evaluation

Overall, I am very pleased with how the module has went.
I feel with my final design, I should have come up with a few better compositions and ways to include all the elements. The images on their own are strong, however I could have looked at doing the circle of dancers across a double page spread.
Because it was a quick module, I feel that I went with the first idea I had, although I'm glad it came to me so clearly through a dance.
Looking back, I could have used more of my theatre sketches and expanded the subject matter.

I had a lot of technical issues, that started off small and expanded into  bigger issues, such as the slight different in blue for the background, then became a man hunt trying to find what has caused it.

I have used illustrator a bit more than I have done in the past, and just getting to know the program was a challenge. I tried to follow the instructions, which I found easier when working with the screen to hand. I will need to use it more and practise in order to get my knowledge up.

I really enjoyed the one day briefs, and found I could come up with decent ideas and draw them out within 3 hours. This gives me hope for doing editorial work or working to a tight deadline.
I found I was able to go back to these images and progress with them further (such as the bicycle poster).

It was good to know the technical happenings for a production, with the measurements and how to create pages in Indesign.

FINALLY got the background the same colour!!!

After going through the layers and all the colour overlays and wondering why one image had a green tint to it, I changed both to CYMK and altered the backgrounds, copied and pasted the colour code and thank goodness, the problem has been solved. Really chuffed.

I kept my original first sketch design for the final, as I tried to recreate it and trace over ti but it lost the fluidity and movement each time i did so.

The yellow layers for image 2.  Feedback has said that the organic feel and flow is effective.
I multiplied the pose as I felt it could be quite a stable, still pose, so to show it multiplied instills a sense that she is moving around the stage and dancing.

I have included layers from my original sketches from observing the rehearsals.

I felt like the blue and darker shade of the dancers wasn’t giving enough, so some more movement in the background gave it depth. It also conveys the background happenings of the theatre, the rush behind the curtain, the adjustment of shoes and dresses before entering the spotlight. I feel after seeing behind the scenes that a production is weeks and months of preparation, sometimes I felt more dramatic and emotional than what was in the finished production.

riso cats

Grayscale version

50% on each layer to show colours. I added extra stars in to break up the background.
I worried about not having enough negative space, or white space but after a few reviews  i decided against altering it.

Emma is printing tomorrow so hopefully it'll all look fab!

The final begins for Riso Cats

Thick line and thin line. I chose the thin line as it looked better meow

Dancers

I have used the light box to ink in some more finished dancers, they have necklaces and jewels as well as big feather fans!
Here are a few layout ideas, I am thinking of tweaking them and then moving onto colour.

without mid dancers, fans on page.

with side ‘mid’ dancers. Fans within page bleed. More of a circular feeling with bodies.

without mid dancers, fans bleeding  off. more room for visual breathing but doesn’t put across the feeling of theatre for me.

Here are the centre figures, i have added more detail in the feathers and leotards.

pannier

pencil sketch. the two different view points add a passing of time and make it clear that its two separate moments. I  could have made them identical, changing only the substance in the hall, but felt it was too predictable.

warm colours to show vibrancy, life, movement... and puples and cool colours to show inactivity and darkness.

some studies of the objects when there is life in the hall.

Riso colour roughs

this one is a bit higgilty biggitley but a certain charm to it as the two cat are different and could be inning a song to each other at night time.

 i feel the strong vibrant pink background would pop out, and the cats in an orange reminds me of a cat i know.

here is a quick edit where I tried to imagine what a half-tone would look like... not very effective from this image.