We had to do five thumbnails for the front of the pamphlet and five thumbnails for the back of the pamphlet. The pamphlet is to advertise for Walt Disney's hometown of Marceline, MO. We are using 8.5 x 14 inch paper to fold into a booklet or into a four fold pamphlet that fits into a number 10 envelope. This time the process of the thumbnails was easier for me, I was able to use the bleed and color specs for the project. The thumbnail that Stephanie and I chose is a booklet style that has giant Mickey Mouse ears across both the pages. I placed a map in one of the ears and also had the pull quote following the curve of the ear. The inside will be most of the writing about the attractions in Marceline. The background is a bright yellow, and both of the pages bleed. I will have the mouse ears be a tint of black and will probably lighten the yellow so it is not to bright. If I have enough room after copy fitting I might place some pictures of the attractions into the layout. The outside of the booklet will either be a picture of Walt Disney World's castle with people standing out front and the back page would have a picture of Walt Disney with the other attractions. My other option for the front would be to have a star with the "When you wish upon a star..." song around the outside and then Marceline large to advertise the town and then also have Walt Disney's hometown and the quote on the front page. The back page would have the other attractions with star bullets to tie in the front and back. Once again if there is enough room I would put in a picture or a graphic.
As I was getting ready to design my thumbnails I started to make a list of what I think of when I hear the word Disney. I made a list of the different ideas I thought of. They included some of the following, Mickey and Mini Mouse, When you wish upon a star, An adventure of you lifetime, Where dreams come true, and many more. I also wrote down all of the specs and the extra things that were to be included. I drew out some different layout ideas and ways to fold the paper. Then I started on my pencil sketches. I probably worked on those for a few hours before going through and choosing my top five fronts and top five backs. I then came up with the size of the thumbnail, I decided to do a fourth of the full size (2.125 x 3.5 inches). Once I started drawing my better thumbnails I decided on the colors to use. I also did some research on the internet of pictures and graphic, and came up with some grid layouts.
Post a Comment