Initial Ideas

Initial Ideas

For my initial ideas I decided to sketch out simple drawings of each of the characters first before I went into the pointillism style so that I had a clear idea of their features and colour schemes which made it easier to do the more complex versions. Doing my initial ideas on paper first will be very helpful when it comes to designing not only because I will have something to design from, but also so that I have already tested my designs in a small scale and can check their effectiveness. I think these designs ill be very effective because the faces are still clear and easily recognisable in the pointillism style and work well in the small scale that I drew them in.

I also created some quick initial ideas for my matchbox. I chose the quote from the film 'Up' from my research because it is short and concise so would fit nicely in the small space, and would be quite easy to illustrate as the film 'Up' revolves around the sky so I can have the text floating in the sky. I worked around the theme of the film which was balloons, the sky, and a flying house. I tried out a variety of different layouts and combinations using these elements, and also tried adding in some pointillism because I think I would like it to work with the stamps as a cohesive set so I want to try linking them together by using the same design style. I will experiment further with these on screen and come up with something that encompasses parts from each design and sums up the film. Doing these designs will help me to have a basic idea of where to start when I make the matchbox on the computer.