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illustratorintheprocess · 1 year

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FMP Part 1: Disseminating Research

I started working on the Disseminating Research mini brief by making a bunch of lists to structure my thoughts and give me clear steps to take in order to progress in my work

I started with a list of what to research:

From there I made a lose list of some sources of information that I could add to and look back on:

Then I started a MyBib Bibliography to keep track of my citations and do so in Harvard style:

My Bibliography grew rather quickly!

I had made yet another Checklist to ensure I was streamlining my work process for the Disseminating Research Zine:

Having started my research, found a lot of sources, artists and reference pictures already I thought it was time to structure the Research Zine. The following is an accumulation of all information related to the zine in order to get an idea of the layout, page count, etc:

I also made a small Mock-up of the real thing in order to be able to imagine it better. Being able to hold the mock-up and flip through the pages and write in it makes it easier for me to figure out how the real thing could look like.

Thinking about the zine becoming a reality made me wonder whether I should print it using the Risohraph or a regular digital printer at the uni. I made a Pros and Cons List to weigh up the options:

The decision fell on a digitally printed research zine. Riso would be nice but it is a lot more work for not that big of a difference of payoff.

Regarding the research zine it has to be said that I have recently moved away from the idea of separating the cryptozoology zine into Ancient and Modern Cryptids. This would mean that were would be no such separation in the research zine either. On top of that I think that due to the time pressure I'm under it is more reasonable for me to cover 8 Cryptids instead of 10, which means the research zine might turn out a little shorter that initially imagined.

I'm actually really really nervous about having to design a whole zine layout in InDesign since I have never done this before but it might be good practice sine I'll have to do the same for my cryptozoology zine later. I hope YouTube tutorials can help me out with designing a layout like that. I could ask the digital print team or the people form the digital space for help as well.

For now I will focus on analyzing my research, drawing conclusions and conducting first-hand research aka sketching and drawing a whole lot. This would have to be added to the research zine as well. Once I have all the pieces, I can put them together in InDesign.

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hainesbeans · 4 years

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evaluation

wow. this project has been a whole bunch of feelings and thought smashed together other five weeks. well, at least that’s what it seems like to me.

i loved the brief when i first read it, the idea of ‘a sense of place’ something i related to a lot, which is why i turned it into something a lot more personal and soemthing i relate to a lot more; the juxtaposing ‘placelessness’ and how to find home away from a brick and mortar structure. i’ve had a lot of experience with low mood and depressive thoughts, and something i think a lot is ‘i want to go home’, despite the fact that i would often be sitting at home in bed when thinking this. because of this, i think i’ve turned to find comfort in inanimate objects and people, and that comfort definitely translates into the safety and warmth of ‘home’ for me. i’ve loved looking into this matter, and seeing what other peoples experiences with it are and i’d love to research it further in future projects.

i’d like to think there’s a lot of distinctive visual qualities to my work. as i go through the design cycle; researching, forming ideas, practical experimentation, and then reflection and evaluation; i’m constantly finding and picking apart new things to be inspired by. i love bright colours, like those of the nostalgic riso work i’ve researched and created, and things that are little abstract and messy like albert irvin’s work, as i feel that’s what my mind looks like a lot of the time. i love all things fun, nostalgic, and bright, and even my more depressing, contrasting ideas show this as that’s just how i see and translate the world.

i would like to be more cohesive though i think. i went into this project hoping to create illustrations and graphic design pieces, and i tend to lean towards more 2d methods of communication, but have ended up curating a myriad of different samples relating to my chosen topic. within the first few weeks, i was struggling to represent my thoughts with illustrations like i had hoped to make as they just didn’t seem real enough. after talking to my peers, i began to represent them as practical samples, and have really enjoyed doing so, having been a bit nervous to really get into the workshops before.

i’ve used jesmonite, resin, letterpress, risograph printing, screenprinting, photography, and my usual methods of digital and traditional drawing and designing all within this project; a heck of a lot more than i would usually experiment with. i’ve found it a lot easier to just go into the workshops when i have an idea and just start creating, rather than sit poring over a few designs on paper for hours like i’ve found myself doing a lot before. it’s also become quite a vital part of my design cycle process: when i’m struggling to generate ideas, i’ll go into the workshops at look at existing samples to search for shapes and textures that are relevant and could be worked into my project. i’ve also just gone in and had an absolute blast just mixing up coloured inks in print or stroking the spectrum of bright perspex colours in the 3d workshop. i’ve found out how much i enjoy colour theory and the visual qualities of different hues and how they affect our feelings. i never thought i would enjoy just curating a whole collection of randomness that seems odd but all makes sense to me, and i think that visual editorial work is something else i’d like to continue with in the future.

i am quite disappointed in the amount of work i’ve created in this project, as there doesn’t seem to be a whole lot and i don’t feel quite like i’ve finished this project. i’ve struggled a lot mentally over these past 5 weeks, my depressive thoughts sometimes stopping me from getting out of bed and completely draining me of energy. but i have been able to work through these feelings slightly through my work, tying in my thoughts of placelessness and isolation into my progress through the design cycle and has become a form of creative expression which has helped a lot. i think i’m going to continue working on this project over christmas, tying things up and finishing annotations and such, as i really do like where i have taken my concept, and especially would like to take things even more abstract, as that’s the work i’ve enjoyed most throughout this project.

#asenseofplace

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