the visual interview

The final images of my visual interview french fold book —

the visual interview

Revised visual interview document.

french fold mock up

mike's photoshoot

Some photos I took of Mike for the french fold.

french fold sketches

Just some sketches of the layout for the french fold book.

Something I'm really interested in for this project is the concept of refinement through chaos. Simplicity found out of craziness. That's something that I noticed in what I wrote about Mike and from talking to Kelly. That's what my sketches are based on.

mike

The first draft of the words I would put in Mike's bio for our french fold book layout project.

I focus on the simple details.

There’s a refined simplicity about him. He’s clean and neat with his work, his clothing, himself. His self-described loner status adds to his self-described plainness and lack of extravagance. But like it was stated – this simplicity is refined. You can see his interest in fashion; the simplicity in his work describes the way he wants things to be: simple and clean. It’s a contrast to the connotation of his home town, New Orleans. The multiple-weekend-long-seven-stage-various-genre jazz festivals, the purple and gold and green Mardi Gras, the art scene that inspired him to become an artist, starting with graffiti, then photography and fashion. It lead to graphic design, where he could combine all of the things he loved into one field. It might not initally seem that New Orleans is his home town, but there are subtle clues – a slight southernness to his deep-almost-too-deep-to-hear voice, the drive he has to better himself; New Orleans kept him motivated to do better for himself. This is a picture. This is him. This is Mike Batiste.

If I’m going to do it, I’m gonna try to be the best at it. [Graphic Design] is my hobby. I’m always designing. My computer is always running.

The first line is a quote that would start the bio. The paragraph would read together, somewhere within the layout. The last is another quote that finishes the book.

behance

Tucker Love Design

Here's the link to my Behance profile.

This is my profile bio.
I am currently a student in the Graphic Design program at the Kansas City Art Institute. I've lived my whole life in Kansas City and love the city and what it has to offer. One day I hope to be a high school teacher, teaching in the art and journalism areas.

book covers, updated

I made some adjustments to my book covers. It was mentioned that it didn't feel like the covers were separated into thirds — I checked, and they actually were. To try and fix this visual conundrum, I increased the size of the image and moved Jorge's name down in the composition to create a move visually balanced book cover, taking into consideration the white bands along the top and bottom.

book designs, keynote

Simple jogs of my keynote presentation on our book covers

book covers

 

book cover photo sketching, round 2

The nine photos, with a white border -

The Wait

The Zahir

The Immortal