The Old Maid

For our final project we made a list of: 5 specific events in your life, 5 people who have influenced your creativity, 5 inanimate objects that you keep around your workspace, 10 activities you do to stimulate creativity and 1 thing that hinders your creativity. Our challenge was to "personify" everything listed and create playing cards much like that of The Old Maid game. My game is called Mistress of Self Doubt.

The Mistress of Self Doubt represents the internal battle of thinking nothing is ever good enough and doubting you can branch out and succeed at different artistic styles and aesthetics.

This set of cards represents influential people that have influenced my designs.

This set of cards represents important objects I use on a regular basis.

This set of cards represents influential events that have shaped my design aesthetic.

This set of cards represents activities that help me stay focused and provide inspiration to my designs.

The card box was designed in a morose style representing the effects from the Mistress of Self Doubt.

The back of the card is a tartan pattern reflecting my Scottish heritage and the influence my country has in my life.

  

The Bard

For our assignment this week we have been hired by the Royal Shakespeare Company to develop a program cover for one of Shakespeare's plays, I chose Macbeth. The program cover was designed by my pseudonym, Gladys Hoachin.

Gladys did not want to use obvious symbolism from the play such as witches, crowns or daggers. She chose to create a rough, stylized forest which relates to the prophecy given to Macbeth by the three witches that he will remain safe until "Birnam wood comes to Dunsinane Castle." However, this prophecy depicts Macbeth's demise when the English army advances on Dunsinane shielded with boughs cut from Birnam wood. The hand drawn text of Macbeth is supposed to represent the roots of trees. Gladys chose red for the background color for a number of reasons: it represents anger, revenge and the blood stained battle field where Macbeth is beheaded by Macduff.