Monthly Archives: April 2016

FD: Pure Imagination Process

Concept

Short animated clip that revolves around imaginary constellations, seemingly come to life
Illustrated through the eyes of a child, it is intended to echoe the Child’s sense of wonder

Research

Landscapes of cities for references (Tokyo, Barcelona)

(By Mash Wakui)

Rough sketches

Colour scheme

Production

cloudsrender

Rendering of clouds

Constellations

Reference: moon jellyfish

jellyfish

Jellyfish constellation

ufo

Alien spaceship constellation

board1

Signboard design #1

texture

Adding texture to vectors

Still of setting

Still of setting

DROPPED

dropped

Left: Initial design for constellation Right: Alternative design of city landscape

ZINE: Final

Cover

Pages

POV Final

Password: password

Animated clips of personal fears.

Fear of Duty

Fear of the Spotlight

Fear of Despair

ZINE: Process

The general layout I decided to go with was simple and straightforward – text on left and image on right. This mirrored the concept I wanted, which was a story book zine.

Titles

Screen Shot 2016-04-18 at 9.41.45 PM

Playing around with typography and mixing fonts

FRONT COVER

Came up with 3 different colour schemes, eventually settling with the red and warm tones, which would go well with aged/toned paper.

PAGES

Preparing to trim the pages

Paper options: white and off white

PUTTING IT TOGETHER

Hand stitch with cotton thread

Marking the holes

2 Versions

Final Project

The zoetrope:

ZINE: Research

Hardcover story books were my inspiration for this final project. With my zine to be comprised with mainly works from the POV project, the story book concept seemed to fit the style and illustrations.

(By Roxane Fiore)

The accordion format is an idea I’m considering, although much will depend on the size!

(By Sevilya Nariman-qizi Ibrahim)

Vintage Book Covers

(http://www.thejungalow.com/2010/07/just-gorgeous-check-out-these-vintage-book-covers.html)

(http://jenikya.com/blog/2012/02/book-designs.html)

Other designs on Pinterest – https://www.pinterest.com/jennyhesperus/vintage-book-covers/