The class got into small groups to review and crit each others development of our A-Z poster project. The brief was to have had 260 (give or take) sketches of possible themes - i was painfully under that number of sketches at this point as id had a: spent too long doing my sketches and b: had still been struggling to think of enough interesting themes of my life. I had also already got quite a firm idea of how i wanted it to look, so was finding it hard to churn out loads and loads of rough designs for something i was never going to use.
So i presented my thin but well thought out sketchbook, which i would still add to, but also had a good starting point for my final poster.
SELF-EVALUATION
I feel a mixture of disappointment that i haven't produce a great volume of design possibilities but also quite positive that the subject i've chosen to produce for my final piece is a strong concept and will be visually stimulating.My sketchbook could've/should've been a lot more organised, i just hadn't realised that i would be showing it to others in the class and was only really set out in a way that i could understand.
After getting feedback it was suggested that i try and fuse the two themes of films and sweets of my childhood together. Although a good enough idea, i wouldn't have the time to tackle anything as complex as that. The idea of keeping things minimal and contrasty was also praised so i intend to carry on along those lines. Striking, bold, uncomplicated, and a piece of work that would hopefully make people want to look at.
I plan to generate the final images in a grid formation and as clean and tidy as possible, most probably using black fine liners and markers. I realise some of the letters may need some sort of shading so i may introduce a light ink wash for some greys, but am quite keen to keep things as crisp as possible so may keep it strictly block black and white.I now just need to finalise my final 26 images, maybe have a practice run and to start mapping out my A1 page.
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| Mapped out layout for final A1 poster |
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