After speaking to my peers, I was able to gain some new ideas. I mentioned how I'd quite like to print on trace, when it hit me that I could do something by layering each poster.
There would be three posters in total:
1. Stating the proverb
2. Cat + three different implements
3. Cat skeleton
Once each layer is lifted up you eventually see the final product. I am worried that this possibly sounds a little bit grim, however I do hope to keep it completely light hearted. Hopefully I'm going to ensure this through the use of hand drawn image and type, colour and the implements I choose, as well as the cat.
The whole idea is purely a fun take on the proverb and is in no way intended to insult anyone.
In order to make sure that I wasn't going to offended, I discussed my idea with a group of my peers during a crit. I received positive feedback and they thought that it was a great idea. They felt that it would be seen in a purely comical sense and therefore wouldn't be taken the wrong way. Andy even suggested the possible use of acetate instead of trace, to see what different aesthetics I could achieve.
As well as this, it was also suggested that I was taking quite a lot on during this brief, therefore it was probably best to focus on improving Proverbally Yours, in order to get the most out of what I was doing.
Five questions I asked during the crit:
1. Does it effectively communicate my message/proverb?
2. Is it a bit too graphic?
3. Is the layering idea going to work?
4. Do the illustrations lighten the tone?
5. Have I worked towards the feedback previously given to me?
After the crit I went ahead and started to look at putting my ideas into practice.
I then went on to looking at putting some illustrations together. Initially, I was only going to use a 'knife' image, however I felt that it may become a little lost and therefore decided on a number of different options. After all, the proverb does exclaim and there are more ways than one to use a cat.
I tried to keep a humorous side to my illustrations by picking images that weren't necessarily seen as dangerous or offensive - they are all every day products usually found in the kitchen.
Images off google were used for reference.
(cheese grater, peeler, knife, scissors)
There would be three posters in total:
1. Stating the proverb
2. Cat + three different implements
3. Cat skeleton
Once each layer is lifted up you eventually see the final product. I am worried that this possibly sounds a little bit grim, however I do hope to keep it completely light hearted. Hopefully I'm going to ensure this through the use of hand drawn image and type, colour and the implements I choose, as well as the cat.
The whole idea is purely a fun take on the proverb and is in no way intended to insult anyone.
In order to make sure that I wasn't going to offended, I discussed my idea with a group of my peers during a crit. I received positive feedback and they thought that it was a great idea. They felt that it would be seen in a purely comical sense and therefore wouldn't be taken the wrong way. Andy even suggested the possible use of acetate instead of trace, to see what different aesthetics I could achieve.
As well as this, it was also suggested that I was taking quite a lot on during this brief, therefore it was probably best to focus on improving Proverbally Yours, in order to get the most out of what I was doing.
Five questions I asked during the crit:
1. Does it effectively communicate my message/proverb?
2. Is it a bit too graphic?
3. Is the layering idea going to work?
4. Do the illustrations lighten the tone?
5. Have I worked towards the feedback previously given to me?
After the crit I went ahead and started to look at putting my ideas into practice.
Here I began to look at different ways of laying out my text. As two other layers underneath it were going to be visible, the most logical thing to do was to align the text to the left. To fit in with the illustrations, I took helvetica and drew out my text, which was then scanned in to create the final positioning.
I then went on to looking at putting some illustrations together. Initially, I was only going to use a 'knife' image, however I felt that it may become a little lost and therefore decided on a number of different options. After all, the proverb does exclaim and there are more ways than one to use a cat.
I tried to keep a humorous side to my illustrations by picking images that weren't necessarily seen as dangerous or offensive - they are all every day products usually found in the kitchen.
Images off google were used for reference.
(cheese grater, peeler, knife, scissors)
In order to create the cat skeleton, I printed out an image of the main cat that I had illustrated. I liked outlined the shape, and simply added common bones to the inside of the structure.
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