Finished!

Last post of my typo blog. So ill leave you with my two final visuals and an evaluation.
If i was given the chance to do ISTD again. I would have probably gone with a different brief, maybe flatland of the restaurant brief.
But because of how ISTD word their breifs it took most of my time up just getting to understand what they wanted and what was needed.
Also think I would have spent more time researching. Also people will complain on my variation of grid systems from a 5-3 column. But I believe it shows slight variation, but keeps within theme. Also the Garden of life wouldnt really work better any other way.
I am quite pleased with my finals. Aesthetically pleasing and effective If i may say so myself.

More change.

Changed it again, because of how awkward it looked with the odd word in the poem paragraphs, having there own lines. Just pulled the text box out so each verse was on one line. Although because of how long this poem is it doesnt work with it along the right hand side, As it cuts off, and either way doesnt fit, and I dont want the type to go smaller than 12pt. And dont want to alter the title and quote.
Also decided it would be best to look into grid sytems to help any further decisions.
Also changed the background colour on the ivy poster, although its not very noticeable, but the black and white was boring, and thought purple went better with the ivy theme.

Images added.

Added my images done it like the one before, in black silhouttes. But more towards a general garden theme. Id prefer to keep it clean and simple, which I think I have. And adding more images I think will ruin it. So I think I will be keeping it like this. Only things I may change in future, is font, and I am currently undecided between the two layouts shown on this post.

Another one.

Thought it would be best, instead of just handing in one for my final, to do another to make it look like a set. So I went looking for another poem, but couldnt find any as good as the Ivy Green one by charles dickens. Eventually I came by Garden of life by Jeanette Cooper. Then I looked for a good quote and went about it the same way as my previous one. Here I am up to now with it. Jus need some garden imagery to wrap around the text. Also I may change the layout, as It looks the exact same as the previous one.

Another layout tweek.

After more discussion, opted for another style and placed the poem underneath the main typo. But after questioning class mates and getting various feedback, think its better how it was before, although still unsure on landscape or portrait, personally thinking landscape.

Bit more

Just updating because iv slightly tweaked it by positioning aspects differently and adding the charles dickens under "the ivy green". Thinking of doing another poster of another poem in the same style as this to follow on as a set.

Layout

Starting to follow my random idea of the Ivy green poem instead of the idea on the post below. As it feels more my own idea because my tutor helped more with the other, and this one seems more aesthetically pleasing. So im at the stage where im tweaking with it to find it if has beter potential in a different layout. This was also a suggestion from a classmate to trial and see where it could go.

Primary Idea

Started my original idea of the falling type that represents that of a tree, decaying. Personally think its not as aesthetically pleasing as the my previous posted effort, although still something worth running with. The bottom bit is supposed to represent fallen leaves along the ground although I think that needs more work.

Carryed on.

Just carried on with the previous "Ivy Green" poster, and placed in the actual poem that I extracted the quotes from. Quite like it, and might discuss with the teacher if I could use this as a final, just as a poster.
The idea would be to typographically show garden related poems, and if I can find any better garden related to life poems.

Just trialled something else.

A general play around in photoshop lead to something today, although this like my other designs, will stop here and go no further. As some of it was followed from a tutorial, although most was tweaked to my personal requirements. Also its probably seen as too basic to hand in as a final, and I am currently in the process of the other idea that was sketched out on the post below.

Blueprints.

To show more easily what I mean, when I talk about my idea (post below). I have the sketch to follow, very basic, but its something to follow. The top scribbles represent the start of the poem, and as the scribbles start to fall, this is where the poem breaks up and start to fall, like when the leaves fall of the trees.

Yet another idea.

Going through enough idea's at the moment and need to stick with one and carry on with it. But heres my new idea.
After discussion with my teacher, and non of the other idea's hitting of big, we thought the idea of getting a poem but incorporating it within the life of a tree. Hopefully finding a poem maybe that goes from life to death, like that of a tree, that grows and eventually the leaves start to fall until it has nothing.
So as the type goes down, it represents leaves falling from a tree. Should be easier to explain when I start and have an image to run with.
But the above image is the only thing I can find that is relatively close to that of my idea.

Another idea

After my previous failure in illustrator, I chose to close illustrator and try Indesign. Just so I could easily type along a path. Idea behind this is that what I have up to now is the tree's branchs and base, and then If i carry on any further with it, outside I would have green text to build up the tree and that would act as leaves, although I already have a problem on this. That is this image already is supposed to be easily able to read, and is as a poem, but because of how it would have to be structured, it wont be easy enough to read, because of where each line of the poem is placed.
Also this is pratically just copying the idea of my blog background image, so makes my creativity look weak.
I am yet to decide on wether I go with another idea, or If i carry on with it.

Started first idea.

Just started going over the sketch I did, and already regret wasting my time on it. This will go further as I feel it is far from aesthetically pleasing.
I didnt even bother to carry on because already it looks like someone who has just installed illustrator and tried but artistic, although failed miserably. So now I will be thinking of more ideas.

Sketched

After another discussion with a fellow classmate, Thinking of taking my idea onto a new route, more the opposite of below and having the image make the type. The sketch here shows more of what I mean, but along with a shortened poem, which relates to the plant. This brief part of the poem was taken from Charles Dickens "The Ivy Green". And the words itself I think are powerfull enough to work with. Early days and more trial and error is sure to come.

Examples

Now because my idea has changed, too building an image from type, I thought it best to gather a few examples to get the ball rolling and to help me sort myself out.
Idea of mine is similar to mine, but mine will have text that builds the image. And main aspect I need to stress is that the letters building the image need to be clear enough to read. Because if all goes to plan the images type will read a garden life metaphor poem of some sort. Well here is the inspiration.

New Idea.

After a discussion with my tutor, the final isnt going to be the book (even though I had designed a front cover for it, above) but more of a typographic poster or maybe 2, to build the image of a certain aspect from the garden.

The aim is to make sure that the text is easy enough to read, as it may be a poem or gardening life metaphor that builds up the image. Problems with this is following to sentances in a certain way, or making it clear enough to read, although my tutor says this could be a good thing as it takes more to look into and understand.

So now I start the typographic quest and try to get it done.

Ideas

Initial ideas up to now arent exactly powerfull or exciting, but more importantly they are ideas. Idea is to base designs around gardening metaphors, that relate to aspects of life. How I would display these I am unsure of, maybe just as a poster, or thinking about a small booklet to do.
For this idea iv been searching the internet for garden based metaphors and found all sorts. Such as . . .

Bad seed.
Nip it in the bud before it gets out of control.
Prune out the dead wood.
Putting down roots.
Grass is always greener on the other side.
This is just first idea's and for all I know they could be completely wrong. But something along the likes of a book displaying gardening metaphors, typographically I think would be good. But its early days so anything could happen.

Typo!

First of all a general look into the world of typo. Just some general stuff. Usually gets the ball rolling on what to do. Small inspirational typography that relate to gardens, flowers etc.

Not Just Fleurons

Gardening can become a good metaphor for life. "Relationships are cultivated like flowers or vegetables.  We see things as growing, flowering, producing". There are so many to relate a garden to certain aspects of life or whole life itself.
The brief is to consider plants in the biggest possible way, to take into consideration colours, size, smell, feel, texture, associations, and botanical names.
What they want is an "eye catching" and informative outcome that interprets an celebrates plants and the concept of the garden (metaphors)  and its role in our lives.

First thoughts are that my typographic skills arent to an amazing quality so I am bound to struggle. Also Im not entirely sure exatcly what it is thats wanted, wether it be a poster or what. If its broader than I think then I would like to dive into the concept of moving typography.