Inspiration
After creating a board on pintrest, I was able to gather a range of different yet similar themes for my visual inspiration and aesthetic. I wasn’t able to find artists this way as most of the sites lead to shopping links however I found artists like I P LOBATO, who explore appocolyptic themes which I thought was an interesting approach. From this I was able to identify what feel I want to produce and how I can market this to my audience.
I have also been looking back over my existing material of magazines and have realised I want to create something different, the content of the magazine will include a variety of mindful fun activities, events/opportunity pages and light reading. However, I want the pages to be full of visuals, doing this research is helping me narrow down a general aesthetic that can empathise with each of the pages and cover.
I have found that certain shapes and colours are prefered such as reds, blues, green, white, orange and black, I feel these colours hold vibrant yet down to earth sense. I have picked up on shapes like cirlces and steps which I had involved in my digital design work, I feel compelled to use these shapes as they are so connected to kaizen and the idea of continuous step by step improvement. After experimenting with cover design work, I feel inspired to begin experimenting with the visuals for the contents of the magazine. After reviewing my pinterest board again I feel drawn to a theme of surrealism, using animals, nature, peace and battle to conclude overall subject inspiration through Japanese influence.
Artists:
- I P Lobato
- Shohei Otomo
- Ayako Ishiguro
- Utamaro
- Katsushika Hokusai
- Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Graphic Designers:
- Nicolas Paries
- Jennifer Heintz
- Peter Komierowski
- Alex Coven
- Rafael Kfouri
- Heather Shaw
-
Alessandro Scarpellini
- Sefanie Buckler
FAYE TIKIC 