In the brief it says to included ‘a selection of 3 or 4 of your strongest projects to date.’ While making my Folio I am including more projects and then will select the file projects when I have designed all the pages so I can see what works well together.
These are design ideas for the front cover. I was writing ‘folio’ and thought that I could make a face out of the shapes of the type I experimented with different face shapes and positions of the type.
After having placed these two images within the context of my Folio with other work I found that the colours did not harmonise with the other images so I decided to pick colours that were part of some of the pieces. I chose three different blue tones which add a level of calmness and simplicity to the tone of voice.
How can I tie all the pages together? The visual language of each project and the title pages are very different so I need to make sure that I have consistency throughout the pages in the type, colour palette and layout.
I experimented with different layouts of the type and illustrative styles to create a face for the front cover. I chose the simplest design made up of shapes as it doesn’t distract from the images within and also sets the friendly, simple tone of voice.
I created the back cover in the same style as the front cover. I chose to use an image of someone waving at a door as it is an echo of my zine design where I incorporated elements of a house. The words also are not too formal, which indicate how my practice is. I chose to add elements of the front page like the nose of the person and the smile between the ‘o’s.