Suggestion and ideas to fix problem



one of the experiment with pastels



how white chalk is able
 to be drawn on the green
constuction paper



Some of the suggestion I had receiving was to really draw the silhouette on a real chalkboard and take a photograph of the silhouette but, I was determine to get this chalkboard effect on paper. I tried two media, pastel and pencil crayon. The pastel would have worked unfortunately; I couldn’t draw over the shaded background. Pencil crayon did not even give the chalkboard effect. Finally the best alternative to fix the problem was to use green construction paper. I had liked this alternative because I was able to draw over the paper in any shade of color whether it was dark or light.

Color roughs

 



experiment of pastels and
pencil crayons.



In pursuing the idea of the mouse in the silhouette, I thought it would be best to create a chalkboard effect in the background and the silhouette of the person written as if it were chalk. Then insert a mouse in the middle. This was a really tricky and difficult situation due that I needed a chalkboard effect instead of just pastels or pencil crayon shading. In my opinion, this was the most difficult stage of the poster assignment. Trying to get the chalkboard effect.





inspiration

Frankenstien play poster



rough outline of final piece



Before staring this assignment, the class and I had been introduced to some example of other poster for plays. I did take notice that the poster was simple and had limited of colors. The one I find to be an inspiration to me was the poster of Frankenstein. This poster had only two colors and did not have as much details. So I had wanted to create a silhouette of a person’s head side view and a mouse in the middle of the silhouette.

Brainstorming ideas

After researching the play, I was able to brainstorm some ideas and insert them on paper. At first it was really easy due to my ideas being one scene of the play that I watched. Unfortunately it was not the greatest ideas. I started to struggle when I couldn’t use scene from the movie. I had to been suggested to make the poster more symbolic and sort of make the viewer think about the play instead of giving away the story.  It took a while to find out what should I create for the poster Flowers for Algernon till I came up with a couple more ideas. Two of the ideas really stand out to me from my the brainstorming paper.

 the top right coner of the page and the bottom left of the right page corner of the the page are the two ideas that stand to me.

Researching the play

Before I could ideas on paper, I had to see what this play was about. I needed as much information, including the plot of the play, characters and most of the entire theme. I did jot some few notes about the play and the information I had gathered. The research was really rough and unorganized. At the end of my research of the play, I had known more about the play than my own experience. I had also watch the movie to get a better understanding of the play.

Introduction of the poster design project

For this project in the design class, the class and I had to design a poster for the assigned play we were given. My play was Flowers for Algernon. At first I did not know what to do or where to get started on this assignment but, after researching the play the ideas really came clear. During this poster assignment i did take notes on changes, comments, and suggestions in my sketchbook for this blog.

The First Day of Winter Google

"The First Day of Winter" Google

This is the last and final Google design. As much as it was the final, it did take a long time and a lot of adjustments. Some of the adjustment did result me to shade smoother, straighten the letter, and requires few shades of blue. It was frightening to adjust the final Google because I though I might ruin it and start all over again. I did take a lot of risks in fixing these adjustments. I think the final turn out really excellent better than I thought. I am also surprise how smooth the shades were. Overall, “the first day of winter” Google is a success. The final copy looks better on paper than on screen in my opinion.