Responsive competition briefs.

Briefs:

• To Kill A Mocking Bird- Harper Lee.
• In Cold Blood- Turman Capote.
• The secret diary of Adrian Mole- Sue Townsend. 
• Jack Garratt (secret 7) 'Worry'
• Chvrches (secret 7)' Clearest Blue'
• The Batsford Prize - 'Interpreting Nature.'  
• UK Greetings- YCN.
• Illustration friday.
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Rationale:

To Kill A Mocking Bird- Harper Lee- I am already looks and creating work base on Harper Lee's work in OUIL504. And as a result of that I have work I can bounce off from and I have a strong understanding of the circumstances behind the book. The civil rights movement and the slave trade. Also I find book covers a challenge due to the size restraint so working on all three covers, I will hopefully find a method in which best to fit this particular requirement. Also with the cover being type heavy will also be a challenge, I need to get better with type.   

In Cold Blood, the themes behind the book I think would fit well with the dark style my work seems to take. And I have never really looked at non fiction books before so it is a chance to approach another type of literature.

The secret diary of Adrian Mole- Sue Townsend- I need to challenge myself to work for age ranges that I am not use to. The type of audience that would read Adrian Mole would be young and I really want to try and make work for a younger audience so I am more versatile as an illustrator. As I think that being able to connect with different audiences is a vital skill that I need to get the hang of. Also the book is a comedy which would be good angle to take from a image making point of view.    

Jack Garratt- Even though this is a past brief I think it would be ideal for me to practise with first before I tackle the actual live ones. Also this will co inside perfectly when I go and see him live next week as it will be perfect primary resurch and should hopefully bring out some ideas.

Chvrches- with this and Garratt I have never really though about illustrating for music but after looking a the secret 7 it seems like a very exciting prospect! Chvrches are a very interesting band, in the way the dress and produce music. So coming up with a illustration for 'Clearest Blue' would be really good way again of practising but also maybe trying out new combinations of techniques. I need to start using digital methods more as I tend to work analogue a lot of the time.

The Batsford Prize, 'interpreting nature'- This would be a really fun breif to do in print as I could make it really pattern based and experimental. 

UK greetings-Similar reasons as to the batsford prize but I would be really good expeireance to make work for product rather then book or digital.  

Illustration Friday- Answering the words they put online will be great practise for responding to briefs quickly. It is also really good practise for just responding to briefs in general, and working on this continually will hopefully give me more confidence in working with live briefs.   

Practical Skills/Media/Format.

• Typography is going to be my main concern. As I know from experience if the type is wrong or poorly positioned it can wreck the whole design. To overcome this problem I may need to talk to someone on graphics and hopefully they will be able to advise me on how best to place the type as well as what style to use.
• Composition- I think especially with the Cover briefs , I will need to put some time aside to really play around with the composition , as it is not a strength for me. And the imagery also needs to fit the given formats well so moving elements round on Photoshop would probably be a good idea.    
• Staying with in the Format for the book covers and making images that can work as digital images on websites. 
• I really want to use print is all of these briefs , However print is a time consuming process and I think with briefs like illustration Friday I will need re address and find new ways of image making with a print like aesthetic. using software like photoshop and illustrator can help with this problem. 
• Making images too that fit for the appropriate audience. especially with the Adrian Mole brief I have to make sure that the imagery is engaging and fits with the reader.