Assignment 1: Me, Myself and I

I'm on a blogging rollll. ;) For the first assignment of the module, we had to manipulate the letters of our names to represent aspects of ourselves, such as our personalities, strengths and weaknesses, etc. Here are four of my best idea, developed from thumbnail sketches:


The captions are as follows (top to bottom):
My name is Pearlyn and I have long hair.
My name is Pearlyn and I have a sweet tooth.
My name is Pearlyn and I am vain!
My name is Pearlyn and I like birds.


The first two ideas are cute and simple, yet fulfil the criteria of letter visibility so easily. However, I didn't choose them as they were very commonly repeated ideas - for e.g. instead of using hair to form a name, some people used steam from coffee; the letters in the 3rd one aren't very visible because of the dubious-looking 'p' and 'a'. The last one with the birds is the most problematic because it looks more like a picture than an artistic representation of my name.

Ahah, but guess what? I still chose the last one as I liked the overal aesthetic effect and I thought that if I did it properly, I'd have no problems representing my name properly. So hence, my two full-scale roughs in A5:



Playing around with the bird postures was fun... I'm so glad I managed to get the 'p' and 'a' to look exactly the way I want them to look!

I actually spent A LOT of time on the detailing for the second one, but in retrospect, the details obscure the letters of my name, and hence the rough doesn't fulfill the requirements of the assignment. However, the first one's alot neater and the simple but bright colour scheme is also very "me" - hence, since the letters of my name are visible, and I am able to convey something about myself through this particular design, I will choose it as my final prototype.















So....here's the final one. I added a background I took from google images, fiddles around with it using this blur effect called the Gaussian Blur, and added a Magenta filter to give it that subtle pinkish glow of warmth. I also make the caption part brighter and happier-looking to complement chirpy little birds. :)