As an exercise in Applied Design, our class was asked to go through a thumbnail process and arrive at two solutions to a 2 page spread documenting ourselves.
After the sketching process, these were the two layouts I decided upon.
No.1: This solution uses pink and blue ( I love bright colours), and relies on balance and illustrated icons, which I am also a frequent user of. All elements are evenly spaced out in terms of attention and focus. Because of my background in the sciences, I am a big proponent of clear lists and organization of information. In this spread I tried to capture that ideal with an almost infographic approach to the problem, attempting to minimize text and employ icons as often as I could.
No.2: This design is not as cute, and has a more dramatic layout, with the portrait and travel elements blown up to a larger size for pulling attention in a more exaggerated fashion. Despite initially loving the first layout, I decided on this one as the final design because it created a better flow. I especially enjoyed blowing up the icons for Montreal and Vancouver, because of the sense of movement the dotted arrow created. Ultimately, easy communication is the most important thing to me, and this layout was the most effective in this sense. Again, I used circles as the main design shape because I find them very visually inviting and easier to work with. Colour still plays a role, but I attempted to make it more muted than in the first design.
Tear-Knee Design 