Illumination
Three pieces with a similar running tone and texture
I successfully kept a continuous style for all three pieces. I decided the tone needed to muted in terms of colour and used a grainy almost downbeat colour scheme to suit the pessimistic nature of the lecture.
Pessimistic colour tone.
Cautionary/bleak imagery with dark humour.
Important consideration of layout to fit images within the three frames.
The 200 x 200 below is intended to show the potential explosive danger of casually standing and staring at misjustice without acting.
I feel this would certainly work well as an editorial piece as it is thought provoking yet has only two main objects within the frame so can communicate efficiently my personal feelings towards the piece of writing but also the message I believe the author is trying to get across.
I'm glad I changed the white background to a more grainy texture as the bomb and figure seemed less solid. The background adds strength and tone to the overall image.
The landscape piece is a more surreal feel that can add a lot to an illustration, allowing the audience to interpret the image as they want to based on their political outlook.
Comical undertones.
Modern composition - the layout is as if the woman is more concerned with having a photo opportunity than realising the danger that surrounds her.
Muted monochrome - the lack of colour keeps the tone of the piece pessimistic and cautionary despite the comical composition.
The piece communicates well the current modern political environment of lack of engagement with facts and issues by society and political leaders.
Simplicity
I wanted to explore a simple, minimal piece for one of the designs.
Matt suggested trying to represent the idea of not listening with a diagram.
The simple sound waves are easily recognisable and the gritty background is noisy.
The silhouette allows the figure to be more universal and symbolic than using a photo.
It could be interpreted as a warning sign similar to road signs in it's simple clarity.
Digital collage
It's important to keep using Photoshop purely as an editing tool eg to move and physically arrange a digital collage as if hand crafting using paper.
It's vital to keep my personality in the work.
The found images are part of the image making process and Photoshop is simply an effective tool for arranging them.
Subtlety is the key when using Photoshop.
If it looks like anyone could have created your image then you've gone wrong in the image making process.
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