Study Task 8 - Practical exploration experiments

The idea of these ideas was to challenge the way packaging is perceived in terms of design choices and the audience associated with it in terms of gender. I wanted to explore this in a practical sense by looking at packaging and the impact it can make with just simple adjustments.

These are the first set I'd made just to explore the type I could use and also looking at the likelihood of the functionality and presentation.

With this as a starting point I went on to look at different ways i could make these pieces stronger, such as looking more into composition and colour ect. 

I had the idea of making a gender neutral packaging idea however I feel as if thats been seen before a lot and I'd much rather prefer to look at appealing to another demographic while focusing on another entirely and exploring the perception and technique of this and also relating to the content described in my essay with the main theme of gender roles.

I always like looking at something that is unconventional or makes the audience think about something a bit more and thats the aim I have with this work.

Experimenting with colour:

The outcome of experimenting with colour sampled from a mens perfume bottle and the font used. The appearance is very minimal and bold. I like the outcome of this but I feel it could of been stronger with a rough texture placed somewhere or used in a clipping mask with the text.

Poster & Advertising ideas:

On the topic of looking at gender I wanted to explore the possibility of challenging 

I really like the outcome of this and the message its able to give with just image and text. I wanted it to be bold and make a loud statement without much explanation and I think thats what this image has achieved.

For this I used a internet found image, but photography is something I'd like to become stronger with and put more thought into when looking at making work stronger and look into more techniques of communication.

A section of my essay I looked at an image called "are you beach body ready?" which featured a very slim model used to advertise a protein product for fitness. It was an ad that had a lot of controversy surrounding it and a lot of responses and discussion about body image.

This piece I've made serves as my own response to the slender image we're often sold in advertising and other media so often. With more time I would of liked to used my own image and explore different outcomes.

Experimenting with phrasing (thought it might sound too personal and maybe feminine when put in context?)

I also did another version of this work which was illustration based.

It's very bright and bold in the way its presented, I've tried to push myself in the style of work I make and make a bolder statement. I like the outcome of this but I'm not sure its as strong as the photographic image with text version.