Reflective Jounal: Week 3

I spent the first half or so of this week refining our moodboard:

 - adding annotations (explaining why an image interests us)

 - removing repetition 

 - finding image sources/replacing images with ones that I could reference

 - ... thinking about adding colour palettes 

 

I go into a long ramble about finding original image sources here: 

    Finding the original image sources, while ethically necessary, was a bit tedious especially because we originally found all our images on Pinterest. Through my source hunting, I did end up finding some cool stuff: amazing fashion shows from Aniye Records, fantastical but possibly sus underwater girl photography by Manabu Koga, and the neo-y2k graphic design work of Giacomo Sforza. It's given me and Sam some motivation to discover and keep a track of interesting designers and artists we come across for future inspiration. 

    I've also discovered that some kinds of images are just easier to retrieve and source from places other than Pinterest. Most of the animal photos we originally had from Pinterest were almost impossible to find the sources of and so I searched for alternative photos of the same animals off of Google/Ecosia images, where the sources tend to already be linked. 

    Another image I couldn't find the source for was a pink y2k "aesthetic" post. It had hundreds of results in my reverse image search, mostly from various social media sites. The issue I was discovering from "aesthetic" images is that they are most likely originally posted by some random social media user with a small following, then reposted all over. The original post could very likely be rather insignificant (wouldn't stand out as the original in a search) and possibly might not even exist anymore. Although we didn't do this, for images like these, an alternative could be to recreate the visual feel of them using objects we may already have on hand and similar editing filters.

    Images from online clothing stores can be difficult to source and reference as well because of how fashion cycles and product pages are removed. A more reliable way to find fashion inspiration that can be properly referenced is to source from fashion archives or fashion photography. Runway fashion will often have online archives. Fashion magazines or tabloids might have more down-to-earth clothing. Fashion photography might give more variety and counter-cultural visuals, especially in street fashion photography.

Ramble end.

 

Here's what I've been doing to actually progress our project:

Sam and I decided on which thumbnails to develop through our personal thoughts and feedback from others. 

(I haven't circled the thumbnails of interest yet and the vehicle page is still lacking.)

We both sketched variations of our chosen thumbnails and shared these with each other as we worked, allowing us to build off of the other's ideas. 

(The vehicle page is, once again, a bit empty)

I've currently just slapped our sketches onto the pages with some annotations. This will be cleaned up as we get all of our drawings together.

I found myself drawing ideas from different thumbnails and across variation sketches as well. This was really fun and hopefully also effective. Sam and I are both still exploring quite a wide range of fashion styles and aesthetics within our preppy vibe and we will need to narrow this down over the next few days.