In this project, we were tasked to create a ‘get well soon’ card for Ng Teng Fong hospital. It had to have some element of either die-cut or 3D attribute to it. For me, my card wasn’t really developed quickly and started my concept off an image that I saw in the past.
It was an illustration of a cat holding a needle, and stitching herself up, in a dance and graceful like manner. The owner was drawing this to express that her cat was on the road to recovery. The idea of the stitching of the wound and the ‘bandage’ that was to hold the card’s outside. However, when presented, because I didn’t have the image, my classmates and mentor interpreted it quite very differently.
They brought up very important points like if the plaster/stitches are on the cover of the card, does it mean that when they open the card it is like opening a wound? Or the other way round, if done correctly, would mean that they are well enough to remove the ‘bandage.’
While struggling with visualizing my concept, I decided to change my idea. Of course, I drew my idea from my own feedback for one of my classmate’s works- About hands on the heart!! So here was my rough:
I thought of this idea because I felt like it was reassuring- like someone placing his or her hand on my heart to comfort or show true concern, I wanted my card to have that kind of therapeutic effect- Of really caring and reassuring.
Therefore, my design is showing a nurse at the front placing her hands on her heart, and when you open, you realize that it is a patient’s heart too.
Inside, another male nurse is bidding goodbye to the patient!
During the critique, they remarked on the circle, and why not just simply cut out a heart instead of a circle. So I did my editing!
I didn’t really believe them until I was editing and i realised that there will be three colours on the front if I put the circle, because the man’s shirt colour would also be see-able.
I chose bright, happy colours, with a bright blue at the front and a yellow inside. this would make my card “pop”!
I edited and changed mine very simply after I had coloured it.
I found that the align meant was the hardest to do, because whenever i printed, it would be way off… So after many hours of printing, I finally got it at the printing shop!
So here is my result after much hard labour:
My card was completed!!
I am so glad I was finally done with this project. I never thought I was able to use illustrator and it was with this that I grew so much in learning how to use it! I was also glad that this was truly a piece of work that I had done that I can say I am truly proud of.