The feedback from this crit was that I need to be wary of assuming that more realistic drawings will make the subject seem more real. Looking back now, I agree that I need to adapt my images to make them more powerful. It was said that my images are technically competent in terms of drawing techniques and photoshop skills but I may have got too caught up in making the images in this precise way, I now need to think about how I can make these images evoke more emotion. This crit made me realise that I need to give some more thought to certain aspects of my book.
After the crit, I had a one on one chat with Ailsa and I pointed out the fact that I feel composition isn't my strong point and I am struggling with filling a rectangular page fully in an interesting way. I usually keep my compositions simple and Ailsa pointed out that maybe I could still use simple compositions in my book if it gets across a specific message. This gave me the idea of starting off the book with simple compositions and floating images to represent the simplicity of western life and then gradually making the pages more full and hectic, approaching full bleed images with darker tones, to represent the harder lives of the Assam tea pickers.
I also thought about the narrative of the book differently after this chat. I have realised that my book has an understandable narrative without telling the specific story of just one person. Because I watched a short documentary about this topic online, I feel I am telling the story of the girl the film was about. However, I want to move away from telling a step by step story because it makes the case seem isolated and more like a one off occurrence.
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