Images ONly

Oh why did I choose a print project?!

With only a 9 days to go, I am not one happy camper. Its been hard to work with image-making and composition. I tend to think roughly about the composition so I know what other visuals can be included in the spread.

I just want it to be simple, dynamic, bold so there is a nice flow throughout the book. Sometimes it is hard to know when combined with illustrative images just how much value is put into "type as images" and how to make it look together as a piece rather than a strong contrast between computer typography and the image. All these questions confuse me. I guess when there is rarely any time left and so much to do, multitasking dealing with paper, binders and printers whilst finishing the project, all the things I have learnt in uni about typography and layout design have somehow disappeared.

The thing is, I think the little thumbnail sketches we do before we make the images and do the layout tend to look better than the real thing!

Any inspirations. Anyone?

Visual Style

Exploring collage, using materials like fabrics, sequences, string, magazine cutouts, receipts. Basically - things we collect and often things comes with consumerism....
This is for the different auditors. Can you guess? its the girl that loves old school romance..

Experimentation: Work In Progress

Changed target audience to females and the boyfriends as the secondary audience.
This is the sort of style I am working with. Will try to mix hand-made media with vector art (icons). This is just experimentation, not the final illustration!

Inspiration: Information Design

Thanks again Kate from Anamorphosis ! I love the works from Trafik It shows how information design does not have to be boring! I just have to bear in mind that my target audience are not designers, but more so your lay MAN so to keep it really simple but with a bit of interpretative exercise to keep them entertained!

Major Project: Work In Progress: Icons

My first set of icons - its rough but its a start. Not sure whether to just have the object itself, or to always have the person icon with each object. I know there needs lots of tweaking, but hows about the general look of it?
*Im not a good drawer, so i found images from istockphoto as a base for proportions!