Speaking From Experience

Speaking From Experience

So I tired doing My own of the illustrative typography layout that I found in my research but this took me quite a long time and hadn't planned in for the titles to just take me this long and therefore the other quality lack. Although it is a style that I do quite enjoy doing.

I then created this but took me too long to create and then decided to give on doing any other. I then went into my crit and they told me that a waccom may speed things up. But I took one out and it was a real technique to learn as I was used to using my track pad.

This is my final logo I was happy with this straight from my design sheet plan. I didn't want to change it in any way.

But then I decided to go for a more freehand look in my zine here is my final pages:

These are just simple with a strict colour theme of the colour taken from the illustration. I like the use of the title pages and all are linked together and flow nicely. There isn't an overload of text and just included a simple symbol on the right had side to balance the colour. However now the original logo down not go with the book due to the freehand look and the front cover looks very modernist. So I decided to change the font & texture of the stroke. Here is the development:

I think I prefer this to the original one in which I thought I couldn't develop upon it before which is a good thing. I will change this into white as well to match the rest although you couldn't see it properly in white on here.


FRONT COVER

The top one was going to be my first cover and the diagonal line was going to split so your actual cover would be the top part of the diagonal and the bottom half would be a holder for the zine. Although because I thought of this before finalising the zine I had to change it due to it fitting in with the content of the zine. Also I wasn't too sure in the end about having half a cover.

I have decided to put inbetween the informational pages that are motivational as in my first crit they said i need it to be more motivational for them to do something about it. I have used lots of downloaded fonts and also used the brush on illustrator also to make them similar to the rest of the zine.

CARDS

There is 8 of each of the cards in the box. And they both have tips & what not to dos on. As well as interview questions they can prep for. I have continued the watercolour across as well with the symbols on the other side and all the main information.

 ESSENTIALS LOGO DESIGN

I have put more worth while things into the box as in one of my crits people said that they wasn't relevant enough. Then I came up with the idea of giving them essential of what they need to get ready for an interview. I have again followed the watercolour across to this so it works as a set fo things rather than something separate.

I have also made a box to put these things in and hold them as I also made a tray. Here are my nets for the laser cutter:

I have done the logo as I wanted it to be put onto the box as I didn't have time to screenprint etc... I think this worked very well! And I am very pleased with the whole outcome, of the laser cutter and will be something I use more often.

FINAL LOOK

Overall I am very happy with my final outcome of this project as I think I have developed it well throughout the 6 weeks. I think that my box look professional but the sizing for the tray and the logo for the items could have been properly sized, and a check of mock-up could have been done before to make sure. The tray I had to chop down to allow it to fit into the box but then I cut it too short and therefore had to add some extra on the the board which made the tray become less neat although it still has the same effect. I think next time I need to size things up properly before ratehr than just guessing and then finalising. As I also had to cut off the tray part for the lint roller as it became too fragile on the outter edges and was too flexible to be fixated in the box.