Borders Continued

  I sketched out a simple design, incorporating the different border styles to see which one worked best. I began with the simple oval design using, Madame Etolarac for example. The fonts and placement of the words are not the actual design but just to see how spacing works. I added some circles coming out of the oval on eye line of Etolarac to add details to suggest how she sees more than the average person. I also included some stripes in the oval to keep the heaviest amount of colour and details to the centre so it stands out the most on the poster.
   I think this design works most efficiently compared to the rest as the focus is primarily on performer, but also not too distracting from the information needed. It also has space to play around and personalise each poster with different shapes and details.


   For the next page i decided to draw out the border influenced by an old film poster i saw. I think the performers name needs to be bigger. It could overlap the border as if it was stamped on top. Which was commonly used on vintage posters font styles.
    I think the poster needs a little detail in the right, bottom corner. For instance an image of a ticket or circus tent so the poster doesnt feel so stiff. Maybe instead of the fonts being in boxes they could be more loose, going across in a wavy line. Or again personalise the boxes so maybe the letters are outlined by a snake or sitting on a branch of leaves.
    Overall, i think this design doesnt appeal as much as the first one due to being so stiff, it has areas to play around with but not as much in comparison to the one above.


   For the last border i sketched out was a simpler version of the heavily detailed one from the plan page. I wanted to try simplify it a little as i felt the more detailed one would have taken too long on each poster as i couldnt print it out and stick it on top due to adding extra details to personalise the borders. I kept the curvy outline in the centre and minimised the details, leaving more space to add personal detail.
   Again i decided that this design was not ass effective as the first one for all the same reason mentioned before, unable to break out of border and limited space.
   I then got an idea that works fro the above style/ oval shape. A part of my plan is to have the tent hidden in some bushes. So it made sens if the detailing outside was made out of branches shaping the border. I drew a mini sketch with extra leaves in outside corner.


   At this point i wanted to use some paints as i was bored of just using my pencil. Which was a small mistake as the circle in the middle with the border turned out messy. I used watercolours and gouache to paint the branch outline and add leaves. I struggled creating leaf shapes due to the shape of my brush. I began painting small, basic leaf shapes on the left then tried a more abstract version using a bigger brush. Although i feel this style does not work at all for small details. The leaves on the left look better and not like a child's finer painting. The branches need more shading to them and i used a biro to draw an outline to create a bolder look. Below i tried some other ways to paint leaves. On the left i used a tissue to print markings, the large green one was when i pressed the tissue on the the paint to subtract paint and leave a print. I decided this method was too hit and miss of outcome. On the right i tried layering the colours to add shading/ folds in the leaves.I believe with practice this method could work but for an alternative project as it is not the style i am going for. At the top of the page i painted some more branches, using pure watercolour this time. I feel this worked better with the basic shading and leaves shapes. I do think the branches look a little thick in some places. I decided that i wanted to see how this would look in a poster format next.