Tuesday, 17 May 2016

OUGD505 STUDIO BRIEF TWO - POSTER DEVELOPMENTS

These next poster designs expand on from the initial designs.


The design for the front cover was adapted for the poster design, however it works great for a front cover, but I think there is too much empty space it looks like something should be there, something's missing.

A circle is used to frame the text, which gives it a really bold appearance, so it stands out from the leaf background pattern. It also almost looks like a sticker which could be a great development route.

The previous idea was attempted in reverse, however as you can see you can't read the text well at all.

A colour was picked from the illustrations and placed over the circular leaf pattern at a lowered opacity, which allows the text to be much more easily read. However with the coloured fill it is starting to resemble wallpaper, and does look kind of feminine as well.

White text was used instead of black, which does give it a more muted appearance, however the white text adds to the femininity.

A more green shade was used, which does make it look slightly more neutral, but I can't unsee the wallpaper.

The coloured fill was applied in reverse to see if this would make it look less feminine, however it just made it worse as there is more pattern and more colour.

Feedback:
I felt really stuck with the poster design, as I want to incorporate the leaves, however how I've done it has made the poster look feminine, and I'm unsure how to fix this.
Instead, I asked my peer what they thought of the designs, and they really liked the second one down, the first circle frame design. Looking back I do agree, it doesn't have the same femininity the others do due to not having a fill, and the circle makes the text really bold.
This is the design I will print out to go alongside the guides.

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