Crit Feedback

Crit Feedback

Today I had my initial group crit for suggestions on how I can push my designs further and which areas to focus on. Here are the key points that were picked up on during the crit:

Develop the banana sticker concept

At the moment it looks too obvious e.g. the banana illustration/ cartoon. I need to simplify this design by focusing on the sticker aspect of the design, as well as experimenting with featuring the texture a banana as the background. As well a this, I thought it could be interesting to play with the texture of a banana to create an abstracted image. 

Take more inspiration from the kids science kit visuals

In my crit people liked the vintage advertisements for the science kits, and thought it would be interesting to explore these further. For example, I could take pictures of diagrams and overlay them, or photocopy some science text books and play around with collaging? 

Photograph/ make the balloon concept in real life

It was mentioned that the balloon concept looked a bit too photoshopped and flat, so I could try taking photos of a real balloon with vinyl sticker text on it. This would make it more immersive and 3D. I thought I could also try having the back cover a deflated/ popped balloon. 

Make the science kits physically

To push this concept further, it was suggested that I design the cover in more of the style of a vintage science kit, and possibly add a plastic wrap effect on it to make it look more 3D. Also, this would help me develop a wrap around design, which is what I would like to aim to create.

Now that I've received some feedback, I need to start looking into more visual research to inform my ideas and help push them further; I could experiment more with hijacking objects like the banana or science kit object, and test out ways in which I could communicate these ideas. I think at the moment, my designs look a bit too flat and need extra editing and development for a more immersive user experience. I want to also experiment more with adding texture and abstracting images, for example with the texture of a banana; I think I need to visually explore ways of creating images, as well as developing a more striking outcome, yet I need to consider my audiences - will it be too abstract?