For our 'Visual Language' brief, we were given a list of words to choose from, in order to produce a set of 32 images that have links and associations with that word. I carefully thought about each one, but I found 'envelope' to be the one that stood out me be most.
I started by brainstorming all the different things that I could find could relate to the word 'envelope'. I soon ran out of literal things to draw, like postboxes, paper and pens, so I had to be creative and think about other definitions of the word. I picked this word in particular specifically for this reason. I know it sounds like a boring word, and would be hard to draw after about 10 images, so I wanted a challenge to see how far I could actually expand. I ended up going into connotations of wrapping, balloons (envelope is this context is the structure of a balloon apparently), to communication. Which I ended up being pleasantly surprised.
These are the 32 Images that I ended up coming up with:
Overall I am really happy with them, and I feel like I have a range of images that connote the word 'envelope'. I obviously started off with literal things, like postboxes, postmen, stamps, etc. But then I moved on to how you would measure the weight of an envelope if you were to send abroad, or other forms of mail, like through the web and therefore what devices you would use. I then went onto ways of transport, so for example air mail or a basic mail van straight to a door. Then I thought about the connotation of 'wrap'. I interpreted this into wrapping paper, swaddling, hugging and so forth. So in the end I think I did stretch the word quite a bit.
As far as how I illustrated the images, I feel like I also have quite a range. I started with pencil to draw my postbox, but it took me a good hour or so just to do one so I though I would try a different medium in order to complete the brief more quickly. Therefore I switched to pen. The aspect I like about drawing in pen is that you have the ability to change the style of it. Throughout the whole brief I have gone from simple thin lines, to etching, to shading through dots and I think I illustrated that well here. I also experimented with watercolour just to try it out, and I did end up quite liking the end result. Lastly I went on to try digital because I am most comfortable with this medium, and I did a few through this style. These did not take me long at all and they gave me the ability to add vibrant colour to some of my images. And I actually liked them the most.
In conclusion I feel like I did this brief pretty quickly for the time frame given, but it also has allowed me to think outside the box, especially for such a boring word.
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