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Chosen from the 2nd rough i went with the more medical diagram feel, combining different parts of the skeletons of multiple taxon. although it does stray away from abstract i find that this layout doesn't hurt your head to look at. i also stuck with the one warm'bone' esque colour which from looking up online is referred to as 'Dinosaur Bone' so i believe it was fitting.

perhaps upon more thinking done not at 5am, the back cover may look better as the front. The labeling could also be clearer but trying to fit the text into a small place was difficult.

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very chaotic and clashes too much. may fit with the abstract theme but feels too forced

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A5 Diary Flat artwork with guidelines copy 2

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cyrolophosaurus crest with diffrent color textures. feels very uncomfortable to look at. feels noisy like it would give you a headache if you look at it for more than 5 mins. very vibrant. texture looks somewhat nice though

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Prefer the look of american composite books to the typical notebook seen over here. when think ing about using more natural and neutral colour brains goes straight to thinking of tree bark/wood grain. Wood grain also looks somewhat like bone marrow to me which again ties into the overarching bone theme

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having the title in the corner of the pages gives way for the full cladogram to be shown. choosing only a small branch of the cladogram feels like a dissfervces to the rest of the taxon. although choose a strain of the more popular dinosaurs tyrranosauridae. this cladogram is by Brusatte & Carr, 2016 and is regarded to the most up-to-date and recognised classifcation of tyrannosaurs'

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lableing the diargrams gives a nod back to the old school medical diagrams. decied to stray away from all skulls and incorporate other sections of the skeletion with a midcervical vertebrae of alioramus the larger skull and the braincase of qianzhousaurus, smaller skull

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1st development. repition of qianzhousaurus skull appearing on the page in different angles with different bleeds. was inteded to also have the tree bark in the background.

2 mainly focus of the tree bark with the knots of the grain having smaller sections of different animal bones. such as a claw from mononkus and the shoulder blade of carnotaurus. grain pattern would intercept the text box but be very transparent so the words would still be clear in front of the pattern

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A final design after combining ideas from previous floral designs with the large shapes inspired by the courtyard collage

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A5 Diary Flat artwork with guidelines flowers

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The final iteration of the can and succulent design

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A5 Diary Flat artwork with guidelines can

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looking back at the artist inspiration and thinking about the dot-line-shape premise, tried to abstract the basic shapes of the flower designs

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looking back at the artist inspiration and thinking about the dot-line-shape premise, tried to abstract the basic shapes of the flower designs

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Illustraited Stationary Sketchbook - Kirsty A

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Roughs from research to experiment with colour and composition. I like the colour palette on the 1st bottom one as the contrast makes it visually interesting.

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A5 Diary Flat artwork with guidelines rubber plant invrt

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A5 Diary Flat artwork with guidelines mushroom print red

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White pen research drawing to explore line.

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This pdf contains all of my development leading to my final designs and included annotation.

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This is my final design for my first notebook. I wanted everything to tie in, be coherent and flow. This design was inspired by and incorporates my original observational drawings of organic objects  and orignial prints from experimenting with mixed media and mark making tools. i have used a soft yet contrasting colour pallet to keep it fun and appeal to the yound audience. The colours are also gender neutral. The Typography flows across all 3 parts of the notebook, with slight variations in colour to create interest but still unified through the same colour pallet

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A5 Diary Flat artwork with guidelines copy 1

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Final design for second notebook. The decision to have the shapes of the leaves vertically across the page rather than lots of little leave like shapes dotted about creates a simpler and sleeker design. Having the leave like shapes vertically across the page also creates a main focal point, with other elements of the design mirroring this. Having a break in the middle of one of the leaves leads the eye to the text, an important part of the design. I also chose to layer only 1 leaf, to give it almost a shadow effect to create more depth and dimension. I really like the mixture of bold blocks of  colour and pattern. The pattern is from the study of mushrooms, tying both notebook designs together (although not necessary) and bringing several elements of dot, line and shape to the design. I really like having a darker back ground as it makes the colour pallet pop.I think this design is colourful, funky and playful, which the audience may find appealing and motived to use the notebook.

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A5 Diary Flat artwork with guidelines copy 4

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Using some of my strawberry imagery I followed the same idea of the foreground taking the focus away from the background, but with a focus on colour. The background isn’t green but there is a slight hue of it when the red is place on top. The longer I look at it the more I’m asking my self is there green?

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Circles cut from fabric and ornamented with marker and white gel pen, I select an absurd image as a background as I found it entertaining but want to see if items were placed in the foreground would it affect what drew attention first?

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My reasoning for choosing this design as a final cover, is that it's not as noisy as my other design and is a lot more simplified. With the focus being centered instead of covering the page.

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Diary Flat artwork with guidelines_Triangle

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I felt that this was my strongest mock up that I could use for my first sketchbook final, as I could envision it being in a stationery store.

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Diary Flat artwork with guidelines_Pattern_Mark

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At the very top of this image is where I found my Rorschach image.

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Flat Template version

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Diary Flat artwork with guidelines_Rosche

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I saw a Rorschach image in one of my development designs that I wanted to take further. I Just wanted to see how it would look on a cover.

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Flat Template version

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Diary Flat artwork with guidelines_Red and Black

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A cleaned up version of my prior attempt. I used procreate to clean up certain areas I felt could use more texture. I also decided that the black spine was stronger than doing something with texture.

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Flat Template version

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Diary Flat artwork with guidelines_Triangle

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Developing my initial attempt at trying the mock up template I refined the concept into a more shape orientated cover. I kept the texture I place over the line art as I really like the aesthetic of it, I think it appeals to the age range listed on the brief.

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Showing how I created my textured marks for my first sketchbook roughs. The 3 inserted images allowed me play about with the placement of my pattern.

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Flat Template version

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Diary Flat artwork with guidelines_Pattern_Mark

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Creating 4 different marks in procreate I had created enough samples to create a pattern that I could replicate. I felt this was a strong design decision as it was simple, textured and worked of black and white.

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Flat Template version

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Diary Flat artwork with guidelines_Solo_Mark

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I created a couple marks in procreate using a leatherwood bursh whilst I was continuing my development and quite liked the result. I felt I was getting an organic almost Rorschach-esk looking marks.

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For this design I originally planned on doing a 3D-shape inspired cover, however towards the end I felt like it didn't fit the brief well and felt very artificial, which is why I started again and this time wanted to create something simpler which was bold and eyecathing. I used a previous made drawing which was inspired by a rough and put it into photoshop after doing research on wooden patterns and textures. I painted white streaks on paper to use as a background and to add texture and interest to the cover, which I think made it pop out more. I like how the design is freeflowing, organic and loose which contrasts my first design which is more digitalized. I think the design is bold and unique which fits with the brief, and can also be enjoyed by the target audience.

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I enjoyed developing this cover think it fits the brief quite well and would appeal to the target audience. I used deer imagery for my focal point as it's what a large audience enjoys and associates with bravery & freedom. I created the background and textures using handdrawn patterns and photographs taken from the design principles class. There was a lot of layer filters to play with to achieve the abstract-like background which was fun to play around with. I chose this colour palette as it's lively, bright and eyecatching.

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Dip Pen mark making

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Larger lines blocked in with improvised tool and detail filled in with a fine brush and ink.

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View finder observational

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Strawberry observational heavier ink usage

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Strawberry observational