Passage of time

I focused on personal family dates for my passage of time project including weddings, births and deaths. I felt it would be interesting to focus on the typography, composition and colour of the numbers and wanted to challenge myself in creating an interesting visual with no image. I began my experiments by exploring texture, I used a range of mediums, the most successful outcome involved using tape to remove numbers from the paper. However, I was unable to control which dates the tape collected; this meant the technique created unexpected and unique outcomes. I also explored sewing the dates onto a rough piece of paper - I really enjoy the old, used visual of this outcome and this inspired me to continuing exploring texture.

 I went onto investigate 3Dimensional forms and was delighted with the outcomes. The use of light and a white background emphasised the focus onto the numbers whilst creating a sense of the unknown as the dates become difficult to read and understand at certain angles. I chose to highlight the impotent dates in red as I felt this would make my audience question the meaning of each one. I feel the tracing paper form is successful because the light complimented the transparent material. 
I also enjoy the shadows created from the delicate sculptures and feel they contribute to the dimension and texture of the image.
I was drawn into one image because of the form, shadow and light captured. I used Photoshop to enhance these features and blurred the earliest dates to represent how memories can fade. I explored adding typography onto this image as I feel it would be successful if used on a family history website or book.  
Overall I feel my outcome is successful because it is visually interesting and represents a unique way of presenting a passage of time. I also feel I succeeded in challenging myself to focusing on typography without combining it with and image.

Book Series - Exploring Alice In Wonderland

The aim of this project was to design a trilogy book series, I began by looking into existing book designs including 'The girl with the dragon tattoo' and 'The Hunger Games.' I really enjoy these book designs because although each one is different and unique there is a clear connection through the use of typography and composition; I will need to consider this when designing my book trilogy.
I chose to design Alice In Wonderland as I am interested in the magical aspect of the narrative, I also feel the unusual images throughout the book would be exciting to explore. For example Alice falling down the rabbit hole or Alice shrinking.
I started by experimenting with silhouettes and a range of bright, bold patterns; I really like the eye catching aspect of the outcome and feel it is a unique visual of representing the rabbit. 

Continuing to explore I had the idea of using an unusual format for my book - I felt this would place the reader into the protagonists position and involve them in the narrative. My aim was to make a hole through the book as a representation of the rabbits hole and as the reader turns the page it would be as if they are falling down the hole. However, when trying this idea I discovered the hole could be inconvenient and annoying for my audience; I also feel it would  be difficult to

read as the hole would interrupt the sentence. I then revisited the previous silhouette idea as I feel this could become a successful visual. I combined aspects of the narrative by creating a rabbit silhouette from a playing card. I feel this idea is really affective and continued to explore it with a range of compositions and typography. I feel these visual experiments help me decide what is most successful and which I could develop into my final outcome.

I feel my unusual format design is successful because the confusion of having to flip the book as your reading emphasises the feelings of the protagonist in the narrative. The scratchy typography and dark red and black colour palette relate to the horror genre - I feel this is appropriate because I consider Alice In Wonderland to be quite scary as she is presented with a range of unusual events and characters. Overall I feel I was successful in meeting the brief because my design is a unique take on a traditional narrative, the visuals throughout the design are also interesting and will engage the audience.

I also feel my book company logo is successful because it is simple and stands out on the spine. To create my logo I explored a range of geometric animal forms on Illustrator, I felt this was appropriate for the company name 'Geometric.' Once I had decided on the dragonfly I experimented with a range of materials to understand if I could give the logo a shiny surface. However, this was unsuccessful as the outcomes did not look visually pleasing. Therefore I decided on a simple orange toned logo on the spine as this was eye-catching but did not take the focus from the book design.