Weekend leading up to 4th March – Independent Study
My base has been created, I just need all the extra parts with the layers. To start with I wrote out a list of words/ quotes that I wanted within the design as I didn’t want any of my own words used to seem un-bias.
I started writing out my words trying to get the handwriting up to a high standard. I wanted an old fashioned script style to have the most contrast to everything. Unfortunately my writing is anything but. I had plans to meet up with my dad so kindly asked him to note some things down. After him being very confused and slightly weirded out, I had some good quotes to use.
From this I used illustrator to create line images and neaten up some of the non-straight lines.
I then placed selected phrases within the design, adjusting the angle and size of the script. At first I didn’t add many handwritten elements in as I wanted the digital type to be the main elements but as I looked I decided to make the script the main image so added more and made it bigger.
Through looking back at the research and my initial ideas I wanted to go a step forward and create another layer. This would be created through circles that have a lower opacity. The meaning of having these are to visualise the different memories and some are faded more than others and some are bigger than others.
Fiona Fraser's Graphics 