Deciding to return to my original plans of creating a "know before you grow" swatch book, I used black paper to cut out 100 moustache designs.
As oppossed to purely focusing on celebrity moustaches, as I had previously been doing, I decided to be more inventive, taking inspiration from celebrities, and my own imagination- creating names based upon several factors- including aesthetic similarities between the moustache styles and other objects.
The 100 moustache names are as followed... (in no particular order)
1. The Cornish Pasty.
2. The Lemmy.
3. The Rounded Toothbrush.
4. The Stretched Handlebar.
5. The Porcupine.
6. The Marshal.
7. The Captain Hook.
8. The Cappuccino Stain.
9. The Brucey Bonus.
10. The Dustpan Brush.
11. The Gypsy Punk.
12. The Captain.
13. The Chimney Sweep.
14. The Jumbo Pencil.
15. The Squirrel.
16. The Pringles Man.
17. The Water Lily.
18. The Chuckle Brother.
19. The Clapper Board.
20. The Cigarette.
21. The Sheriff.
22. The Stallion.
23. The Permanent Marker.
24. The Pilot.
25. The Einstein.
26. The King Charles.
27. The Pre-Raphaelite.
28. The Palm.
29. The Mugabe.
30. The Crinkle- Cut.
31. The Weight-Lifter.
32. The Bracket.
33. The Parasol.
34. The Fox's Tail.
35. The Dictator.
36. The Chunky Fu.
37. The Tidal Wave.
38. The Nostril Warmer.
39. The Grandpa.
40. The Dainty Horseshoe.
41. The Condensed Curl.
42. The Valley.
43. The Drawn Curtain.
44. The English Gentleman.
45. The Mexican.
46. The Caricature Handlebar.
47. The YMCA.
48. The Chunky Dali.
49. The Aged Wrestler.
50. The Nietzsche.
51. The Mini Manchu.
52. The Curly-Wurly.
53. The Au Naturel.
54. The Slug.
55. The Hulk.
56. The Fancy Flare.
57. The Professor.
58. The Cupid's Bow.
59. The Super Mario.
60. The Vampire.
61. The Candelabra.
62. The Afro.
63. The Orwellian.
64. The Zappa.
65. The Chunky Handlebar.
66. The Paintbrush.
67. The French Handlebar.
68. The Magician.
69. The Tufty Club.
70. The Flavour Saver.
71. The Dainty Dali.
72. The Dad.
73. The Groucho.
74. The Dandy Gentleman.
75. The Tweak.
76. The Walrus.
77. The Mini 'Mo.
78. The Distinguished Gentleman.
79. The Cuban Cigar.
80. The Winged Crimp.
81. The Winged Chevron.
82. The Ladie's Man.
83. The Dick Dastardly.
84. The Poirot.
85. The Oldboy.
86. The Curve and Swoop.
87. The Hungarian.
88. The Bristle Brush.
89. The Samurai.
90. The Freestyle Dandy.
91. The Droopy Handlebar.
92. The Director.
93. The (Ned) Flanders.
94. The Flicked Flare.
95. The Milk Moustache.
96. The Italian.
97. The Rocker.
98. The Pirate.
99. The Chaplin.
100. The Revolutionary.
and a few spares for good measure...
101. The Crimped Horseshoe.
102. The Butterfly.
103. The Chin Tickler.
104.The Teenage Tweak.
After randomly selecting one of the paper moustaches, I scanned the cut-out and applied it to live trace, as I had done with previous cut-out moustaches in the design ideas stage of the project.
As well as scanning the paper cut, I also illustrated a design (top, above) to give the illusion of hair. However, I much preferred the scanned paper-cut, as within a series, there would be far more continuity and order in this method, the illustrations running the risk of looking a little messy or child-like in combination with the text and format that I hoped to use.
The final page design- once again, using helvetica for the title with counters filled, this time using century schoolbook font for my description, and with the centre-aligned moustache with a "cut out and keep" dashed line around it.
In reflection, I much prefer this design to my previous illustrative one- it is far clearer, simpler and I believe will be far more effective in it's visual communication.
The final design for the front cover- as of yet, I am unsure whether to print this too on acetate, or thick card- more tactile and clear distinction between the cover and the swatch sheets?
Design for the back cover- once again, fitting the design style.
Like my concertina books, I may find, when layering my designs together (with a piece of card in between each acetate sheet to break up the designs and have a clearer distinction between styles).
(Below) Further designs and styles- I feel far more confident about these designs, and really hope they are as clear and as effective as I hope...
After printing several of these designs on my home printer on acetate sheets I found several problems- I don't know which element it was- the acetate sheets, my printer, or the fact that I had to print in jpeg format (sadly, I don't have Adobe Illustrator installed at home!) - though I suspect it was all three.
In anticipation for my progress assessment session tomorrow afternoon, I hope to have developed many more designs, and to have printed many examples to showcase, printed with the Uni resources.
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