PROJECT STORYBOOK

(final images, with colour and text. in digital format)

Note: some colours came out different because of technical problems.

Some of the colours are coming out all wrong due to some problem with blogger. Been trying my hardest and wasting a lot of time trying to rectify it, but nothing seems to solve the problem. Technology can be such a pain sometimes.

Reflections:

For every colour that I used for the storybook images, I had to relate back to whether it fits our theme of a soft, dreamy, watercolour feel. Shades of colours had to be chosen with care, to prevent clashing and to ensure consistency, something that had been stressed on by tutors for this particular project.

Choice of font was a tedious process, as my group tried out all possible fonts, not wanting to miss out on any better-suited font for our storybook. Although it was troublesome, we all agreed that it was necessary to use the best apt font, as font would affect the entire outlook of the storybook. Text is a vital part of any storybook, and they are being paid much attention to by the reader. Choice of font would determine and contribute to the overall theme of the storybook, as different fonts exuded very different characteristics. This was also evident from the exercise we did in class, of matching the correct shoe to its correct brand.

Finally, text and image had to be arranged. Since consistency was frequently emphasised, we decided to use a layout which had either text on top and image below, or text below and image on top, throughout for our storybook pages. There were only two exceptions. One in which we had two blocks of text which we placed side by side with the image, and another which we had an image which spread over two pages, and the text was placed on the image itself.

More on concept development will be discussed in the design document.