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Portraiture & Likeness The likeness is strong and you can clearly see it’s the character. The face structure and propor7ons are right and the bone structure looks good. The best parts are the eyes and the cheekbones, as I think they’re really the key to the likeness and are the parts I worked hardest to get right. One issue is that I think my portrait makes her face slightly thinner and less round. The lips a 7ghter then her actual lips, and don’t reach the same width. The jaw line is also slightly more angular then her face, and the 7p of the jaw more pronounced. This makes my portrait ever so slightly more pinched and sharp then her actual face. I also think the nose doesn’t quite work. I don’t think I got the shading right and so it doesn't liB up and seems a too flat. Composi2on I like the contrast between the two sides in composi7on, as it draws the eye. The way one half is more based on the orange light, and the other built around the star graphics. The upper leB hand side looks a bit empty. I’m not sure weather it works or not, on the one hand it works contras7ng the busy right side and leaving some breathing room, and the rendering of the clouds keeps it interes7ng so it’s not totally empty. On the other hand it does draw the eye a bit as the only area of the cover without a dis7nct image. I’m not en7rely happy with the posi7oning of the font. Whilst it looks nice centered, and somewhat epic due to the fact that most movie posters or books will center the text, it might be beFer placed up in the leB in that empty zone. However up in the leB it could throw off the composi7on of the contras7ng sides, as well as clash with the logo. Typography The font is Trajan Pro, and I think it works well; it fits in with the cold and elegant and mys7c design of the cover. The tracking is quite 7ght, with all the leFers quite close together. Whilst I think that works with the font, I should have experimented a bit more, as I now wonder if more spaced out tracking might suit the open and mys7c night sky concept. Strengths and Weaknesses Evaluation

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Portraiture  &  Likeness

The  likeness  is  strong  and  you  can  clearly  see  it’s  the  character.  The  face  structure  and  propor7ons  are  right  and  the  bone  structure  looks  good.  The  best  parts  are  the  eyes  and  the  cheekbones,  as  I  think  they’re  really  the  key  to  the  likeness  and  are  the  parts  I  worked  hardest  to  get  right.    

One  issue  is  that  I  think  my  portrait  makes  her  face  slightly  thinner  and  less  round.  The  lips  a  7ghter  then  her  actual  lips,  and  don’t  reach  the  same  width.  The  jaw  line  is  also  slightly  more  angular  then  her  face,  and  the  7p  of  the  jaw  more  pronounced.  This  makes  my  portrait  ever  so  slightly  more  pinched  and  sharp  then  her  actual  face.

I  also  think  the  nose  doesn’t  quite  work.  I  don’t  think  I  got  the  shading  right  and  so  it  doesn't  liB  up  and  seems  a  too  flat.  

Composi2on

I  like  the  contrast  between  the  two  sides  in  composi7on,  as  it  draws  the  eye.  The  way  one  half  is  more  based  on  the  orange  light,  and  the  other  built  around  the  star  graphics.

The  upper  leB  hand  side  looks  a  bit  empty.  I’m  not  sure  weather  it  works  or  not,  on  the  one  hand  it  works  contras7ng  the  busy  right  side  and  leaving  some  breathing  room,  and  the  rendering  of  the  clouds  keeps  it  interes7ng  so  it’s  not  totally  empty.  On  the  other  hand  it  does  draw  the  eye  a  bit  as  the  only  area  of  the  cover  without  a  dis7nct  image.

I’m  not  en7rely  happy  with  the  posi7oning  of  the  font.  Whilst  it  looks  nice  centered,  and  somewhat  epic  due  to  the  fact  that  most  movie  posters  or  books  will  center  the  text,  it  might  be  beFer  placed  up  in  the  leB  in  that  empty  zone.  However  up  in  the  leB  it  could  throw  off  the  composi7on  of  the  contras7ng  sides,  as  well  as  clash  with  the  logo.

Typography

The  font  is  Trajan  Pro,  and  I  think  it  works  well;  it  fits  in  with  the  cold  and  elegant  and  mys7c  design  of  the  cover.    The  tracking  is  quite  7ght,  with  all  the  leFers  quite  close  together.  Whilst  I  think  that  works  with  the  font,  I  should  have  experimented  a  bit  more,  as  I  now  wonder  if  more  spaced  out  tracking  might  suit  the  open  and  mys7c  night  sky  concept.  

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The  leading  could  also  do  with  improvement  as  the  top  line  is  close  to  the  second,  but  the  third  line  has  more  spacing,  making  it  look  like  it’s  driBing.  The  way  it  has  different  leading  from  the  top  line  breaks  symmetry  and  basic  consistency  and  is  quite  off  puMng  to  look  at.  This  is  the  main  thing  about  the  typography  I  would  want  to  change.

I  think  I  should  have  made  it  blend  a  bit  more,  making  it  slightly  transparent  like  the  lines  of  the  images  in  the  stars,  or  making  the  colour  bluer.  I  tried  to  make  the  font  prominent  with  the  colour  and  the  tracking,  but  now  I  think  this  was  a  bit  of  mistake.  Looking  at  other  LWL  covers  the  issue  7tle  can  some7mes  be  very  integrated  and  some7mes  even  quite  hidden,  like  on  the  ‘Shame’  cover.  I  think  I  made  it  to  bold  and  obvious.

Colour

The  colours  fit  well  blue  and  orange  being  complimentary  colours.  They  work  together  as  well  as  contras7ng;  a  look  of  hot  and  cold  bouncing  off  each  other  that  makes  the  cover  pop  and  draws  the  eye.  The  blue  and  orange  colour  scheme  7es  in  with  the  consistent  colour  scheme  for  the  Hunger  games;  a  warm  burnt  orange,  with  a  cold  metallic  blue.  The  warm  glow  also  slightly  evokes  fire.  

The  colours  really  7e  in  with  both  the  'Catching  Fire'  film  and  the  concept  of  the  cover.  The  image  is  based  on  the  more  mythic  

nature  of  the  Hunger  Games,  mainly  with  parallels  that  can  be  drawn  with  the  Greek  Goddess  Artemis,  and  the  way  the  character  of  Katniss  becomes  a  sort  of  legendary  figure  in  the  story.  So  I  think  the  colours  very  nicely  use  both  magical  images  of  Greek  myth  I  found  as  inspira7on,  as  well  as  the  colours  of  the  film.

The  orange  could  be  more  integrated  into  the  cover.  It's  not  quite  clear  that  the  moon  is  the  source  of  light,  as  the  moon  it's  self  is  quite  dark  with  no  outer  glow.  Brightening  up  the  moon  would  have  helped  colour  as  well  as  composi7on,  as  it  would  have  been  a  pure  orange  center,  with  the  glow  coming  off  of  it  into  the  rest  of  the  image.    It  could  also  be  a  bit  stronger  in  the  clouds.  I  tried  to  dim  the  orange  in  the  background  to  accentuate  the  face,  however  it  might  liB  it  off  the  background  just  a  bit  too  much.  I  struggled  with  weather  to  make  the  orange  really  bold  and  contras7ng,  or  soBer  and  more  blended.  This  middle  ground  I  ended  up  with  looks  a  bit  too  muddled  and  murky.

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