Style Frame
Sequence
This project focused on creating a sequence of 9 cohesive design frames visualizing a chosen narrative. I chose to visualize Ira Glass's "The Taste Gap" in which Ira speaks about a struggle in people's create process/journey. Specifically about how it takes time and lots of practice to eventually be able to create work that is as good as your inspirations or ambitions.
I used a combination of cleaner and geometric Swiss style with paper and rougher Grunge style elements. These two style together is referred to "Swiss Grit". The transition and contrast between the rougher and cleaner styles helped reflect the theme of learning to trust the creative process, going from beginner to more experienced
Design Approach
Software
Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop
The texture work in Photoshop was an important part in getting the old rough paper look. I used a mix of blend modes, layer masks, smudge brushes, and texture from copyright free resources or photographed myself. I ended up using enough texture layers that the Photoshop file ended up becoming too big to save if multiple frames were present.
Inspiration
Much of the texture look was inspired by Swiss, Grunge, and Swiss Grit artists such as Mirza Talovic, Oscar Vigdal, and Chris Ashworth.
Some unused frames that I liked and helped me dial in the texture look and push towards the final versions
