Design Research Dissertation — Project 2

24.10.2023 — 19.11.2023
Rachel Madeline Purwanto / 0356994
Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media
Design Research Dissertation — Project 2 : Visual Design Publication 

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INSTRUCTIONS 


TASK 

For this task, we are required to make our dissertation into a designed e-book to be published. I came up with 3 sketches in the pdf below in Fig 1.1 and also came up with some ideas and inspiration in the moodboard.

Fig 1.1 First draft of Moodboard for Design Publication

I decided to go with the second sketch and did the line art in procreate then put it in illustrator to be vectorized.

Since the fonts I chose did not get approved due to it not being suitable to the topic, I decided on a different font that more of a fantasy feel called "Press Jobs", a font similar to Owl House's font used on the official poster and for the body text I decided to use "hey comic" font as it had a liquid and smooth feel to it which correlates to the word emotions. 

Fig 1.2 Lineart for book cover

I used similar colour palettes found in the show to design the book cover and also added a mask over Luz which represent negative emotions. Luz is the main focal point in this case so I tried to make the rest of the design contrast to her colour palette. 

Fig 1.3 Vectorized book cover

I continued working on some vectorizing some of the assets to be used in the pages of the book. The assets I used for some of them correlate to the theme of negative emotions and also used some of the characters as assets. 

Fig 1.4 Vectorization Progress


Fig 1.5 Vectorization progress

I imported the assets onto InDesign and started working on the layout and the composition on the pages. Each section had its own colour combinations but still correlated to the colour palette and also has its own assets. 

Fig 1.6 Progress in Indesign


Fig 1.7 Progress in Indesign


For the page numbering, I decided to come up with a card design with one of Luz's glyphs on the design. Each time a new section is on the page, the number of the cards increases and place it on the top left and bottom right corner of the pages.

Fig 1.8 Page numbering in Illustrator

Book link : https://online.fliphtml5.com/zqtbq/elds/

Fig 1.9 Final Book design


FEEDBACK 
Week 9 
  • The chiffon font does not have a flow and doesn’t go well with the title as its not fluid enough and doesn't fit well with the word emotion.

  • The letter n and f in the chiffon font is also too strong for the word emotion 

  • Think about the hierarchy of the title, which word would be emphasized 

  • Some fonts are too modern which makes it have no rhythm

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