25.3.12

Heart Book


Vociferous (vo·cif·er·ous) adj Characterized by vehemence, clamour, or noisiness: “A vociferous crowd.”


Im sure my work, when displayed in London, shall create a vociferous crowd!
This week I really began work on the heart book I had spoke of making. I had researched and discovered 36 facts about the human heart and decided to illustrate these, I looked at what each fact was saying and tried to represent these with a strong and bold visual style. I wanted to display what the facts were saying in a way the still contained the text but perhaps used the text as well to interact with the imagery.



I am quite happy with the images (this is not all of them by the way) and feel they have succeeded in creating the strong style i was looking for, I chose the red colour scheme to represent the colour of our blood and the heart itself, and also intended to screen print these images in hope that something exciting may be produced. 
However, after speaking with Pete Lloyd he suggested that although the images were well designed and contained careful layout, he commented how they were not really telling a story, or revealing on a deeper level. They were almost too graphic design driven, I was succeeding as a Designer but needed to focus on carrying this out as an illustrator. He asked me to look at pamphlets or of informative guides aimed at the public to educate about the body and the heart. This got me thinking about information about cancer and disease, things that attack an destroy the body. earlier I had constructed these images of the brain or the heart facing the threat of an ‘alien’ form and I think the use of pixilation in the previous images was strong, I shall venture forward with these ideas and carry out further research.

This is another take from my sketchbook, the design was focusing on the use of cells but also this idea of pixelation affecting the cells. The pixelation in this case has been created with pen, giving a slightly rawer feel, losing the artificialness of the computer halftone pixelation, although I still like both approaches.

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