Title Page
Back Cover
Pages in Accordian Style
Some of the Pages Up-Close
Description:
In my visualization of the poem, I attempted to emphasize the theme of love in a unique way. I also wanted to emphasize the importance of each line of the poem by creating each line on its own separate page with its own type and imagery. I chose this specific book structure because it relates really well with my interpretation/visualization of the poem. My book structure is in a 5 in by 5 in love card format and my interpretation/visualization of the poem is about how love can change a person and their life. The processes I used in creating the imagery and type for the book are all done in Adobe Illustrator. For creating the imagery, I used Illustrator to illustrate the lines of the poem by drawing them with the tools. For the type, I just did them in Illustrator and chose the typeface that would go along with the word/line. After I was done creating the imagery and type for each line, I decided to use the Phaser printer in the computer lab to print on my own chosen paper. I just chose to use regular poster paper because cards are usually made from poster paper or regular paper. I chose larger poster paper so I could make my book into an accordion book. I constructed the actual book by just gluing all those pages together and folding them to make them into an accordion form. I also added pink poster paper to the backs of the pages to make the card less filmsy. The main typeface I used was Monotype Corsiva for the words of each line. For the title page and back page I used the typeface called Handwriting-Dakota to make it look more like a handmade card. But for words I wanted to illustrate I used fonts that would describe the word so it varied.
Xiuwen's photos use a young girl as the model, not herself. In her 'One Day in 2004' series, she uses a young girl dressed in a school uniform to portray the innocence and vulnerability of young children. Xiuwen's photos in that series also show the struggles of childhood in China. Most of the colors used in that series contain white, black, red and blue. She also uses the buildings in China as the background for most of her photos in that series. In her 'Angel' series, she also uses a young girl as the subject. The girl is pregnant and is wearing a white dress with a black stripe on it. White symbolizes purity and innocence, which I find very ironic in these photos considering the subject probably lost her innocence when she became pregnant. The series shows the issue of teen pregnancy in China. Xiuwen's photos in this series also show the struggle of pregnant women such as mood swings, fatigue, cramps, etc. The young girl is posed differently in the shots to portray these feelings. The background used in this series are mostly buildings of China and beautiful landscapes. Blue skies are used a lot in this series, but the young girl is still the main subject of the photos. She also had some photos that had multiple shots of the girl, like a collage. I personally think Cui Xiuwen's photos were very interesting and beautiful.
We have already looked at Cindy Sherman's work in the past, but I'll describe her work again. She mostly uses herself as the subject in her photos. In her 'Untitled Film Stills' series, she is dressed up in different outfits. She tries out different female roles such as a homecooker, businesswoman, etc. The photos in this series are black and white. In her other series, the photos are dark, scary, gloomy and eerie. They look like scenes from a horror movie because she has some photos that are gory. But I think her photos in 'Untitled Film Stills' are still very effective in giving off her message of women roles.
Khalo, similar to Sherman, also uses herself as the subject in her paintings. Her paintings are done in oil and have great use of colors. She also dresses up in different outfits showing different personalities that she has. Her paintings reflect on the past hardships in her life. They also incorporate other elements such as animals and other people close to her. Khalo also uses similar elements such as the bold eyebrows in all her pieces to show her independent and strong-willed personality.
Here is my Photoshop final product for Project #1. My original photograph [see below at February 3 post] had a sad and depressing mood to it, but now the final product has a calm and dreamy feeling to it. My original photograph was a reflection of me in a mirror looking sad and now my final product is me sitting on an airplane spinning a globe and wondering about life. As you can see there is a big difference between the two photographs except for my face. I got the pictures of the airplane seat, sky and globe online and I had to retake a picture of my whole body since my original photograph only had part of my body. Then I used the tools in Adobe Photoshop to create the final product above.
Crewsdon's photos have amazing detail in them, which make them look almost like paintings. Almost all his photos have this dark and somber feeling to them. His photos are very haunting because in some of them there is a naked woman randomly standing there. It's like the past is coming back to haunt the figures in the photo. The lighting and the use of cool colors in the photos creates that dark mood even more. At times, the lighting highlights random objects, such as the clothes on the floor. Also, his photos have an emptiness and vacancy to them. Usually there is just one figure in the photo, but if there are more figures they are not really interacting with each other. Overall Crewsdon's photos are very still-looking.
Hocks' photos look like illustrations in a children's book. Each of his photos has a storyline. He incorporates humor in many of his photos, which makes the viewer feel more connected with the figure in the photo. The use of warm colors in his work also makes the pieces more inviting to look at. Hocks uses photography and paint together which I find very interesting. There are many similarities in his work such as the use of space and the figure in each photo. Overall Hocks' photos are very enjoyable to look at.
