Evaluation of unit 4

Second Final Piece

I decided for my second final piece, I would develop my emulation further to make it into a book cover as I thought it would look really good.

I altered the background colour to a light green and changed the lino print to white because I thought this looked quite effective. I also added institutional information like the barcode.

I then started to add relevant graphics to the back of my design so bot the front and back linked.

I then added things like the blurb and an image of the author so it started to really look like a book cover.

Here is my second final piece finished.

Final Piece

I decided to use this draft for my first final piece because I thought it was the most effective and quite poetic.

After drawing out my deign on the lino, I start to cut it out using the lino cutters.

After cutting the lino out for the front and back, I painted it in ink and printed the design.

I scanned my prints into photoshop and adjusted the threshold so the scans were purely black and white. I made a book sleeve template in Photoshop and started to place the images in the correct place.

 I then altered the colour of my image to blue as I felt that it fitted best with the mood I wanted to create in my design as blue is often linked with sadness.

I started to add text to my design such as the title. I added white boxes to put behind the text for ease of reading.

I added boxes and text to the spine, front back and flaps.

I rubbed out the edges of my boxes to create the illusion that I had cut them out with linocutters.

I added all the information needed such as barcodes and prices.

Here is my final piece completed.

Colour Choices

I really liked this colour choice because it is subtle and quite pleasing to look at. By including some black within my design it broke the colours a little bit and didn't make it look to much.

I really like this colour choice because although only one colour has been used, it is still quite interesting and pleasing to look at. To improve this colour choice I would probably make the pink less bright as it can sometimes look too much.I didn't like this colour choice.

Drafting

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My Own Type

After experimentng with different fonts I decided to use a font that looked like it was melting (bottom right that says acid) because there is a lot of description of taking the drug called LSD aka Acid and there are hallucinations mentioned frequently in the book.

This is my typeface finished. I decided to use flowers for the dots because the book title has the word 'flower' in it so it has good relevance. It also juxtaposes the melting drug type with the use of flowers because it is more of an innocent image.

I scanned the image into photoshop, adjusted the threshold and played around with the colours. I decided on purple.

I then changed the background colour to green to complement the purple, here is my final type.\

I was really pleased with the final outcome because I felt that it gave a slimy effect or melting. 

Graphics Print Analysis

Written Analysis- Candyfloss

Written Analysis- A Series of Unfortunate Events

Case Study

Experimenting with Colour Schemes

Complementary

I really liked changing the colours to red and green because it made the design stand out and eye catching. I kept some of the black in my design because I thought it would look too over the top otherwise.

Monochromatic

This was again an interesting colour choice because although it is just one colour included, by keeping the black in the design it adds contrast and makes the image interesting and not too simple.

Analogous

I wasn't too fond of this colour choice as I felt that the colours together clashed quite a bit. I didn't think it was eye catching at all

Triadic

I didn't like this colour scheme very much because I felt that it clashed and didn't look very appealing.

Experimenting with colour schemes

Scamps of Others

Drawings of Subject Matter

My Scamps

Emulation- Experimenting with Lino

I started off drawing a couple of ideas for my emulation and decided that using flowers would look best in the Lino so I developed my ideas even more by drawing ones of just flowers.

I decided on this design for my emulation because I felt this was the one that would look best in the Lino as it is quite simplistic. The flower at the top represents Charlie as he feels alone and the petal could symbolise a tear because he cries a lot or the fact that he had a breakdown at the end.

I cut out my design and painted it with ink and printed it onto paper.

I scanned my print into photoshop, adjusted the threshold so it was purely black and white.

I changed the colour to the same as the copy and here is my emulation.

Copy- Experimenting with Lino

I liked the effect that this image had as it was bold and interesting so I decided to use this for my copy.

I drew out the pattern on the lino and then started to cut it out. When completed, I painted over the lino in black ink and pressed it onto paper.

When it had dried, I scanned it into photoshop and adjusted the threshold so it was pure black and white.

I adjusted the colour so it was the same as the original and here is the end result.