I had two design ideas for the quote “Have courage and be kind” from Cinderella, 2015. One of which is a deer and a lion head, the other is a lion with the dolphins in the background.

For this composition I thought that dolphins are considered kind and friendly creatures. So I had a lady with a head of the lion to show that she have courage as they are considered as one of the strongest animal. Hence, this composition is to show her exuding kindness despite her being courageous and fierce.

This is the design that I actually pick for the quote but somehow I feel that it is a little too clean cut and lacks the sort of vintage texture feeling to it. So I edited a another one with the texture using halftone and noises. This design has an opposite meaning to the first design. The kind lady actually has a courageous side that is lurking inside of her. Hence, explaining the birds which shows that the courage is actually surging through her.

This is my final design for the first quote with the textures.

The second quote would from finding nemo, 2003 “Just keep swimming, just keep swimming.” For this I only had one design, but I tried editing it again since I was not happy with the idea design ever since I showed it for my transparency printing.

At first I thought that the black thick lines passing through the shark looks really plain so I tried to use the same method as the shark, by putting little dots among the back space.

But then I felt that the black lines were really weird with the parts removed and all. It did not felt right to me, and somehow  I felt that it could not tell the quote that I was trying to portray. So I decided to change it again.

This is my final design for the quote. I changed it to dory and marlin because throughout the movie, even though there is actually so many other fishes, they are the one that we would actually remember the most. So I used them to show them like swimming with the waves illustrations. The shark and the jellyfish being  one of the few reasons that “forced” them to keep swimming on.

Another quote from the movie would be “I shall call you squishy and you shall be mine.” Even though it is one only one design, I was not really sure of what elements to use for it to be able to portray the quote strongly.

At first I thought of just leaving it but I felt that it was too simple and the fact that dory sorts of blends into the bubble as the tonal value is quite similar. So I decided to try changing some of the values and try out different elements to it. Also, I added the collar to symbolize the jellyfish being Dory’s pet.

I changed the background to black to make the girl more prominent and also added the white stripes to make it look like a jail cell. Since the quote is about Dory wanting to make the baby jellyfish her pet. However, I feel that the white stripes are not that obvious into showing that they represent jail cell.

In the end, I changed it to jellyfishes watching dory as they are actually quite protective of their young ones when they are in danger. But I felt that the background somehow swallowed up the jellyfishes at the back.

So I ended changing the background to white again making them more prominent.

The last quote is from Hunger games, 2012 “I volunteer as tribute.” I originally had two ideas for this quote.

In this design I wanted to show katniss and her “manager” ,for district 12, seem like they are the powerful and in control. Also to show how Katniss has the confidence to win and represent the hunger games in order to protect her sister.

This other one being the one that I pick to print on my tote bag.

In this design, I tried to make Katniss look strong and that she is confidence enough to face snow, the villain in this movie. He was the one who created the so-called hunger games. Hence why I wanted to make him look like a figure looming over the city as he takes control of them all.

I tried out some designs for the transparency prints, not sure whether they are okay? It is actually pretty hard to try and save some of the details I realised. This are the few that I thought might be some probability to printing it for transparency but I am not really sure which quote to pick for the final, but I would most probably go with the Cinderella or Hunger games one as I find that they have more composition ideas to play with.

The first two designs are from the Cinderella movie ; “Have courage and be kind.” The following two is from the hunger games ; “I volunteer as tribute” and lastly Finding Nemo “Just keep swimming, just keep swimming“.

Hope to get your critique for printing of transparency, thank you.

The first try-out of the designs for assignment one during last week consultation was pretty bad since I was not really clear of what I could do or should do. I actually thought that what we have for  the prints needs to be the same as the one for our tote bag. I actually only managed to produced 3 designs one for each of the different movie for the consultation last week.

The first quote is from the Cinderella remake of the animated movie series.

“Have courage and be kind.“

Synopsis of Cinderella (2015) :

Her father died, in turn leaving her to be with left with her step-mother and step-sisters as her kin. However, they treated her like their maid instead. Until one day an invitation to the palace ball came but her step-mother prevented her from going by destroying the dress that she has put together on her own. She was really depressed at that moment until the godmother heard Cinderella’s plead and help her to get to the ball and meet her prince charming in the end.

The message given in the illustration I made is apparently very unclear as the branches since to be overpowering her. Also the fact that she is holding out to a butterfly might not get the message of kindness across even though the thought of courage could plausibly be seen as she is in a spooky forest and somehow she does not look timid. The fact that she is somewhat floating gives the imagery that she is not stable?

The next two quotes I did was from the movie Finding Nemo.

“Just keep swimming, just keep swimming.”

“I shall call him squishy and he shall be mine.”

Synopsis of Finding Nemo (2003) :

After having his other children taken away from him, his one and only son was also taken away by the humans. He together with a short-termed memory blue tang swam across the ocean in search of his son, Nemo.

The message was able to be portrayed through this illustration however the jellyfishes somehow looks like mushroom instead. I should find images that are actually obvious enough. Also, I need to work on the waves and how I can push the design of it even more instead of it being too direct.

The third movie quote that I actually picked is from the movie Hunger games.

“I volunteer as tribute.“

Synopsis of Hunger games (2012) :

Every year a district will be force to randomly pick a girl and a  boy to participate in the annual hunger games for entertainment and also the glory. This is to be broadcast on the live television – a fight to death. That is when Katniss volunteer to take her sister’s place when the sister was being pick to participate in the game.

The imagery of the hand sign could not be seen as the details are lost when the image is darken this badly. Also, the silhouette of katniss is not obvious enough, she could just be any other girl. The whole message of the image just somehow is not being brought across correctly.

I will post of the edits with the following post. Regarding the thought process of this assignment I think I will record all of them down in the OSS since it it easier instead of having double copies in the Journal and OSS.