Magnet
Magnet
In this project we had to create a magnet set to be displayed on a hanging shelf. This magnet was to be a figure of ourselves and our name was to be part of the headline. There had to be at least three magnet accessories.
The Games Aileen Plays is a self portrait magnet set. This was to bring your personality to life with color and graphics. With a pun on words this title relates to actual games played by myself and friends.
Design Process
Sketches & Doodles
From the brainstorming I chose to go with a karaoke, sports, and games theme. I came up with Aileen Rocks Karaoke, Aileen Plays Ball, and The Games Aileen Plays. I have a lot of interest thinking of them I wear myself out! What was challenging was picking three to five objects to also make into magnets. The sport one was easy to pick the objects but I what I chose for the background made it difficult. I really liked the background for the karaoke one but I seemed that the figure of myself was going to be the difficult part. The games one was the best all around.
Intermediates
I moved forward with the sports theme and the games theme. I like the headline for the game theme even though I didn't have a background sketched out. I knew I was going to go with a mixture of dice and cards and maybe picture that we had drawn on one of our game nights with friends.
Research & Brainstorming
I searched the internet and also looked at previous students work to get some inspiration on what my subjects where going to be. I search paper dolls like suggested and also looked at magnets. I like to collect magnets for the fridge of places I have been. I also print favorite photos and add magnet to them for the fridge.
Final Hand
I moved forward with the games theme. I created a pattern with dice, a picture from pictionary, and all of the suits from the cards.
Color Studies
I didn’t do a color study. Since this was to be all about me I knew I was going with a purple and maybe yellow. Turs out that orange was a better fit with the purple I chose and the rest was history!