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.