17 April 2017
After the first part of Infographic representation of the neighborhood, the last part was to produce a Zine of that neighborhood. For the Zine, I wanted to try something different, something more abstract.
At first, I had to 2 concepts.
1. Imagery of Pasir Ris landscape that have resemblance of familiar objects. (Offbeat concept)
– Finding resemblance of alphabets in Pasir Ris landscape. Images are blurred to see the alphabet clearer. Alphabets can also piece up to form P-A-S-I-R R-I-S
– Shapes in the blurred image that have resemblance of childhood objects
2. Imagery of People in Pasir Ris + Landscape of Pasir Ris (Double exposure concept)
For the first concept, I wanted to incorporate unconventional visuals in my Zine. I had an idea of using images to allow people to view their mundane scenery differently, and having interactive element in my Zine. I drew this inspiration from my childhood practices. When I was young, clouds were amusing to me. The irregular forms made by the clouds, sometimes could piece out a dog, koala, etc. Therefore, I wanted my image to draw a sense of resemblance to each individual. The images could be in blurred form, to see the main subject better.
For my second concept, I wanted to use double exposure to create a state of mind of the people in Pasir Ris, through overlaying people and elements in Pasir Ris. However, I liked both of my concepts, and I’m unsure which was better or more appropriate for the Zine.
During my first consult, Joy suggested that I combine both of the concept in my Zine, which I thought “Right! Why not?”
That Saturday night, I went down to Pasir Ris to capture a few photos and test out my idea.
Photograph: Road direction( this looks like an Axe to me)
Photograph: Shadow cast beside a flight of stairs (this looks like a hanger to me)
Photograph: Downtown East
Photograph: Trees beside Downtown East (this feels like Christmas to me)
When I tried taking photos for my resemblance concept, I found it hard to find familiar objects among the landscapes. I kept squinting my eyes to look at the negative space among the landscape. However as it was night time, most of the areas were dark and filled with road lights or vehicle lights, I mostly found familiar shapes from the shadows ( as seen from first 2 of the pictures above). I decided to come down another day for a re-shoot, and also for my double exposure pictures.
The following week Sunday morning, I went back to Pasir Ris in search for more inspiration.
During this second trip, it was quite pleasant and smooth. Some of the people in Pasir Ris gladly allowed me to take photographs of them. I felt that during the day, it was easier to look for shapes that have resemblance, as the landscape was not covered by darkness.
I referenced some Zine designs from Pinterest, to get some inspiration and look at how other people design their Zine.
I liked this Zine’s color template, maybe I could incorporate it into my Zine.
During the second consultation, Joy did suggest that I could overlay my header on the images, as my Zine aims to be interactive, fun and unconventional.
For the group consultation, below was the Zine that I test printed. My final page was not done yet at this stage, as my double exposure photos were still in the process.
During the consultation, I had feedbacks like:
- the doodle is too thick, the brush stroke could be thinner
- naming of the pictures do not engage the viewers to think what the elements in the image resemble to them
- the placement of the quotes have to take note
- the images do not portray it’s resemblance of Pasir Ris
After all the feedbacks given, I faced some hardships of how to amend my Zine to convey my idea and churning out my last spread image.
Till next post! Ciao
click on the link below to view Project 2 part I: