Design ideas for the final two pages.

I have sketched theses designs for the final double page that will be opened up in my publication. I felt that considering so far my designs are fairly information and text based that a large double page spread that showed an illustration or image to help with road safety. As you can see from the images below the progression of my ideas changed slightly as I was drawing I tried to refine it as best I could so when using Indesign I knew exactly what to do.

These are my six design ideas that progressed and changed as a drew each one. I wanted to try and look at creating an illustration like the animation I have analysed using the same level of detail in type and colour as the Weapons of Reason magazine by Human After All. I began by trying to use the character Marvin the robot from the films and book that is famous for having a pessimistic point of view. Using this character allows me to use a particular tone of voice and he is a recognisable and interesting icon of the film that viewers would recognise. I wanted to use Marvin in the middle of the road with a evil and scary looking car about to hit him. I then created a much more type based and direct designs that informs the viewer to STOP LOOK LISTEN and THINK before they cross the road. I then took this into a more illustrative design with more of a landscape. At this point I had an idea about using different parts of the landscape like the road, clouds and refection of the car to make up the words. Doing this would create something much more engaging and inviting but at the same time displaying an important message. 

I created these much larger drawings of my text designs this allowed me to plan out the shapes of each letter and when designing in Indesign and Illustrator I would have a reference point to work with.