Timeless Treasures
My final submission for IDES 141 is a potential front cover design. The ideated theme for the design was a risky move, as it only covers a specific period in history.
The main inspiration/motif for the cover was the Art Nouveau, and the artist Alphonse Mucha. This particular art period was chosen personally because of the style’s visual appeal, and its amount of detail and simplicity.
There is also a set of Roman numerals to the right of the ‘lily woman’, XXIII stands for 23 and was implemented into the cover design to hint at our class, IDEA’23.
Apart from that, I began develop a few concerns with my design after completing it. For one, it can be almost unavoidable to get lost within the design due to the distribution of whiplash curves and warm-coloured hair.
There is also a minor issue regarding the neatness of the design’s execution. The final drawing was created on a different paper medium, and was transferred via tracing paper. This required my pen to press down on the tracing paper to transfer the image. Erasing the embedded graphite lines from the transfer resulted in impressions that leave white marks on the design when coloured over.
Considering what I covered in this rationale, I would give myself an 8/10. I am pretty much alright with the result, however there are minor elements which I could have been a bit more careful about.
Total Estimated Time: 19hrs