Final GD 1 Image Layout Series

I’ve been doing some serious revisions lately on my GD Image/Type/Diagrammatic Layout Series.  Here are the final versions of what I’ve done:

I needed to find a way to use an image, but not just “big is dominate” which was harder than you’d think.  I think though, finding a creative solution to problems big and small is what this is class/major is all about… but sometimes its hard to find a way to keep yourself interested when it quickly becomes a process of pleasing someone and no longer yourself.  After several revisions to the project, I did though, do my best to find that happy medium where I could still do my own thing.  So I went back to my basic training type stuff and dressed up a simple concept instead.

My Type Dominate layout most closely resembles my original ideas. I ended up abandoning the robot that I had made and instead refined it to involve only the subject matter and the three image and the information.  The “type as image” fading into the background was an idea that my professor gave to me to explore.  I actually originally hated it, but decided to go with it for consistency with the headline and giving purpose to the color bars at the same time.

My Diagrammatic layout on the other hand, is quite a bit different.  I decided instead to use King Kong to go with the Giant Monster in the Image Dominate layout, and then used the whole “movies being played at the KIVA” idea to bring them all together… even if subtly.

I think my biggest problem right now, is that I’m enjoying Illustration a lot more than Design.  Perhaps there is some significance in that.