POSTER ONE PROCESS - Fleeting Beauty

The theme for the Poster 1 form and composition. We had to create a composition using repetition, containing only geometric shapes and it had to be in black & white color.

My first poster, 'Fleeting Beauty', was crafted using pigment liners, a permanent marker and a ruler to ensure straight lines and shapes. The image itself explores the very idea of fleeting beauty..My chosen haiku was "A World of Dew" written by Kobayashi Issa.

"A World of Dew

and within every dewdrop

A world of struggle"

(Kobayashi, 2020)

(Haiku Analysis) The first theme I grasped from my understanding of the poem was the fleeting nature of beauty, and beauty being a thing that can come in many forms. The form I chose to depict it was inspired by nature as nature is something beautiful as it blooms and thrives but nevertheless it will always wither away and maybe once again, relive such so like a life cycle.

The process:

(Iterative Studies) First I did some initial visualizations of what fleeting beauty looked like and could be seen from my perspective. This would help me better understand how my ideas and elements worked to signify ideas and themes. I played around with different geometric shapes such as diamonds, points/lines and planes, and positive and negative space.

(Refine) Next I picked an initial concept and tried to refine it and further develop my ideas through adding/removing shapes, adding lines and dots to create texture, repetition and contrast between the background and sign colors i.e. black and white, negative/positive space.

(Feedback/Refinement) After, I got feedback from my peers about which idea stood out more and then continued to refine my poster to show more form and composition.

(Reflection) This lead me to my final poster where I realized as I was exploring proximity, negative/posotive space and contrast I had created an image that showed interelationships and gestalt properties.

If you look at my poster you can see the line direction of the background (horizontal) and the line direction in the diamonds i.e. leaves (radial downward movement) allow us to recognize a difference in the background and sign and therefore simplifies the use of geometric shapes into a depiction of nature. What I mean is that although I used geometric shapes, the eyes can recognise the drawing as a branch hanging over water as you can see the similarity between difference shapes. This also applies to the different black and white line thicknesses ast the bottom of my page because you can see a depth in my drawing and it creates an illusion due to repetition and proximity.

WORKS CITIED:

Faculty of Design, The University of Auckland (2020). DES101 Week 2 Lecture Slides. Retrieved from https://canvas.auckland.ac.nz/courses/45443/pages/week-2-lecture

Faculty of Design, The University of Auckland (2020). DES101 week 2 Tutorial. Retrieved from https://canvas.auckland.ac.nz/courses/45443/pages/week-2-tutorial

Kobayashi Issa (2020). A world of Dew. Retrieved from https://www.readpoetry.com/10-vivid-haikus-to-leave-you-breathless/

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