Research
Artists:
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Loribelle Spirovski
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Gregor Kalus
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Daniel Egneus
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Folio society
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The horror's genres obsession with victimising women: A deep-dive into articles and papers.
Ideas
Thumbnails/sketches for cover and full page Illustration
-Harsh gaze at viewer is important -Uncomfortable subject piece
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Cover thumbnails: 'Man in black'
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Vignette thumbnails: Representing the 'animal' aspect of the story
Development
The cover will be printed with two spot colours on a cloth binding (you may specify the colours). The cover will be 165mm wide X 231mm high. The spine will be 30mm wide X 231mm high.
The final artwork should be presented as a 300 dpi, grayscale image. N.B. You may use fake 'body copy' to simulate the words on your double-page spread. These two illustrations should be presented in your portfolio as a double-page spread.
The final artwork should be presented as a 300 dpi, grayscale image. N.B. You may use fake 'body copy' to simulate the words on your double-page spread. These two illustrations should be presented in your portfolio as a double-page spread.
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Silhouette of "the man in black" - Greenish yellow, feels toxic or out of place - Paint markings covered in dirt.
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Black brown and white - A scene in the woods - abstract.
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Full-page, full bleed image: CMYK - 160mm wide X 226mm high of 300 dpi. Note: this dimension includes a 3mm bleed around all four sides.
Greyscale - focus on eye of the figure. Harsh lighting.
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Consider composition of the bleed - more subtly to the lighting, adjusted proportions (e.g shoulders and arm etc.)
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A black and white chapter heading that is aligned to the body of the justified text. 105mm wide X 50mm high. Note: there is no requirement that it has to have a crisp, rectangular edge so you may treat it as a vignette.
Gothic, texture, links to cover more closely, bird looks les friendly - more uncomfortable. Varied lines and marks.
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Mockups: page layout, testing vignette vs. solid image - page colours (greyscale) - where illustration is centred (is light distracting etc.)
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POST THURSDAY CRIT
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-Add elements of crow and cover texture and style to main illustration to tie in better. -Add a subject for the eye to read in cover instead of abstract nothingness. -Rework composition of main illustration (zoom in on face, more dramatic lighting - highlights eyes and anger/fear of figure) |
Tests for light and size
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Details in face. (Yes these are three separate drawn faces.) Highlighted in eyes - staring at viewer or hidden figure?
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Starting from scratch.
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Different compositions - more extreme diagonals and angles? placement of light source, colour (quickly ditched).
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POST FRIDAY CRIT
"Its man in black not men in black" - Tony (only one figure instead of multiple)
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Vignette - clearer focus on animal testing
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Prefer to not show direct violence - more suggest it.
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Thumbnails
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Not clear enough.
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Rats(? known for being the test subject)
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Too simplistic(?)
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....Dead bird syringe?
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Dark page colour
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Vignette version
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Post crit notes "worlds smallest syringe"- need to make it bigger.
Collage - push the boundaries of juxtaposition
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Bigger syringe - more painterly style
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Revisiting the figure one final time - focus on body language - strain on hands - curling of entire body
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Page layouts - what looks aesthetically pleasing - use of colour and negative space - spacing in gerenal very important
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Mockups
Extras: End papers
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Extras: Book slipcase
Cut-out minimal designs - focus is the book underneath
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Decorative abstract patterns
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Thumbnail & schematics of slipcase
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Painterly figure - shadows/corner of your eye
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How to incorporate title effectively
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Grey typography blends better
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Final outcome
