ASSESSMENT 3 ~ GAHHHHH

For this assessment, we are creating an A5 12 page booklet but guess what?! We don't need to print it because it will be printed commercially and saddle stitched! YAY!

I've chosen to do SYMBOLS as my technique for discussion. I have never rea

lly used symbols before but I find them really interesting and useful.

I've doing some research on Symbols and also started writing the text for each page. BACK UP!

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- name of technique

- description of technique

- general about info

- how you can use these tools in fashion specifically

SYMBOL TECHNIQUE

The Symbol Tool is a useful technique used in creating patterns and objects in artworks. A

symbol is a pre-packaged art object. Each time a symbol is used in Illustrator, it is referred to as an Instance because it can be used multiples times throughout an artwork, without any recreation or duplication of the symbol.

An instance of a symbol can be added on individually or “sprayed”. Existing symbols can be edited and adjusted to personal taste and preferences. Creating individual symbols is simple and effective as they can be applied for any purpose.

Symbols can be used to create whole artworks, backgrounds or be used specifically as identifiable objects, such as jewellery or accessories in fashion artworks. Symbols can be used to create patterns for printed fabrics, enhancing interest and texture to the artwork.

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Locating the Symbols Palette

The Symbols Palette contains standard symbols that are stored in the default symbols library.

To open the Symbols Palette go to:
Windows > Symbols

Alternatively, on a default Adobe Illustrator workspace, the Symbols Palette is located on the side tool palette. The Symbols Palettes appears with the Swatches and Brushes Palette once opened.

In Adobe Illustrator, there is a variety of different default (pre-loaded) symbols in the Symbol library. To access these symbols go to:

Window > Symbol Libraries > Select a Library
Your selected Symbol Library will open up in another palette.

Alternatively, if the Symbols Palette is already open go to:
Symbols > Drop down box (on top right hand corner) > Open Symbol Library > Select a Library

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All the preloaded symbols in Adobe Illustrator can be adjusted and edited. All default symbols are grouped.
Default symbols can be edited by adjusted the colour, including a pattern, and this redefines the original symbol.
To simply edit an existing symbol:
1. Place or drag the symbol instance onto the artwork.

2. Right click on the symbol and break the link.

3. Ungroup the artwork until it cannot be ungrouped.

To ungroup, go to: Window > Ungroup

Alternatively: Click a grouped section of the symbol > Right click > Ungroup

4. All the individual shapes that make up the art object as a symbol has been separated. Each individual shape can be edited by changing the anchor points, filling the shape with a different colour, adding a pattern to the shape and more.

5. Group the artwork.

Note: Breaking the link between the symbol and the symbol instance converts the instance to a regular artwork.

Note: Breaking the link between the symbol and the symbol instance converts the instance to a regular artwork.

Redefining a symbol

Redefining a symbol changes the appearance of the symbol as well as the instances on the artboard. It replaces a default symbol with your updated, edited artwork.

1. Select the artwork that you want to use to redefine an existing symbol.

2. Symbols Palette > Drop down menu > Redefine symbol

Heres a screenshot of my layout and the work I've started to do =)

Assessment 3 Complete!

By posters side by side =D

I think that overall, I've created a balance in colours and text. I think I could have improved all three of my posters by experimenting and researching more on the layout of text.

I like the simplistic approach for my posters. I think that none of the posters are screaming for attention and that there is a mellow soft peaceful harmony amongst the three posters as a whole! =)

I'm inspired and motivated to be more adventurous and be challenged for the next assessment.

Assessment 3 Complete!

By posters side by side =D

For the Better

This is my "For the Better Poster"

I really enjoyed drawing the hair for this figure. The different brushes and colours really add texture to the hair. For the skirt, I adopted the same technique as how I designed the skirt in FULL BLOOM. I tried to use pastel tones throughout all three of

my posters, but I emphasised the figure in this pos

ter by making the shoes really stark and black and in your face so that the eye can lead you up the poster and emphasising the height of this woman!

Here's my final poster for this theme:

For Fun

I liked the playful and whimsical approach for this poster....and not having to draw a head! Designing this poster brought back childhood memories of going to the Easter Show and Darling Harbour...walking around eating fairy floss, and being able to imagine up the craziest things!

Since the main focus of the figure was not the head, I drew the attention on the dress. Hopefully the dress reminds you of fairy floss, feathers and tulle! I used a lot of brush strokes to create each layer and ruffle and the same shades of purples and pinks that is found in fairy floss and cotton candy!

Here, I've started illustrating the clouds over the head and its beginning to look like something....

Here is my final poster! I think my ideas behind this poster are good, but I wish i could have developed this a bit more and experimented with more creative and exciting fonts as well as losing some of the negative space, where the title is.

YUM! COTTON CANDY!!!!!

Full Bloom

I had heaps of fun doing this poster because I liked the concept of a woman blooming from a flower rather than a model being adorned with flowers etc.

Here is just what my blossoming woman looks like:

I caused a lot of different brushes and clipped masks for the different shapes for the petals. Also, I used the blur effect to create the shading.

To keep all three of my posters consistent throughout, I created a very simplistic background made up of a few brushstrokes. I drew attention away from the background and emphasized the figure and I thought that was successful. However, even though they were only a few brushstrokes, the brushes added texture and different shades of the same colour.

I had to play with fonts and layout for the posters and it took a few times before I achieved the ideal poster!

Here is my final poster for "FULL BLOOM":

This is my favourite poster out of all three!

For the Better

For this "For the Better" I took a while finding reference pictures and I came across this one.

Some have approached this theme to be relaxing and casual, but I saw this image to be quite empowering. This photo is taken from a low angle shot, so the emphasis of height is created and I thought that the woman looks quite powerful as the subject of the shot. At the same time, her skirt and the flow in her hair makes her look quite relaxed and comfortable...I kept on listening to The Script's "We Cry" and the lyrics "Mary's ambition/she wanted to be a politician/she'd been dreaming about it since she was a girl/she thought shed be the one who could change the world/always trying to pave the way for women in a man's world" kept on repeating through my head....so I thought it would be better for many women to be able to make a say in this so called "man's world" and the angle and pose of the model in this photo really spoke to me! =)

For Fun ~ Full Bloom

The reference image/poses I have used for my For Fun and Full Bloom posters is a photograph by Nick Knight. I came across this image while doing research for Assessment 1 however, I decided not to use this image because I wanted to explore something different for that Assessment. I have used it for Assessment 2 though!

For Fun:

The figure on the left hand side, I thought was appropriate but it was playful and whimsical.

I liked the idea that it had no head...and the image actually looks like fairy floss! But I wanted to explore the idea of the figure's head being covered up by this wig. There is that saying "feet on the ground, head in the sky" and I like the idea that when our head is in the sky, we are free to imagine and think of crazy fun things! So that is where I started for this poster!

Full Bloom:

The figure on the right hand side is quite elegant and unusual. It appears that the model is wearing a voluminous skirt...maybe upside down. When I saw it, I immediately thought of this model rising out of a flower...and the model itself captures the "full bloom" essence! I used the skirt as a reference and created it to make it look like the model was elegantly and naturally "blooming" out of this flower! Hehehe

Assessment 2 ~ Poster Analysis

For this assessment, we are to design three posters based on these themes:

- For Fun

- Full Bloom

- For the Better

So in class, we began looking and researching on some posters:

- Composition and techniques of the posters are important in creating a visually aesthetic and effective poster

- so remember colour, text, imagery, alignment of text, font etc etc

- For my analysis, I've decided to look at two fashion posters and two typography posters. I have drawn some inspiration from them, however I wanted to gain a wider perspective and understanding on the visual and technical elements for a great poster and hopefully incorporate them into my own work. I really like simplistic and minimalistic posters because I have a greater appreciation of the meanings/symbols behind them as well as an admiration for the designer because they have created a simple but effective poster. That can be very hard because sometimes posters lack elements and make it look really boring and uninteresting!

- "LESS IS MORE!"

- In my Poster Research, I have also collaborated a wider variety of posters that I have found visually appealing and ones that have caught my attention!

TYPOGRAPHY:

FASHION:

OTHER: