilation, blurriness and decrease the overall quality
of the photograph. Rather move the phone closer to the artwork to capture more detail.
— Some phones allow the user to adjust the exposure (light) of the photograph by tapping once on the screen and
then dragging the icon (usually a sun) up or — Newer smartphones have a Document scan option within the
camera application. You can also download an app that allows you to use your camera phone as a scanner (e.g.,
Simple Scan).
THE TASKS
— The tasks are constructed to assess your creativity, visual communication skills as well as your technical ability,
and presentation, drawing and writing skills
— The tasks must be completed in 16 hours or less.
—Read through the tasks carefully and remember that there are different ways of addressing the tasks.
Task 1: Chair drawing
Set up a wooden chair
and place an object that
you feel communicates
something about your
personality on or next
to the chair. Produce an
accurate drawing in pencil
of this set-up on an A2 or
A3 paper. The whole chair
must be represented and
the drawing must be done
free-hand – you may not
use a ruler, compass, or
any other technical drawing
instrument or object to
help you do the drawing.
Assessment criteria:
Creativity, visual
communication skills,
technical ability,
presentation skills,
drawing skills, attitude.
Task 2: Lettering
Divide an A2 or A3 piece of
paper into a grid consisting
of 16 rectangles. Letter the
word “twist” differently in
each rectangle. A variety
of mediums must be used,
from the traditional, such
as pencil, to the non-
traditional, such as tea.
Assessment criteria:
creativity, visual
communication skills,
technical ability,
presentation skills,
attitude.
Task 3: Comic strip
Create a five-panel comic
strip using only pictures
showing what you would
do if you had superpowers.
The drawing can be in
any style appropriate
to the tone of the story.
Any appropriate drawing
medium may be selected,
such as pencil or pen,
on good-quality A3 or A4
paper or board.
Assessment criteria:
creativity, visual
communication skills,
technical ability,
presentation skills,
attitude.
Task 4: Telling stories
Arrange the three black-
and-white photographs on
the next page to make two
completely different stories.
Write the basic plot for
each story you have made.
Assessment criteria:
creativity, writing skills,
attitude.
Task 5: Essay
Write a two-page essay on
the following topic: “I think
I am creative because…”
Assessment criteria:
creativity, writing skills,
attitude.
Selection Criteria
— The evaluation of the
prescribed portfolio
of creative tasks
assists the Graphic
Design Department
in selecting
applicants. Please
note that University
of Johannesburg
applications close
at the end of
September.
— Creative task
portfolios can be
submitted from
June until the end
of October 2021. The
portfolio of creative
tasks must be
submitted through
the online form or
e-mailed to
if you are
unable to complete
the form. Applicants
are informed of the
outcome in an
official letter.
Written tasks overleaf >