Mega Crit

For this crit I presented my sketchbook, development work, some design board templates, as well as my final 6 poster designs in black and white. I've really struggled with colour schemes so I was unsure of what to do for them.

Comment on the quality and quantity of the final images/products and their proposed applications

• Endearing, love compositions and style

• Playful characters, can clearly see the links to the research carried out

• Cut + paste style done with personality and care

Comment on the quality and quantity of contextual information and images on presentation boards

• Clean layout

• The style of the illustrations has been linked to a professional campaign succinctly

• Tone of voice

Constructive feedback on how deliverables could

• Use the space the best you can for the design boards. Show how much work you've done

My Questions

Final compositions - any big changes needed? Do they work well together?

• Clearly work as a set, can't see any development needed

• The images flow and interact incredibly well. Definitely tie in with the context and advertises the museum in a new and exciting way

• Work perfectly as a set - tied together with the use of media and type

Picking colours has been difficult. Any suggestions?

• Bold + playful. Bright colours and black?

• Lots of primary colours

• Maybe neutral earthy colours? Think it would work with the artefacts and statues

• I think playful would fit the tone of your images. Textures?

• I'm seeing red + yellow, maybe brown

Peer review

This was a good chance to pitch our project and discuss any concerns we had about our own work. Everyone in the group was very supportive and had some helpful suggestions.

• Applications - consider a booklet for tourist information office? stickers

• Hand-drawn type - this type could even work on its own for banners, etc.

• Colours - Primary colours worth considering, or even CYMK for a twist on that. Look at books in the library on colour palettes.

(Even though I like primary colours and can see how appropriate this would be for my project - the tone, the educational element. I was worried that this is too overdone as a palette. However in the group, they said what's overdone in illustration may not seem as overdone to the public - and my applications would be in public spaces.)