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Today I finished off my last illustration, I am really pleased with them as a set. In response to my crit earlier I added some neck rings to this particular one. The next step I want to take is experimenting with different textures on Illustrator and with the opacity of the images to create a good general look to use across all of my final designs.

I then found a good step by step guide on how to create your own seamless textures online, it was really helpful and not only have I created some textured that I like and might use, I have also extended my Illustrator skills.

I then experimented with opacity and layering different textures with my illustrations.

I think these work really well together, but I'm not sure about the textures I have created. I am going to maybe try photographing my textures.

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I went to Leeds city museum to photograph the banners outside so that I can Photoshop my designs onto them. I also found that an exhibition about Africa is currently showing, so I took photographs of the exhibition itself and just generally took it all in.

 These photographs will be really good to put my banners on.

 There was a great little game that allowed you to create your own African mask, but also told you about different jewellery and ornaments from the continent.

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Today I Filtered down my story and rewrote my rational.

To promote an exhibition about the traditional tribal body modification methods used within African tribes. I will Produce various forms of promotional material and merchandise.

I then brainstormed what kinds of promotional material i could produce and then sketched ideas.
I have decided that I am going to produce:

• Banners outside the museum
• The exhibition space, e.g. information panels and illustrations for walls
• Package/ information leaflet that contains African Jewellery
• A pack of temporary tattoos
• Possibly a mailshot

I then experimented more with my logo, as I am not entirely happy with it and felt I haven't experimented with enough variations. I am glad I did this as I think that it has definitely improved.

Here is my final logo...

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I had a crit with Lorenzo on Thursday and got some really good feedback. It was really helpful and now I feel like I have some things to maybe rethink, but have more direction with my work.

Come up with a solid story and make it relevant, and let that influence the design. Not the other way round.
The final is about the proposal, not the finished product. Invest my time wisely, think big!
Linking modern to tribal.
Temporary vs permanent.
Experiment more with logo- the box surrounding it.
Broaden idea, it doesn't have to be a festival.
Jewellery shop within an event?
Museum exhibition? Banners, Info for exhibitions, gift shop.
BE RADICAL
Editorial- Traditional/ contemporary.

So the main thing I got from this crit is that I need to rethink and solidify my idea.
Things to do next:

• Get my story straight and write a rational.
• Do pages of ideas.
• Experiment with logo.

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The past two days I have been sketching up some illustrations for my 'Good is...' project. I intend to make a mail shot that includes three postcards displaying illustrations of three different forms of tribal body modification. The backs will display information about each process and the culture and traditions surrounding it. The idea is to give people an insight into African tribal traditions to get them excited for the festival I am promoting.
Today I managed to get two of my illustrations complete, which I am very happy with. It was my first time using a graphics tablet and I loved it so will be using it a lot more in the future.