Final Design Style Inspiration

Here is a website that has 45 examples of vector illustration. This is the style and composition that I want to recreate for my final poster design eg; centred illustrated image , rule of thirds (Headline, image, tagline)

http://graphicdesignjunction.com/2013/10/vector-illustrations-design/

Flat 2d Illustration style Inspiration

This flat, 2d vector style illustration is the style that I want to reflect for my Final poster. Its a joyful, colourful friendly style that would be a well resolved passive-aggressive approach to my anti-social media stance.

Here are a few examples that I found/like:

Interim Finals + Feedback

These are the 4 finals that I produced for the interim presentation and critique...

Interim Feedback - Group Critique

"Unlock Your Life"

• 'You are the key'
• the lock needs to be locked, rather than unlocked- stronger message

"Feeling Trapped"

• he becomes part of the computer
• gets sucked in to the screen/computer
• side view/face pressed against the screen

"Shell"

• snail shell? - 'Catch up with your life' - new possible tagline
• social media : is the crab grabbing the shell
• something that grabs away the person, having a life...

"Sore Thumb"

• Cross out 'sore thumb' - too obvious
• address the heading without the tagline
• specify the idea of 'online maintenance'

So overall, the group decided that the 'shell' image and 'lock' image were the two strongest ideas/concepts and that I should use those to develop further. 

At this point, I think I will choose the "shell" concept to develop as my final.

Some more poster/ideas concepts

Here are some more poster concepts following the one-on-one with Matt...

VCD Poster/ Examples for Inspiration

Here are a few examples of posters that I enjoyed/responded to quite well. These designs are simple, minimal but very beautiful and effective. Some have messages a little more serious than others, but still, effective. Some don't have messages at all, just information.

Tutor Feedback Notes

Heres a list of notes jotted down from today's one-on-one session with Matt. 

• Continue the 'Break The Bubble' idea > 'burst'
• break the 'shell' idea could be continued and to generate more concepts
• breaking out of something
• cocoon > hatching
• breaking free 
• re-birth
• trapped- idea of imprisonment

Imprisonment ideas/objects

• chains
• lock/ locked
• ball and chain
• hand cuffs
• prison/cell
• stocks
• iron maiden

Ideas generated>

• person sitting at a computer (back view) shows them sitting in the chair with a ball and chain around their ankle, glued to the computer screen.
• Close up of eye/pupil with a lock/keyhole - caption "conversation is the key"
• or close up idea of pupil with a 'like' logo in the eye.
• image of an unlocked keypad
• idea of using the 'shell' (generated from crab-random input exercise) as a protective, fragile casing of social media, that we need to break free from and to stop being dependant on.
• using idea of 'bottom feeder' (generated from crab-random input exercise) to represent internet 'trolls' and cyber-bullying and scraping the barrel for people's personal information

In Class Exercise - De Bono's Hats.

De Bono's Thinking Hats

White Hat

• Factual/objective/neutral

Black Hat

• Problem identification/cautioning/probes fit/logical

Red Hat

• Emotional/feelings

Green Hat

• Lateral thinking/creativity

Yellow Hat

• Positive opportunity/constructive/value & benefit

Blue Hat

• Co-opter/combines hats/organises thinking

So for the class exercise, we were put into groups of each hat colour, and had to market 'Sugar-Free JellyBeans' using your hats' tactics.

I was put into the green group.

This was our resulting marketing tactic.

Green Hat -Creative

HOW TO SELL SUGAR FREE JELLYBEANS

• 'sugarfree' and 'natural' angle directed at parents
• packaging is directed at children - bright colours
• use a cartoon animal mascot on the packaging  - magical unicorn
• "Magic replaces Sugar"
• include an endorsement from the tooth fairy.