Week 5

I then needed to get to work on my map.

I liked the idea that had been generated during the peer review of drawing it in the palm of hands.

I scanned this into Photoshop and began to work on it.

I created little icons to represent each location. At first I put these little icons on the map in their locations but I had to make them too small and they weren't identifiable. So I thought of using little "cupid's arrow's" as the pointers on the map. I then numbered each location but I didn't feel like the numbers were obvious enough so I replaced them with a little string of hearts. But it all started to get too much and didn't feel connected to the style I had applies to the rest of my booklet.

I decided the number on their own were much simpler and neater but I wondered if it wasn't mappish enough.

So I created a map piece to lay in the hand.

I placed these into my spread but didn't really like them so I considered the plain numbers version again, and how I could make it work on my introduction spread.

So I added in a watercolour element and changed the colour of the arrows to my specific CMYK pink.

I took a bit of the watercolour out so it wouldn't interrupt the text on the spread. But I actually liked the cross over between the text and the watercolours.

I then added my key suburbs to the map; Wellington CBD, Lower Hutt, Eastbourne. This definitely made it feel more like a map. I put it into my spread but the watercolour on the right was interfering with the information and when I tried to scale it up the hands were a bit too dark.

So I went back to my photoshop file and lightened the hands and removed the watercolour that was spreading out the right side.

And I put it into my spread:

When I scaled it up I was really happy.

I am happy with my whole booklet now and am ready to see and adjust it with Fay's advice.