Done & Dusted - My Final Thoughts

So that's it, my first year of college is over. First semester flew by, aswell as the three, two-week disciplines. I must say, I'm very happy that I choose Vis Com over the other electives in the end. I definitely feel like I've chosen the best discipline. I love doing the work, and putting in the hours to get the work I want to get done, since the work itself is very enjoyable. Also, everybody in the class, and the tutors, are brilliant to talk to. I wish I could say the same thing for CCS! It just gets in the way of doing my studio work everytime!

It's safe to say that I cannot wait to relax over the summer holidays, and start another great year in Vis Com this September!

The Finished Poster

Short and snappy quotes in egg-shaped speech bubbles

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Little egg box characters

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Egg yolk coloured Background

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My finished Poster!

For this finished poster, I've decided to position the characters in the shape of the iconic egg box that can fit 6 eggs. For the background, I had two other coloured backgrounds - an greyish green, egg box colour, and an light brown, egg shell colour, however, I chose the egg yolk coloured background since it gives it more of an poster impact. I've shortened down the quotes I had previously, making them easier and quicker to read as the viewer passes by.

I'm very proud with how the entire poster turned out! I was so happy to see this poster come out of that A2 printer, and we are all saving a good bit of bob by using the college printer instead of going to the printers in town. Oh, and Patricia has now 'promoted' me to being the person who scurries around, helping people with Photoshop if they need it!

I gotta have something to keep me busy!

The Poster Prototypes

Photoshop has been my friend throughout this project, and so, here are just a few of the protoypes I made in the run up to the finished poster, experimenting with different layouts, straplines, etc.

Group Crit - Suggestions

Today we had a small group crit, were we had to show off our finished piece, whether it was a 3-D or 2-D piece, and the thumbnails for our poster layouts. I received some nice comments about my work so far, but I also got some helpful suggestions. I learned that I need to simplify the text in the speech bubbles and make it less "weighty" in terms of apperance. Also, I learned that the egg itself isn't necessary, since there already is an egg-shaped speech bubble after all.

And so, I found some typefaces that link in with the style of typography seen printed on different egg boxs, and used them in the speech bubbles. I started off using egg puns in the speech bubbles, although I have now used shorter and snappier versions of the quotes I made previously.

 Thumbnails for the different layouts for the Poster

Ideas for Straplines/Speech Bubble Quotes

Suggestions from the group crit:

 Researching suitable typefaces and trying out different puns in the egg-shaped speech bubble with various typefaces.

Mad Yolks!

After finding the right pair of eyes, it was time to think of what can be written down on each little speech bubble. I've decided to work with six characters, since the most iconic egg box is the 6 dimpled box.

After a long thought process, I came up with six different quotes. Even though these quotes may not be the final thing, they are a good start towards the final piece. I decided to place the egg in each of the character's mouth too, to emphasise that it is the egg box that I'm celebrating. It's getting close to moving onto Stage 2, which is designing a poster which includes this piece, along with a creative strapline and the "Celebration of Everyday Objects" title. Here are some photos of the pieces:

Creating Little Egg Box Characters

I find that the little "character" pieces created from cutting up parts of the egg box very interesting, so I've decided to use them and I want to develop them further, so that (hopefully) they can become my final piece. I was playing around with Photoshop the other day, and I found that putting eyes on the pieces gives them even more character and uniqueness, and it also adds humour to the pieces:

I brainstormed some eye designs, so that I could find the right pair of eyes, since I can't go too "Donald Duck" on these characters! Mary also gave me the idea of creating little speech bubbles to the characters, so that I can emphasise the egg box's uniqueness and individuality through each individual character's thoughts. Each speech bubble will show off the egg boxe's characteristics, for example, one character might be saying "No rotten eggs here!", which emphasises the egg boxes ablilty to keep eggs fresh. And even the speech bubble's will be egg-shaped!

It's egg-citing stuff, isn't it?! (I'm sorry, but this project HAS to have alot of egg puns!)

Thinking Sculpturally

In order for me to fully explore the quality's of the egg box, I must begin doing some experimentation with the egg box three-dimensionally. So it's time to cut up the egg box, and reassemble it in a new way to create interesting sculptural forms. The "dimples" (the indented part where each egg sits individually in the box) are definitely the most interesting part of the egg box to explore deeper with, in terms of sculptural forms. With these dimples, I glued the sides of them, stuck them together, stapled the backs together, and so on. I've created some interesting pieces with this experimentation, but here are a few photos of two different pieces which I think work out the best:

 3-D Piece # 1

This piece looks very organic, almost looks like seashell or a crab. The top-down view of it reminds me of a bunch of flowers.

3-D Piece # 2

These pieces were created by using two middle 'dimples' and stick one dimple on top the other, which creates a 'mini' egg box that can accommodate one egg each. They also look like little characters with two top teeth and two bottom teeth.