...so this project stressed me out. a lot.
I decided to categorize the cars depending on what their purpose/use was and present them in appropriate ways according to this. Some of these worked well and am developing them for the final book...others made me feel physically sick to put my name to them.
The most successful pages were those that showed the toys actually being played with. I think my main problem was not deciding who I was aiming the book at. I didn't want it to be about collecting cars and I didn't want it to be aimed at children either. Lorenzo suggested that I aimed it at people who used to play with toy cars, which is the ideal audience.
So now the plan is to show through imagery how the toys would have been played with, and create a more personal feel to the book. More of a *nostalgic* approach. Hopefully I can do it justice...
I decided to categorize the cars depending on what their purpose/use was and present them in appropriate ways according to this. Some of these worked well and am developing them for the final book...others made me feel physically sick to put my name to them.
The most successful pages were those that showed the toys actually being played with. I think my main problem was not deciding who I was aiming the book at. I didn't want it to be about collecting cars and I didn't want it to be aimed at children either. Lorenzo suggested that I aimed it at people who used to play with toy cars, which is the ideal audience.
So now the plan is to show through imagery how the toys would have been played with, and create a more personal feel to the book. More of a *nostalgic* approach. Hopefully I can do it justice...
3 comments:
This set of the toys actually being played with was really cool and a lot more effective than just seeing the images on thier own, i think the book will look really ace like this! x
Love your work Emma, reminds me of my childhood. Anyways take a look at Henning Wagenbreth., He's a German Children's book designer from Germany. His work is very simple but has fun written all other it, like that illustration of the red bus you did in your 32-page booklet - www.wagenbreth.de Take a look, it may give you some idea’s. xx
Hey Emma, I noticed you taking pictures of the toy cars in the studio yesterday and it reminded me of this cover by a musician who goes by the name 'dntel' - I don't really know if that helps at all but I think the image is quite effective... heres what it looks like http://img3.nnm.ru/imagez/gallery/4/f/a/4/f/4fa4fc1a619135b32a380f7d64425ce2_full.jpg
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