Weekly Recap 2/27-3/12

What I did:

Working on "What can I apply for?" Spread:  7 hours

Working on spread visual system based on petitioners:  6 hours

Designing beginning pages:  5 hours

Color Color Color: 2 hours

What I discovered, encountered, accomplished

That I like things too close together.  I just need more space and more rational organization.  I think its coming along really well now though.  I feel really good about it and can move more quickly through it now.  I'm excited about using more color and to move forward!  I've made a lot of progress!  Here are spreads from the first book.

Whats next:  Keep going!!!!!!

Possible Project Titles/Inspirations

The Declaration of Immigration

We the people

I

Pursuit

Inalienable  (unalienable)


"After 200 years . . . [America's] still a beacon, still a magnet for all who must have freedom, for all the pilgrims from all the lost places who are hurtling through the darkness, toward home." -Ronald Reagan


"The bosom of America is open to receive not only the Opulent & respectable Stranger, but the oppressed & persecuted of all Nations & Religions; whom we shall wellcome to a participation of all our rights & privileges." - George Washington


"It was we, the people, not we, the white male citizens, nor yet we, the male citizens;
but we, the whole people, who formed this Union."- Susan B. Anthony

YAY!

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I'M SO CLOSE!!!!!!

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Weekly Recap 2/20-2/26

What I did:

Worked on map spread: 3 hours
Worked on postcard:  3 hours


What I encountered, accomplished, explored:

I'm close.  I think the colors are close to being right and the visual language is close.  I don't have a lot of insightful things to reflect on this week other than I realize the changes I need to make.  One of the maps is in a previous post.  This is another one that works too.  The final spread will be somewhere in between.  I really like how this one funnels the information into the end point but the stripes are still ambiguous.

My postcard is really good, I think.  It captures the chaos and insecurities that people go through when trying to immigrate.  I think this format and theme will make a really great poster.

Whats next:

WORK WORK WORK.

possible postcard image.

I kind of love this, its a lot different from what I've been doing but I think it could make a cool book cover or poster too.  Really captures the confusion and purpose of the project.

progress made.