Our final project of the semester was to create a 20 page booklet with compositions representing either the seven heavenly virtues or the seven deadly sins. I chose to represent the virtues and that each virtue has a human hand incorporated. I collected inspiration and ideas on my Dropmark.
The project was printed by the Newspaper Club in Glasgow UK on 55GSM improved paper. Though I did select the paper upgrade of 80GSM bright recycled.
The requirements for each composition;
Chastity - an analogue collage - photographed or scanned.
Temperance - Letter forms only. Typographic solution, type as image.
Charity - personal full-color photo(s) incorporating a model
Diligence - personal photo(s) in duotone
Patience - photographed object
Kindness - found photograph (full color/B/W) and hand lettered text (raster or vector)
Humility - constructed image - all elements and word in single photo
Temperance - Letter forms only. Typographic solution, type as image.
Charity - personal full-color photo(s) incorporating a model
Diligence - personal photo(s) in duotone
Patience - photographed object
Kindness - found photograph (full color/B/W) and hand lettered text (raster or vector)
Humility - constructed image - all elements and word in single photo
Cover of the tabloid. This photo was taken at Hillsdale lake.
The temperance spread required quite a bit of small edits and changes to get the final look. I experimented quite a bit with different fonts styles and sizes to ensure the words are legible and have the right feel that I was attempting.
Kindness was the inspiration for the overall theme of this tabloid. Once I reviewed the specifics of the project I knew that the photo of my dad's hands was what I wanted to use to represent kindness.
The inspiration for Humility started with a quote from C.S. Lewis "Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less." I used letter dice to create the word humility, with the middle two letters set up to also read as humanity.
Here is a flipbook of the complete tabloid.
