development

I've finished my second section, really pleased with how it has turned out - I feel like it flows together better than the first section, so I might go back and edit it; make fit closer together. 

I tried adding text, but I felt it just looked messy and not very clear. So I have decided to not have text on that side and add a timeline with the main events and a description on the other side, I will use key elements of each image to indicate which bit the timeline is talking about. I could either make a small card that comes with the concertina or try and put it onto the back of the image, which will probably work better. 

I had to go back to a few of my figures because once I had layered them onto other images they got a bit lost:

So I added white bits so the gaps within the shapes weren't filled with the background image - I think it makes them much bolder and striking:

I also added actual posters from the russia revolution to continue with the photomontage feel of the illustration

I bitmapped them and then painted sections in red, I feel they definitely add to the sense of revolution within the composition while also educating about what the artwork and propaganda actually looked like. I am really pleased with this section:

I think I have managed to combine the succession of events into an interesting composition. I will be adding text but I think the image manages to speak for itself in a lot of parts - like the civil war section, the two sides of soldiers are each standing on their flag with Lissitsky's iconic 'beat the whites with the red wedge' image above. 

I was slightly worried about using photos and the posters because of copyright but because copyright runs out after 80 years, the creators of the pieces are most likely dead as it was 100 years ago and I won't be publishing/selling this book I think it'll be alright.