18 April 2017
Previously, I had difficulty showing the element of Pasir Ris in my Zine, and I was not done with my double exposure pictures.
Photograph concept: Lonely
When I placed my double exposed visuals inside the Zine, I felt that it does not blend well as a whole. Therefore, I decided to doodle on one of my image and add a caption below.
Here’s my final Zine design.
Final
During the presentation day, I had feedbacks like some read my cover page as: OFF-BE-AT, which is supposed to be read as OFF-BEAT. Some also commented that my words were camouflaged by the background colors. Some do not understand the OFF button placed at the back cover. Some felt that the doodle could be spread out to all images. However, I wanted my second page to be an introduction, and what people viewed Pasir Ris as, without any doodling. Therefore I did not add any illustrations to it. For the last page, the right 2 images are for viewers to put in their own answers of what the images look like to them. The left image, “Stairway to Heaven”, was my own interpretation when I saw the image below.
Before
After(my own interpretation)
This image was actually an example for the images on the right, to let viewers have a better understanding of what I want to convey.
After hearing the feedbacks during the presentation day, I edited a bit of my Zine, to try incorporating their views.
I tried making the text thinner, darkening the second spread (but not losing the pastel look) and making the cover look more fun and playful.
Overall, I learnt a few stuff in the process, like how to use Indesign, how to prepare my zine for print and to view my work in other people’s point of view. It was a fun project overall, which killed dozens of my brain cells. Thank you Joy for your patience and feedbacks during consultation, guiding me through my entire first year for 2D. I’m really grateful that you supported my ideas and not discriminating them, answering email enquiries promptly during crunch times, and the comfort food given after the last submission of each sem. Thank you Joy, and see you around in the future!
Till next post! Ciao!
click on the link below to view Project 2 part I: