Papyrus student brief

Considerations

• needs to be calming/relaxing
• represent prevention of young suicide - need to be considerate of what imagery is used
• needs to be in the style of a colouring book

Restrictions 

• A3
• 0.3 mm finaliner pen or 3px brush size

Research

From researching into images of relaxing drawings, a lot of the existing designs use repetition and circular shapes/movement.

                            

 Thought I would begin by actually looking into the process of were people draw to help relieve themselves of stress and anxiety by creating shapes and patterns through self expression. Creating a design based around the idea of it looking like someone has previously hand rendered the design could help make it appear even more suitable. It also means the person colouring in who might not have the skills or confidence to create their own design. 

The drawings above were created when Rachael Ashe 

http://rachaelashe.com/2013/09/03/drawing-as-meditation/

Penguin - Adrian Mole - Book cover research

Past winners seem to have approached the briefs with a strong, unique illustrative style. They really delve into the story of the book and express either symbolism, characters, a scene from the book or a decorative storyline. 

Previous book cover designs express a similar route of illustrative style. All very simple, playful and mostly colourful. They each focus on type heavily - often being the main element within the design. The inclusion of Adrian as a character is also a recurring theme within previous book designs.

Penguin - Illustration research and crit feedback

The aim for my book cover is to include a drawing of Adrian himself as the main focus.

I do have a slight illustrative style, which mostly comes from tracing photographs digitally using a graphics tablet. E.g.

[insert image of pervious drawings]

So I will mostly be drawing like this as this comes most naturally, however, I'm open to explore different avenues.

Chris Trappeniers

This style of drawing is much more abstract as it is made up of lines that drift within each other, all connecting to create a full piece.

However, the detail used, especially used within the eyes and facial features without having to draw them perfectly is interesting - something to keep in mind.

This style however is not particularly playful or relevant for the age range.

Picasso 

Picasso's line drawings are an inspiration in a way because of their simple nature. They aren't perfect so this could be a interesting way of drawing - which can relate to the storyline of Adrian Mole and his teenage struggles. This style is also quite childlike/adolescent which also represents the age range.

Louise Zergaeng Pomeroy (http://www.louisezpomeroy.com/)

This illustrator is someone I've followed on social media for a long time, as she helped create one of my favourite album covers by Shura, a Manchester based indie-pop artist.

Her illustration style is in a way similar to mine as it uses photography as a basis for the drawing. Using an image like I have in my previous drawings is something I will probably start process off with. The drawings are quite life-like in a way, use lots of detail, shadows etc.. making it appear quite life-like, which compliments the photography as they are layered together.

ARTBABYGIRL (https://www.instagram.com/artbabygirl/)

Is another illustrator I've been following for sometime, she first caught by eye when I noticed she collaborated with Petra Collins (one of my favourite photographers), but as I began looking through her work I found I've seen it be used in other places too.

Evaluation

Evaluation

The process of using Adobe Experience Design was an easy to use software that helped shape the  aesthetic of the app with the structure that allows the user to work on iPhone platforms.

I feel the app is mostly successful. It creates the vibe of a high end clothing brand to actually provide the service of the
opposite, to make the user feel as if they were really shopping for that luxury product. The colour scheme represents this further and creates a serious tone of voice throughout to enforce this theme.

The app is functional and works to a good standard, the number of “clicks” has been kept to a minimum to ensure the user does not tire of the experience.

Prototype app video

This demonstrates a simple prototype of how the app functions. The video is slightly blurred due to the app being created for iPhone 6/7 so the resolution is not high enough, especially as Youtube decreases the quality.