Icon Process Picture Frame

The Picture frame has been difficult for me to develop and am still not satisfied with the results. I've explored a couple different ideas, and all have fallen short. The rules I have developed for my set do not work well with the flat orientation of the frame. The cropping of the icon puts the positive/negative balance off and makes it look awkward. It seems what I have will do for now, and I will have to explore and alternative approach to communicate the picture frame better.

Icon Color Process

The color process of this project has been fun. Breaking down an icon into simple forms with little consideration is a good technique to have and will try to follow throughly. After I developed a system to employ I then began consideration of color to communicate my story. This part became a little more difficult, because color can have so many meanings. I had a set with red and grey as my two hues, and I felt the colors work well together. The problems was that I might not keep the lipstick as a icon in the end and the red hue wouldn't represent anything. I chose to change the red hue to a midnight blue/purple to represent the night and the high class nature of the crime (purple). I think I might be exploring the red/grey system further down the road if this system isn't the right match for my set. I also reworked my palette to improve the communication of the colors with my story, I feel the second set is much better.

Icon Color Set

These is the final color set that I have developed thus far. I've been working on the craft and clarity of the icons themselves, and will continue to improve the overall quality throughout the remainder of the project. The color for the icons is a mid-night blue/purple and a gray. The blue tone represents the night at which the crime takes place, and the gray is signifier of the gun being used to commit the crime. I feel the two colors work well to represent the high class nature of the crime, but I will continue further exploration to find the right match of color. This project has taught me a lot about paying close attention to the rules that one discovers through exploration and applying them strictly to achieve a visually interesting system.

7 Deadly Sins

This is the final set for my 7 sins booklet, I'm still trying to narrow down pride and envy. I'm also trying to decide which shot produces the best composition and clear communication. Tomorrow I will be doing the final print and assembling.

Linear Process

These is the linear progression of a pistol icon that I developed for my story "The Art Heist". From analog drawings to vector, and then refinement of scale position and contrast.