Vis Com: Greetings from: Final Images, Feedback and Evaluation

Feedback +

• Generally the circular frame is liked, not using the full rectangle is intriguing
• Appropriate colour schemes
• The concept is interesting, &the tone of the images suits the theme
• Good use of shape & tone

Feedback -

• WHY DIDN'T YOU FINISH (I can explain) 
• Would like to see more highlights and depth in the shire image
• The Shire and Sauron's tower are obvious choices and the other two places are not so recognisable, could have pushed the theme more

Evaluation 

I genuinely don't know how I feel about these images. On one hand I like them, I really pushed myself making them especially as I had not really used illustrator before this brief but on the other hand I feel like I could have done so much more with this brief, maybe my theme wasn't the most appropriate or best thought out for this.

I got off to a really slow start on this project and it held me back further on, I really need to learn to get straight into things and make them visual right away rather than mulling over things I could and could not do.

The most successful thing about my images I think is the colour palettes used. I think they work well because they are suitable for the places and I used a lot of different tones to add highlights and shadows to the pieces. As well as this I tried to use complimentary colours - for example in the image of Barad Dur I knew the background and sky area would be red so I used a more green-toned grey for the tower to make it stand out.

The circular frame was actually supposed to be a Hobbit door, and to look as if the viewer is looking out of the door and into these other sceneries. The circle serves its purpose well, and I think it makes the images look really interesting but due to the colour I have used a lot of people thought it was supposed to be the one ring - I don't think this matters too much though as it has much the same effect.

I definitely think it would have been a good idea to simplify the places more as I spent 5 hours each on Barad Dur and Minas Tirith, so I didn't end up finishing my last postcard by the deadline and had to catch up later. I also had a change of heart halfway through one of my postcards and ended up scrapping it completely in favour of a more interesting building, which affected how long it took me to get things done.