Changing Faces – Deans’s 1 to 1

Monday 4th March – One to One with Olwen Moseley + Improvements

The dean was very helpful as she gave very precise feedback on my work so far.

At first I showed her the original blank layout with no add ons. She was happy with the look and liked the font choice as well at the heading placement. Although she did mention the actual words of the title might need changing as its just a repeat.

Next we looked into the next layer with the hand writing. She advised me to look at scale of the words. I thought about this and decided to have one feature quote with the others much smaller. I decided to make all the script different scales so that the eye can flow and it almost seems like a metaphor for each memory size she has and some has lost connection to her so doesn’t remember the feelings behind it. Through Doing this I noticed that I prefer it showing off and highlighting the digital type behind.

Finally we looked at the third layer of see-through bubbles. She decided that I should include the circles and agreed to keep going with the theme of them. Overall she liked the concept but she felt it needed more thought to it because currently they are just placed in a random arrangement. To achieve a deeper meaning and a better look we came up with the idea of blurring and distorting the elements behind, cutting out the circles so that none or only some over lap or another improvement I could try is to make the circles from old photos. 

From this I took on board the element of cutting out the bubbles but leaving some to overlap like a memory would. I feel that because the circles are over the body text to distort the view to behind even if its only some of them the design would not look crisp or some what refined. Although I did take on board the element of using old photos. So I searched through my holiday photos and made a few testers then placed them on the design. Looking at both designs I prefer the sty;e without the photos. Through having no photos the design will collaborate the fact that the main woman doesn’t like photos and she has to force herself to remember certain elements of her life such as her wedding day.