Today I continued with the poster idea sketches in my sketchbook. I added different materials like tippex, masking tape and pen, which I think helps to make them stand out more. Although I want most of my poster to be digital, I could explore taking these materials, etc, further in a digital format to add more depth, etc, to my posters.
I also had another informal peer review. The comments and ideas which I have taken from this were that, perhaps another slightly different alternative idea for the sentence ‘calling me ugly won’t make you beautiful’ could be ‘calling me names won’t make me change’. Although this is quite a good idea and gives quite a strong message, it could maybe make the bullies think ‘well if it doesn’t make them change/ they aren’t effected by it, then what’s the harm of me calling them names’, and so perhaps this wouldn’t work as well as some of the other ideas. It was also mentioned that the page in my sketchbook inspired by Ros Rixon works well and is effective as well as the cut out ‘beautiful’ on the page about ‘calling me ugly wont make you beautiful’ and the page ‘what may influence a bully’, which is a page which I wasn’t too sure about. It was also suggested that I could write a poem about bullying to display/use. This is quite a good idea which I may pursue further if I have time. For the page about ‘who will you be today’, they mentioned perhaps putting the options in the opposite order to say bully, victim and then neither to show that you can pass those choices to lead to ‘neither’, I hadn’t thought about this when creating the image, but this probably would’ve worked better. Also, the page about the three different types of bully – perhaps I could visually show these different types using images instead of just words, which is something I had already considered and will explore if I have time. Also, they mentioned how I hadn’t really used the style of Nathan Ford on the page where I explored his style, which I agree with and so for future work I will try harder to be inspired by the artist’s work.
When they looked at the playing card page, I think they thought it was quite effective, but it was also mentioned that it looks quite a bit like a tarot card. Perhaps this is something which I could explore further, and the fact that, for example, the bully can affect the future of the victim. Also, I could look at the famous evolution image (with the apes) and show this as the victim turning into the bully, etc.
They then looked at my photo book. They suggested I slightly change the image of the ‘person’ on the photo of the phone, etc, to turn it into a girl. This is a good idea because it’s usually girls who would act in this way and call someone the names in the image. Also, the ‘negative’ style photos of the paper rings reminded them of wristbands and perhaps I could create images with anti bullying wristbands in or even make my own, etc. To make my eyes sadder in some of the photos, I could perhaps smudge my makeup/make it look like I’m actually crying, etc. This is a good idea and will hopefully work and be useful if I use this image in my final piece. They also liked the image of the shoes and shoelaces spelling out ‘victim’. They felt that it was easy to read and that dots above the ‘i’s’ wouldn’t really be needed. They also liked the ‘ghostly’ blurry, double image version, as it’s quite effective. Overall, the comments were really useful, especially at this stage of the project, and I will take them all into account when continuing with my work.
I also asked for their opinions of the initial digital letterhead/business card ideas. I have started putting a tally next to each design which has positive feedback so that when I develop these further I will know which ones are worth pursuing. It was suggested that I stick with the colours of blue and brown, but to perhaps use different shades of these colours (eg: a lighter blue and a darker brown). Also, a few different ideas were also given to me which I could explore further. It was also suggested that I could make the lines on the business card (where the two lines are joined in each corner of the card) bigger as this may look better. However, so far the people who I have asked agree that as long as the style is similar then the business card and letterhead don’t need to look exactly the same to work well together. I was also reminded that business cards sometimes have the design and logo on one side and the important information on the other side, which is something I hadn’t considered and so will keep this in mind to see if it can improve my designs. Also, there are mixed views on the plaster design for the business card - some really like it and some don’t. I am not too keen on it and feel that I should choose a design, which the majority like, and so probably won’t develop this idea further.
Target for today: Continue with sketching out ideas for both the victim and the bully posters, in sketchbook.
Target for tomorrow: Continue with sketching out ideas for both the victim and the bully posters, in sketchbook.
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