Image - Brief - Leaf Book

Colour Layers



















Final Outcome

EVALUATION
With this project I was pretty much developing the idea of the flip book but looking closer into the idea of layering objects and overlapping shape. I started doing some experiments into abstract shapes using vectors in various colours. I started breaking up the colours and applying these to separate layers. These were then printed on acetate, roughly 5 layers per image. These were then compiled into a creative book around the idea of colour and shape. Using the basis of the shape taken from my past leaf flip book project. As a collective I think the pieces work well as an attractive graphic product. The only difficulty is viewing the slides without placing them on a white background.

Image - Flip Book

EVALUATION
Looking at the idea of shape and form, I began by investigating natural forms until I decided on the shape of a leaf. The decision for the flip book was because I wanted to create something that represented a life cycle. In the animation the leafs veins are slowly constructed and the leaf turns green and becomes whole. The leaf then fades to brown and deconstructs. The animation was created in After Effects and outputted as a Jpeg Sequence. These were then printed onto trace as acetate was not available at the time. If I were to create another flipper I’d probably look into trace however the costing of the material is quite high, around ten times that of trace.

Image - Leaf Pages

Open publication - Free publishing - More book

Image - Leaf Sketch

Image - 2D to 3D to... 2D

Evaluation
This project was quite difficult in a way but fun to work with. Difficult, because there was very little control of how the outcome would be received. The original image was of a police man looking at a stopwatch in a city environment. I think I did a decent attempt at recreating the scene in 3D as you can make out the idea of image. The figure is made from play doh and plastasine whilst the backdrop from card. There was no real design decisions to be made for this scene as I was simply following the image but it was a fun project to work with and interesting to see how we interpret another person’s idea.

Image - Quotes - Type as image

Evaluation
These images were based around quotes taken from the articles. I think the most successful use of type and image was the 'brief making bread phase'. Shaped in a rounded font and textured in the form of bread these two worked really well in reinforcing the idea behind the text.

Image - Scale Format

Shark Tooth Shit



Evaluation
The shape I was given for this brief was teeth. I began by investigating the subject and decided that I would work with shark teeth. There lots of images on this which was great for references. These were categorised from smallest to largest and traced over in after effects. The items were coloured in photoshopped and organised big to small. The shapes are formed in the outline of a tooth and complete with accurate scale markings based on an existing eye chart.

Image - Editorial

Evaluation
I wouldn’t say this one of the strongest briefs I’ve done and I actually struggled with this a little. Fitting my idea of what I see for article into a pre detirmed space really limited my ideas. Designing for a specific area was a struggle for me mainly because I had my idea and focussed on it. When it came to making it fit it was something that I’d completely forgotten about it. Because of this the images lost relevance and generally looked out of place. If I were to look at this project again I’d definitely consider the possibilities within the area I have to work with an not just jump straight on the PC or Mac.