Looking back you can spot ideas taken from almost all of the roughs prior to this. The colors I decided were very important to something that was supposed to have an air of propaganda about it, so I kept it bold and simple. The large amount of text I used as a framing device for the Tower itself, to draw attention to it, with some key words and little phrases made a little larger than the rest to keep the entirety of the type from just fading into an aura around the tower. The tower itself was done using brush strokes to make it appear weathered and kind of "battle damaged" but it still stands tall, playing on the message from the slogan. I also wanted to keep every piece of the work on a separate plane, that way it all sat on the same page, but didn't blend too much that you couldn't pick them apart. The top and bottom sections slanting off in different directions, while the type around the tower was on a flat plane, with the tower pointing straight up to the skies.
CONCEPT: Wanted to turn towers into an icon for students to metaphorically look to for inspiration. Turn the Towers into something that high schoolers can look to keep them going. A static thing that was built out of left over objects, and is still around today, it can give them a sense of self. Hard ship, durability, persistence, resistance
ReplyDeleteDESIGN: Very simple and straight forward. Sprinkled in words that were part of Sam’s history in a different size is inventive, interesting and provides a good reference point. Your type around the tower works the best, giving texture to the image, the dark bigger text is good but I feel it need to be more visually directed, it is great movement but not 100% yet. Use of typography around the tower emphasizes the tower – but I am still not 100% convinced by the illustration of the tower, still a little flat, the circles are too even. Your negative space works around the tower. The heading is the problematic, the perspective is the issue, the “o” and “u” should have got bigger in relationship to the page, same with the still stands You have a strong use of colors just like the Russian propaganda. – maybe all the text at to should be in the light yellow color. I also think the thick black line is a bit too big in width and takes away from the aura of the tower . Rudy, you just have to push a little harder to get everything falling in to place. You are a great student and have so much potential.
BLOG: An excellent job, you documented your work and made the process understandable
PRESENTATION: An excellent job, you actually are a great participant and know how to convince the viewers about your work.