Okido Project

Okido Project

My project set by Okido involved creating a mini project booklet that can be sold at the Okido shop in Brixton, and the final project which is a page or two that could go in the Okido childrens magazine.

I started off with simple sketches set in a storyboard layout so the book would be simple and easy to follow. We were given a list of subjects that the information in the mini project book would be based around because its an educational magazine for children. I chose 'living things' and decided to focus on the transformation of a catipillar to a butterfly.

Once i finished all the sketches I then scanned in the images and edited them on photoshop to fit the right size and layout so it will be able to fold in the right places when i make the actual book. I added colour to them and kept some of the drawn lines to give it a 'drawn out by hand' feel. I also kept the colours basic and minimum as the target audience age group was between 2 and 5 year olds.

These images were then placed onto an a4 sheet of paper together and folded into a small a7 sized booklet. (if a7 is a real official paper size)..

The Final Project

For the final project I had lots of initial ideas about what to do but thought that following on from the mini project would be good. I wanted to design a colouring page or a pattern of some sort that could go in the book. I started off with similar images to start off with and added things to them so they were drawn out better and looked more finished. I then got them made into stamps at staples and stamped them onto an a3 bit of paper creating a really nice printed effect that i wouldnt have got from using photoshop.

After experimenting with four different layouts, I chose one final one and edited it on photoshop to give it a more finished look.

This was the final image I produced for the okido magazine. The page itself didnt give alot of information or was as educational. I did design an extra page with matching butterflies and had information about the different species but Rachel Ortas who assesed this project mentioned that the pattern itself is eye catching and quite bold on its own that I didnt have to have additional pages with it.