Monday, 23 November 2015

peer review

My boards:

My feedback was pretty positive:
theme and subject

  • children's book is relevant idea, my style is well suited. Work so far with landscapes are figures look good
  • possibly reconsider age group, is 9 too young? 
  • visual ideas are a great way to inform about this topic, makes it easier to understand
  • characters are simple and iconic
  • keep playing with scale to suggest authority/social class

appropriateness
  • doing a second book may be too ambitious, maybe just propose the front cover and content
  • keep exploring characters
  • idea of having two books 'rise' and 'fall' works well
  • how will you show link between two products? colour palette maybe?
visual development

  • contextual references are very relevant
  • make a colour palette to stick to, will make work more consistent 
  • consider how much text will be on page, relevant to age group
  • simple/iconic approach is really strong
  • keep experimenting with background, will help keep a common theme/mood throughout

media/format

  • textures and background working really well
  • where will the text exist? within the illustrations? make sure front cover fits will illustrations
  • start including text so I can play around with layout and not rush it at the end - make it more if a combined product

other

  • start planning pages asap and what text will go where, can have a more realistic idea of what I am dealing with
  • visually everything is consistent 
  • if age group is 9-12, maybe include something interactive 
  • maybe consider a concertina format if I am working from a timeline
  • from visuals so far it doesn't seem like there will be a struggle to put together a coherent book but think about narrative and how I will make key moments stand out
  • age group is appropriate, but maybe re-word and simplify text to make it less long winded 
  • could maybe add a dialogue to make it interactive?

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