Format

I put some of the imagery I had ready into a document which measured the span of the concertina book. This way I can move elements around within the correct measured space, so I can try out different compositions. At this stage, I think I may focus on motifs and singular Lino printed imagery and how I can relate one to another.

Guidelines have helped me to start putting the motifs in line with one another, this is important when it comes to the pillar and heights of certain things.

Mansfield Park Brief - Initial Roughs

The Brief

Book Cover (Binding) Design

3 x Illustrations

Mansfield Park

I got the book and skimmed through it to get a general idea of the story before designing a cover for it. I feel like covers in general shouldn't be too obvious and ruin the story for the reader. Also the brief itself requires a minimal design due to the way it is printed.

Initial Roughs

After reading through the brief properly I had some very quick ideas about what I could play around with for the book cover, which is where I want to start the brief. Due to the brief being very specific about how it is printed and where it sits in a collection, I think a simple silhouette style image will work best.

Best Three Roughs - Peer Feedback

After drawing out my initial ideas I asked my peers which ones they thought I should progress with, luckily most people chose the ones I liked the best and want to create some variations of. Next, I will take the three most successful first drafts and draw out some more roughs of each one, trying to be exhaustive with composition and how I can most effectively place things in the frame.

Peer Review - Chosen briefs

Peer Feedback

Going through the briefs I have chosen helped me to put a plan together in my own mind of what I want to continue with and how to go about it. Until now I have been a bit all over the place with this module in regards to balancing my time with other projects and visualising how I might start to tackle each one. I am very excited to get going properly with this module as all the briefs are of great interest to me and where I want to take my practice next

Titania - Character

Characterisation

Today I picked up the Lino Prints I made yesterday and scanned them into the computer. I had the idea of making certain key characters into statues themselves across the pages. I have started with Titania, queen of the fairies, as she will appear near the beginning of the book.

I am also having a lot of fun overlaying my shapes based images with different textures I made from mono-printing. However, I need to find a way of making the separate elements go from light to dark more easily.

More Print Textures

Whilst printing some Lino today in the print room I thought I would in there a bit longer to make some more textures with the intention of using them for overlays in Photoshop. This time round I had a bit more of and idea of what I wanted to create in relation to the shapes. I got some rubber gloves and use my hand prints, cocktail sticks for more subtle textures and brushes (inc. toothbrushes) to make more hair-like tonal textures. I really enjoy the process of making texture as there's really no end goal or pressure to print them exactly right.

Moving Image Briefing

The Brief
Extend Printed Pictures brief into Moving Pictures using Adobe After Effects.

Create either..
3 x 10 second animated stings
or
1 x 30 second animated sting

Use copyright free soundtracks that link to the animation.
Link to the themes of the publication.

Initial Thoughts
I am really excited to learn about how After Effects works and how I can apply this to my own work. Seeing other practitioner's title sequences etc. has really inspired me to start working with moving image to create interesting stings. Hopefully I can get my book finished before Christmas, then I can focus solely on this brief. If I do this, then I could ask my Nana who is a classical Pianist to provide the soundtrack for me.

Peer Review

Problems

I found the peer review a bit difficult this time round, I think mostly because we were trying to make sense of the ILO's but also because most of the composition/colour and coming together of my work at the moment is happening on screen in Photoshop. Luckily, I had a couple of examples saved on my phone to show my peers so they could get a bit more of an idea where I'm taking my project.

What I want to do next

As I develop my work further I will take on the advice of Emily who suggested that maybe more minimal imagery could work best within the frame of the concertina. I still want to include the pillars but maybe archways are going a bit too far, I don't want to over complicate the clean shape based imagery of the Lino prints.