Sk-etchbook

Shoulda bin postin this as I went along really but here is how I went about reaching my final design for the about me project.

1)First my rationale...
After receiving the brief these were my first thoughts:

• Brainstorm – factors to include personality, likes, films, music, hobbies, etc…
• If you were a *** what would you be…
• Styles – doctored film poster or graphical montage, should choose a style to reflect me.

Hobbies – the things people make up to put on the end of their CV’s

Hmmmm…. what are my hobbies? Well for the couple of years I’ve been learning web design (html, flash, dreamweaver etc.) and Spanish but I wouldn’t really class them as hobbies. I go running a couple of times a week but that’s definitely not a hobby. I like many things, films, music, food, cartoons, bad jokes and good books but that’s all pretty matter of fact stuff to put in a poster about me! I love my friends and most social events, be it hedonistic weekends away or chilling out with a dvd and some food, people in general amuse and fascinate me. I like sun and enjoy travelling but most people do so that’s not a very interesting thing to focus on.

In regards to my past I’ve had a diverse life so far, I’m from York, I did media studies for a year at college after leaving school but then left to work full time as a chef. I did that for about a year then got made redundant when the company was sold so started working in Ibiza over the summer working as a PR and entertainer. After 3 years I needed a change so I moved to Leeds and after a brief stint working for a stockbrokers took an office job with ATTIK a design and branding agency which had recently moved to Leeds. Two years later and here I am…

So to sum up I think I should focus on my personality and what type of person I am. I will either edit myself into a version of a movie poster which I think reflects my personality or do a montage in a style which reflects my personality.

2) Then some research & inspiration online...






3) And this is how the total thought process went in general...
After receiving the brief I had a good think and a little brainstorm jotting down aspects of what makes me what I am. I also text 5 friends asking them to describe me in one word, the replies were “Imp, fun, fabulous, playful & bent”. Not sure if that was much help or just says something about my friends.

Next a bit of research, I went online and viewed a few poster sites.

Finally I decided on 3 options, shown below.

Route 1
Choose one of my favourite films and comp my face onto the relevant poster.
Pros – should not be too complicated to do in photoshop
Cons – might be hard to get print res poster to work with

Route 2
Montage
Pros – probably best way to showcase everything about me
Cons – might not have enough design skills yet to get my ideas across

Route 3
Choose a style of poster which best reflects me.
Pros – relies upon graphical communication of a thought not just showcasing objects
Cons – design ability


Initially I decided to follow route 2 and make a graphical montage but my design & artworking skills are still pretty basic so I ditched this idea after struggling to illustrate my ideas effectively and followed a different route. While researching I had seen a Looney Tunes poster and thought this would be a good theme to represent me so I started to play around and came up with my final piece.