After presenting my ideas to a group as well as David some feedback I received included; avoiding illustrating Plassat himself as that would be far too literal and cliche, the wire cutter art is a good idea however I have much stronger concepts that I have presented. The HIDDEN concept is strong however as I thought the wording is far too literal however the concept is strong, as I also like the concept it is likely that I will delve further into the concept of “Hidden People”. Finally the neon sign concept is strong however it is recommended that I look further into it and consider combining it with another, alongside a recommendation to look into a more classical neon typeface.
After receiving these recommendations I am glad that illustrating Plassat was ruled out due to the fact that I feel I may lack some of the Illustrative abillites to be able to draw a portrait high enough quality to take a place on the very first page of the article. Due to the majority of the recommendations being to do with my typographic work I plan to explore type as image much further and look into new ways that the neon type could be used. I am going to do this because, although I do like the style of the neon effect I will need to delve further into the article if I am to find three double page spreads worth of metaphors that the effect would be relevant to as well as keeping the consistent enough to look like they all belong to the same piece of text. Overall I am very contempt with my feedback, the ideas I was most confident and happy with have been praised and pushed even further so I am excited with what the work I will continue to produce with the remaining weeks I have left for this project.
My next step is to look into different neon typefaces and either choose one, or potentially, create my own, giving my work a unique twist as well as exploring a new aspect of graphic design that I have not had any previous experience in.
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