Storytelling

StoryTelling

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I have decided that using my primary pictures that I have taken relating with the book that I receive- On the Road by Jack Kerouac I would use them to create ideas that I could possibly use as a book cover. Image 1 shows my current four initial ideas that I came up with. I have decided that I would use mix media as my material as an experimentation and as a guideline to help support me for my later printing process.

The idea on the top left hand side of Image 1 is not a road but a train track. I thought that it would be a great idea to experiment with different location rather than sticking with the original one. Also, I find the idea of train track more interesting than a road in a way that train tracks are more detailed than the features of a road.

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I have research more into about the book- On the Road by Jack Keroauc and found that it was turned into a movie starring Kristen Stewart, Garret Hedlund, Kirsten Dunst and Sam Riley. I have decided to watch the movie to give me more understanding and knowledge of what On the Road is all about because reading what it is all about online is not useful at all therefore watching the movie version would help me understand what it is. 

After watching one-fourth of the movie, I have found it very boring and not interested kind of feeling that I decided to finish there and then at that moment. I have learnt a bit about what it is while watching that- Sal Paradise, Sam Riley, is a writer or a poet that travels around with his friend and being on the road is kind of his home. I have research more about this subject by asking those who knows about it, someone who was born before the book come out and that is my dad. He was born on 1956 and the book was published on 1957, one year in between. When I mentioned the title to him he immediately knew what I was talking about. He told me what he knew about On the Road and the information that I received is recorded on my brainstorm as shown from image 2 left hand side. 

In addition, the right hand side on image 2 are my primary pictures that I have mentioned relating with On the Road by Jack Keroauc.

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As an experimentation I have decided that I would use my skills for printing as a process for this project. Mono printing is a way to show different way of drawing. I used one of the image that I have taken and decided that I would experiment with my pictures in different methods. I have learnt that by putting more ink gives a darker tone which makes it harder to draw out the lines on my image and that less ink or just alright amount ink gives me the satisfactory that I am looking for. As this book is targeting young adults, I have decided that I would add color into the dark piece so that it'll give off life and show brightness within the piece. If there is something I would change about this page it would be the material that I use to color. I used oil pastel instead of gouache which I preferably would like to use but since I didn't have the material with me I ended up using oil pastel instead. I learnt that for a better result, have the right material with you. 

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From mono printing to development by using mix media of mono print and pen ink drawing. I like to experiment quite a lot using different materials because it then gives me the chance to see what works better together and what would look good for this project. If I would be given another chance to develop this page, I would make a change by putting in colors, using different color ink for mono printing to show contrast between ink pen and mono print. 

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This image is influence by my chosen artist, David Hockney. From his 'bus stop ahead' collage work, I was influence to the way that it is a collage but it doesn't look like it is since there is only one type of image that was used. I tried producing the same technique but I couldn't figure out how Hockney created his collage. Therefore, as an experimentation, I created by own collage by hand and the result is shown above. Using the skills that I have learnt from our previous project, I have decided that I would use two different color for this collage and by turning my image into RGB mode, I was able to turn one of the image into RGB blue. If there is something I would like to learn more is to how Hockney created his collage because I would like to someday use this skills for later future. 

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From the mono print of one of the images relating to On the Road by Jack Kerouac, I have gone and develop that mono print by turning it into a collage to show that I have used the idea that I have designed on Image 1. Although it doesn't look completely like the one i designed on image 1, it is based solemnly on that idea. Since mono printing makes the result look like it has been flip the design and composition looks different from both design idea from image 1 and from the actual image that I use to mono print. I would develop this page again by adding more trees and colors and use less ink and thicker lines to show what I actual drawn onto the mono print. I could also use the process of rotation to show that it has been mirrored from the cars glasses.

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Image 7 is influenced by another artist called Tom Hammick. I chose his work to work from because his silhouettes of trees and bright colors has caught my attention that I wanted to produce a similar style. Using the mono print that I have created I used the lines to make the silhouettes of my trees. Instead of stenciling then spray painting on the stenciled work that I did I decided that I would paint the background similar to the way Hammick printed his and on top of that would be the stenciled trees. This then gave me the similar style as Hammick's. I would have preferred if the painting of the trees was colored spray paint than watercolor because it will then give me the bright tone that I am looking for.

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Image 8 is my research pages that I have put together to know more about the product I am designing. I found different types of book jacket cover- one is a gate fold that you flip both sides and the other one is a fold out book that is usually designed for a children's book cover. If there are different kind of book that means there are also different kinds of book binding and I have shown a quick sketch of what each book binding looks like. For my book cover I am planning to keep it simple by using the perfect binding this is because my target audience are travelers/tourist that they would prefer a perfect binding cover book than a wire binding book cover because the perfect binding gives you a comfortable touch when holding the book. 

As I have mentioned already, my target audience would be travelers/tourist. This is plainly because the book is about traveling that I thought this would be more for those who likes to travel a lot to to give them inspiration while travelling. This is also good for young adults who likes adventure genre because the design covers that I have designed are solemnly based on the road which means it is a journey or an adventure for the character. 

I have learnt I need to think about different sizes when laying out my experimentation on my book to to give me spaces to annotate what I have accomplished and also to show that I can experiment using different format. This peer feedback made me think about more about who might be my target audience and how can i design a book cover specially for them, how it can appeal to my audience and how i can draw my target audience to buy the book. 

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Image 9, 10, 11 and 12 are book jacket covers that I have designed for On The Road by Jack Kerouac. From the work I have produced for experimenting I have used those to create a final book jacket cover and the result is shown above. I have used two different design for each side of the book jacket cover to show a story line to how I developed my work. It could be that instead of actually designing for On the Road by Jack Kerouac, I could be designing my own book and the story is within the design on each book cover.

I have looked at different samples of a book cover to help me layout my book cover and I found one where it says 'Percy Jackson- Now a major film'. I have read the book and watched the movie Percy Jackson and decided that I would do the same layout for this book since On the Road by Jack Kerouac was turned into a movie as well as Percy Jackson. From the original book On the Road by Jack Kerouac, I noticed that it all includes the logo of a penguin and decided that I would look what it is and found that it's a British publishing house. Since it was included in the original book, I decided that I would do the same but instead of placing it in the front cover I would place it at the bottom of the spine to show that it is linked with the Penguin Book.

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Since I have researched different kind of book and texture, I have decided that i would try printing on a different kind of paper and I chose fabric with its soft texture. The result is shown above from image 13. As you can see, it didn't turn out as I anticipate it would since the printer where I printed from and the fabric was not compatible with each other therefore it did not print out the whole design. I tried couple of times to print again on the same fabric but the fabric just keep getting stock inside the printer and I was worried that my printer would break therefore, I had decided to give it up. If there will be another for me to print on fabric, I would love to do it again to see what it actually looks like on fabric print. I learnt that I should never use a dock tape onto the fabric for the printer to use because it gets stock inside that I thought I had broken my printer.

The right hand side on image 13 is my development for the mono prints that I have made for this project and using the series of development I have decided that I would use those series to make a zine. Using the skills and knowledge that I have gain from our previous project, I have decided that I would bring that skills in for this project to show that I can do it again and that I don't do it just for that project but also that I could use it for something else.

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Image 14, 15 and 16 are posters I have designed for the book cover that I also produced. The reason why I designed a poster because my target audience are travelers and young adults. Young adults are more likely to view my advertising product online than visually because young adults are into social media such as Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and etc. Also, travelers are often travelling that they haven't got the time to be going on book stores or library to check out a new release book therefore, advertising a poster online and advertising an ad on Facebook and or YouTube would be a great way to let them know about it. Image 16 is based on Divergent poster that I found online and I was inspired to the way it was advertising the book therefore, I decided to produce a similar outcome.

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Image 17 and 18 are my final outcome that I have produced for this 'Storytelling' project.