- I think that paper cut was the perfect media to communicate my concept. I love its slick and refined look. It allowed me to add that extra level of detail, unachievable with butterfly printing.
- I think that using different textures works really well to just give quite a flat image a lift and extra level of interest.
- I think that the use of different shades of one colour works well to give the book cover a simplicity. The use of a pinky red also works well with the imagery.
What challenges did I face?
- I really struggled using the multiply setting (to achieve the different shades of one colour). It was a challenge trying to make different objects the same colour and it kept trying to erase all of my multiplied layers whenever I put it into the CMYK format to see how the colours would print. This meant that I had to print it many times because the colours printed completely differently to how they looked on screen.
- I found choosing fonts and placing text extremely challenging. I thought that it would be the easiest thing but I found that I don't really have an eye for it. I think that this is because its something I've never really noticed or done before.
What could I have done differently?
- I would have spent more time trying to get the colours right (they aren't quite how I wanted them in the printed cover but I ran out of printer credit).
- I definitely could have put more time into communicating that the diseased side of the brain is the more creative one. It is more coloured than the other side but it would have worked better to put it in a bright colour (and perhaps the un-diseased side in a neutral one?)
- I would have also spent more time on the paper cutout. I could have tried cutting out both sides differently rather than making it symmetrical (the brain isn't symmetrical).
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