LCA Christmas Card Development 2

Looking back at my sketchbook work from the other day with fresh eyes, I could see how I was overcomplicating this design too much. I think I am now thinking more realistically about the dimensions of the card because I realise that all the details I was hoping to include would be so small, they probably wouldn't be noticed anyway. 

I need to simplify it down because I don't have much time left now. I need to stick with the most important things I have so far - I think the light idea and using the college she is strong so I am going to go with that. I am thinking about this brief very differently to how I think about my module briefs, maybe this is because it is a short timescale or maybe its because I know my sketchbook and development work is not going to be marked so I am working much quicker and not recording every little detail of my thought process as I go. 

I have decided to take a risk with this brief and do something I normally hate doing. I am going to design the card entirely on screen which is taking me out of my comfort zone as I normally only use Photoshop to alter my hand drawn images. I am seeing this brief as a chance to do something different and see if it pays off. I think the digital look will also drive me away from the traditional and cliché Christmas card material that is programmed into my brain from years of hand making Christmas cards for family.  

I forgot to keep taking screen shots as I went but here are a couple from the process. 

This was close to the end of the designing process. I now need to think about layout and type which are things I don't have much confidence with. 

I am actually really impressed with myself that I have managed to make this image entirely on Photoshop. It might look like nothing to some people but I feel this is an achievement for me to show that I can do digital work directly onto a blank canvas. I can't say I enjoyed the process more than working in analogue - it can become very confusing having so many options and I found that Photoshop was sometimes dictating the direction of my design rather than the other way around.