Process: Magazine Covers III Refinement

Technology Issue:

1. Initially I used my scanning of a pair of scissors I had but they were the hairdresser sort so I decided to rescan other scissors I had. I ended up choosing the tailor's scissors as it had nice tone, texture and contrast. Also scanned scrunched up paper as I thought this would link to creatives (endless pile of scrunched up ideas) as this magazine is intended for designers and creatives alike. After scanning the images I adjusted the colour and contrast and printed it again.

 

2. Basically used tracing paper and outlined the main features then toned it in and scanned it. There was no time to be an "artist".

3. Drawing rocks were a huge challenge. After googling a bunch of rock images I played around with form, shading, toning, dotting and hatching. To be honest I just gave up and decided to make do - there wasn't enough time to be spending hours and hours perfecting a rock for a small feature. I do like the rocks as a collection though.

4. After scanning the drawings in, contrast and was adjusted so that each image is consistent. Tested out a range of compositions and got some feedback from peers of what worked best. Horizontal had the best balance.

5. I spent hours trying to re-draw the bird but ended up giving up as it was simply taking too long and went no where. From some peer feedback everyone liked the cut effect of the bird best.

6. Putting all the refined images together. 

 Typography Issue:

1. Found an image on google of the evolution of foetuses and thought it would be interesting to morph it into a letter. Looking at its shape J would work best. Printed out the image along with a range of Js in different fonts. Did a rough sketch on how it would evolve then did the final sketch. (I love how skills we learnt in first year i.e. image experimentation are being used now - in the subject we had to morph our mobile phone into another object)

2. Removed white. Edit colours. Ensured that everything was in position and balanced. I found that the transition between the drawn J (3rd last) and printed J didn't flow. So I printed out the J, penciled over it and rescanned it (2nd last J).

  

3. Bone on far left was the initial shoulder bone which I then adjusted to the second one so that it would fit in the 'n'. I printed out the actual letters first than did a carbon transfer onto my sketchbook so I had an outline to work with for the bone structures.

4. I had so much fun with this issue. 

Colour Issue:

   

1. This was my first intended image for the back. But I felt it didn't fit well with the other images of the other covers in terms of style. Left was an ink drawing. Right was collage with coloured paper.

2. Went back to sketching ideas. It was getting super tough. Decided to do a take on the "chromatic diet" and have a colour wheel with a measuring tape.

3. The colour strips you are suppose to be in the ratio of the electromagnetic spectrum. Thought it would be cool to change the "unit of measure".

4. Water coloured a colour wheel in proportion to newton's colour wheel.

5. I found that triangles were a predominant feature of colour system history and decided to do a series of geometrical patterned triangles in response to that.

6. Putting it together. Yes the colour issue was definitely my most weakest one. The concept is probably not as strong as the others more like a mixture of small ideas put together in hopes of becoming a solid one.