Monthly Muse November 2019 - Week 2

NOVEMBER 2019 MUSE CHALLENGE​

Hello my lovely peeps, are you ready for week 2???

This month we are stepping into the world of advertising. I don't know about you but I often get a lot of inspiration from looking at advertisements. I love how creative and imaginative some of them can be. I think we can all can learn a lot of design principles by looking at them and figuring out just what we like about them, and then apply those principles to our own layouts.

As you study them, you can see the various design components that make up an advertisement. What draws your eye to an advertisement? Is it the overall page design, the photo or graphic used, the colour palette, the typographic art or the imaginative way of photo compositing? There are plenty of components and when put together they can really make a statement.

Before I go any further, please note that I am not an 'expert' in designing, and the words and terms I use to describe various design components are wholly my own interpretation. No doubt you will have your own views and perhaps will call them something else, but for the purpose of this challenge please bear with me. Of course, you are more than welcome to share your own opinions on what you think about the different design components.

Week 2: Graphics - The power of images

By Graphics I am referring to those advertisements that feature one photo/image which is the main focus of the page. It might have another type embellishment to support it like smaller photos, drawn lines, paint strokes etc. but it is the photo/image that really tells the story! Graphic styled advertisements tell a story through the use of a main image, at a glance the viewer will have some idea of what the advert is all about, just by looking at it. So this is what I want you to do this week, tell a story, just by using an image (or two) on your layouts.

Once again I have created an inspiration board for you, showing you the type of graphical style I am talking about. Use this board to find something that interests you or do your own search in Pinterest.



Things to take note of:
- you will note again that the actual shape of the advertisement is rectangular, rather than Square. Like last week, you may want to use an A4 or Letter size layout.
- the background is once again a solid (or gradient) colour, or a larger photo has been used, blended into the background so the main image stands out.
- in some instances you will also see how the graphical artist as also used geometric shapes in their advertisements to add further interest and impact to their visual story.
- important to note that you need an image of some sort to be the MAIN focus of the page. Anything else added to your layout needs to be in support of that image, without distracting from the main image.

Challenge for Week 2:
Create a graphics type layout using ONE image as your main focus. Like the first week, please do not use any templates for this challenge. Text can be added as shown in some of the examples in the inspiration board, but like any other embellishments you are going to use, it must not detract from the main image, only support it.

I was inspired by the last image in the inspiration board above. I immediately thought of a photo I had of my youngest granddaughter when she was competing in a relay race at a regional school competition a couple of years ago. The photo itself was not the best quality which is why I played around with a couple of different photo treatments.


Credits are in the gallery.

You may create any style of layout (ie. clean and simple, artsy, pocket style etc.) you wish, but you need to use at least ONE photo/image. Create any size page you wish. This is for everyone, so have fun and see where the inspiration takes you. If you want all 4 Muses on one page that's perfectly ok or you can make 4 separate pages!! It's totally up to you!

Please post your layout to the Art Journaling Gallery HERE prior to November 30, 2019 and then post it in this thread by copying the code (at the right of your gallery image) from the box under "Share BB Code".

We will draw a winner at the beginning of next month for a coupon!! You can use any products in The Lilypad store or retired products from current Lilypad designers, (just make sure you follow our gallery guidelines).

So get those creative thinking caps on, I am SURE you will all come up with some fantastic ideas!

 

I go to bed and look what happens!!! all these beautiful and creative layouts pop into the thread!!! These are simply FANTASTIC girls!!!

 

oooh, some more lovely additions ladies!

 

Fun layout, very vibrant and full of energy! You have such a creative and imaginative mind! Terrific layout!