{"id":90,"date":"2018-10-17T10:47:30","date_gmt":"2018-10-17T17:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/mikaelamanuel\/?p=90"},"modified":"2019-01-25T18:01:13","modified_gmt":"2019-01-26T02:01:13","slug":"prj-2-illuminate-me-history-book-spread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/mikaelamanuel\/2018\/10\/17\/prj-2-illuminate-me-history-book-spread\/","title":{"rendered":"PRJ 2: &#8220;Illuminate Me&#8221; History Book Spread"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"527\" src=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/mikaelamanuel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7911\/2018\/10\/Mikaela_Spread1-1024x527.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-94\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/mikaelamanuel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7911\/2018\/10\/Mikaela_Spread1-1024x527.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/mikaelamanuel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7911\/2018\/10\/Mikaela_Spread1-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/mikaelamanuel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7911\/2018\/10\/Mikaela_Spread1-768x395.jpg 768w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/mikaelamanuel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7911\/2018\/10\/Mikaela_Spread1-945x486.jpg 945w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/mikaelamanuel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7911\/2018\/10\/Mikaela_Spread1-600x309.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>The colours I chose were more earthy tones, apart from the text about the&nbsp;<em>Book of Kells<\/em> as that is a more brightly coloured codex to begin with. This was for historical accuracy and I believe it also helps to draw the audience into the spread as well.<\/p>\n<p>There are a few reasons I chose to do a collage-based spread rather than illustrating the entire thing. First of all, I felt it complimented the text better and created a cleaner finish to the page. Second, I thought it was more unique as, so far, I haven&#8217;t seen many spreads with pasted images. Finally, It balances out the whimsical pen and ink illustrations that I did to border the various text on the page. The pen and ink illustrations are inspired by their corresponding illuminations and are a little bit &#8220;rough&#8221; on purpose. They are meant to bring playfulness to the piece and compliment the structured, richly-coloured images.<\/p>\n<p>The layout of the spread is positioned to draw the reader across the page. It doesn&#8217;t really matter which part you start reading, but the reader&#8217;s eye is drawn in a circle to the right (starting with the title and ending with the European Illumination), which I think is unique.<\/p>\n<p>I give myself an 8\/10 for this piece because there are places, like the Celtic Illumination text, that I rushed a little bit. I think it would also be nice if I illustrated more things in the spread and will have to take that into account for next time. All in all, I think the design works and communicates the information well.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The colours I chose were more earthy tones, apart from the text about the&nbsp;Book of Kells as that is a more brightly coloured codex to begin with. This was for historical accuracy and I believe it also helps to draw the audience into the spread as well. 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