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FINAL OUTCOME - The Reveal!

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ONE LAST STEP! - Final Session

During the final session, there were a few mishaps. Mainly pixels, in my case. My poster was stuck having with a fair amount of them, embedded in the words. Got some good feedback and a few great tips for fixing the pixels (Thank you Samira!! :)), the final things I need before the final print.

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ROAD TO THE FINAL OUTCOME - Feedbacks and Progress

Before the final layout, I sketched out around 5 to 6 sketches and brought them into session to see how what everyone else thinks. Fair amount of likes for the gradient + typography idea. From then on, the sketch became the mainframe of the poster.

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SO, HOW'S IT GONNA GO? - Mapping Out The Work

AN EXPLODED MESS OR A BUILT-UP SILHOUETTE - Talking About Arrangements

Arrangement-wise, I'm stuck between whether I should keep it an organized but at a built-up typographic setting sort of silhouette or an explosion of illustrations. UPDATE: I went with the typography plan with illustration pieces, it saves more time.

WHAT ARE WE READING? - Mapping out The Words

Listing the 50 things wise, the plan is to write them on different placements. A fair few, you'll find upright, rotated to the left, maybe 45 degrees to the right. Except for the complete 180. No one's gonna read this thing upside down. I might squeeze the words to click into the set, in case it's ever needed (it's not a big deal, don't worry :))

AN ASTRONAUT? A ROBOT? OR JUST ME? - Figuring Out The Character

This was clouding my mind for a while.. Since I know the main idea was about exploring my mind, I was still wondering what kind of character I should show myself as (based on how people saw me as) So I noted them down - The Terminator + A Robot + An Alien + Astronaut (a suggestion) ~ or if it should just be *me. No characters, nothing, just me.

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THE SYSTEM - Mapping Out The Categories

At the midst of making the poster, I got a little debacle figuring out how I should categorize my 50 things. My first option was to do the casual categorization (Interests + Personality + Facts + etc.), but then came another idea, categorizing it based on what aspect they've given in my life. Organizing them in colors. So I categorized them into five:

- Individuality

- Resilience

- Hope

- Wonder

- Freedom

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WHOA... - Suggestions From Harriet

During the first session for 50 THINGS, Harriet gave a suggestion to include my handwriting onto the poster when she was taking a look at my notes. People had said it looked like a font, but I personally don't know if I could really believe that. From there on, I tried different styles and sizes. Some are written physically and some digitally on Infinite Painter on my tablet. People possibly won't believe me when I say this, but I never really incorporated my handwriting into my artwork at a full-out frame. So this is going to be fun (in a more confused manner, context-wise.. because I really don't know if this is going to go out well)

Harriet also suggested taking a look at some of the pieces made by Paula Scher, who's an American graphic designer and painter. A few of her most famous works include MAPS and Boston's album cover

The method Paula Scher used for her MAPS art piece was called abstract expressionist information, where she takes in information and turns into a form of sensibility.

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A GLIMPSE, PERHAPS? - An Idea That Came To Mind

One of the first sketches I made was rather an on the spot attempt or a first thing comes to mind kind of idea. I was thinking of an astronaut exploring her own galaxy kind of sketch plan. It was initially the main direction from the start. But I still had a few other ideas, so this gem's still in the run.

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What Are We Going With? - Inspiration

I came across a few great references from Pinterest, but one that caught my eye was an art piece created by Wes Wilson - the father of psychedelic poster art. What caught my attention in the first place was the typography, getting to see all the words aligned like so. Looking at it wise, it felt as if the words were branching out - similar to how I process my thoughts. From there, I played around with the words. See how it all lays out.

Link to Moodboard:

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OH, WHY HELLO! - First Session

It was our first session for Introduction to Graphic Arts. We got the chance to meet Harriet for the first time and discussed our brief for the 50 Things poster. Our first task is to start making our list.

UPDATE: Here's my list of 50 Things:

1. Indonesian

2. Neurodivergent

3. Catholic

4. Music Listener

5. Bilingual

6. INFJ

7. Marvel

8. Sci-Fi Aficionado

9. Short Stack (4'11')

10. Star Wars

11. One Piece

12. AJR

13. Storywriter

14. Illustration

15. Labrinth

16. La Casa De Papel (Money Heist)

17. Bastille

18. Graphic Design

19. Acrylic Paint Artist

20. Songwriter

21. Guardians Of The Galaxy

22. Creative Writer

23. Unpredictable

24. Astronomy

25. Alicia Keys

26. The Hunger Games

27. Kickboxing

28. Poetry

29. ADHD

30. Dyslexic

31. OCD

32. Autistic

33. Fitz And The Tantrums

34. Doctor Who

35. Alien

36. Kipo and The Age of Wonderbeasts

37. The Wild Thornberrys

38. Alita: Battle Angel

39. Part-Time Cosplayer

40. Dyed Hair (7 times)

41. Allergic To Alcohol

42. Hadestown

43. X-Men

44. An Unintentional Old Soul

45. Type-Like Handwriting

46. Mural Artist

47. Was Bitten By A Snake At The Age Of 8

48. Ryan Reynolds-esque like Snark

49. Overthinker

50. Memory Box

*Note: I thought of writing it down in words so that I can save space for the poster.