Design Ideas

So after presenting my idea to the class I started to come up with some ideas of how style and layout my book. After never creating an iBook before and knowing little about the topic of iBooks I looked on the Internet to find some inspiration with Book Covers using their colour schemes and font choices.

So I found this Poster for an Ad campaign about dumping rubbish into the Ocean, as the main theme of the poster is about Oceans i really liked this idea that the designer had used for this poster. I like the simple colours that are used and how it is really effective. I think the poster is eye catching as it uses colour as the main concept so it would stand out from wherever it would be posted. I also like the contrast of the white objects against the background so it makes the rubbish stand out and makes all the illustrations the designer has used in the poster easy to see, even though there is little detail on the illustrations it is still clear what they are.

I like the font the designer has used here as it is very simple Sans Serif but it is very bold again making it stand out. I think for an Ocean theme choosing a font can be quite difficult. So a Font i would choose would be one that is readable and clear to the viewer.

Here is another Poster i found which is possibly for the same campaign as the last poster. Again i really like this style of design as it is very simple and minimal and it goes with the term Less is more, which i try to apply to my designs without making it too simple to the point it is basic and looks like minimal effort.

When trying to find examples of interactive iBooks on the internet, i couldnt find any noteworthy examples, and if there were any they would be on the App Store for a price. I found this uninspiring as there isnt a market yet for iBooks that are truly interactive for people to learn from. Hopefully within the future there will be a great market as i truly see potential for it to happen.

iBook Presentation

This is my iBook Presentation i pitched to the class today, overall i went over the different topics of what i was going to include in terms of research. I still haven't created anything i terms of design or included mock ups yet, this will be my next step and i will start drawing some potential ideas in my sketchbook. Overall the presentation got positive feedback, the main criticism i received was a lot of people believed that i have too much content to include and that i should cut it down. Personally i agree with that and it is much easier to shorten content down rather than having too little content and having to research and come up with some new ideas. My next blog post will be about creating design ideas and  the start of creating my iBook

Research into chosen subject

So for this assignment i had been given the chosen subject of Oceans. I was happy with this subject because it is a broad subject where i have lots of different subjects to talk about in my iBook.

To start off with i sorted different ideas and subjects into chapters and sections.

I decided on 4 main chapters of my book which will be: Main Oceans, Animals, Tidal Activity and Myths and Legends.

Within each chapters i will include a minimum of 4 sections based on the Chapter, for example with the Animals i will include a section about Sharks and the different species of Sharks such as the Great White, Tiger and Hammerhead.

I'm excited to start creating my iBook as i am enjoying the research and personally enjoy the chosen subject of Oceans as it is a broad subject and there is a lot of information to learn about so i will have a decent amount of content to include.