Class Work Week 4 - Critique and collage development

 For the start of the week we had to have at least two location spreads done, the map page and our category page (Recreation and Sports).

Using relevant photos that i took from last week, i started researching new collage designs, i wasn't happy with the one i had done for the bush spread.

I found some inspiration from a design i had made for myself earlier this year. This circle world idea really worked for me as it showed a peep sized view into a place, and i thought this would be perfect for my collage, some quick mock-up'd ideas later i had this.

 I realised i wanted to have something coming out of the image just like in the my bush collages where the road came out, i liked this idea as it brought the image out off the page, so i chose to make some key elements stick out.

The first one i worked on was my city spread, this isn't the fully finished version but i went through quite a few variations where the circle didn't cover the protruding elements but then i liked it more where it dimmed it, it also made the words easier to read, finally i lowered the opacity on the car as the route is more the focus rather than the car.

After i had completed the coast spread i wasn't very happy with this collage idea, i'd rather hand something in i was fully happy with and this wasn't it, i quickly put together a map and category page and called a night.