Science Fiction - Initial Ideas, Evaluation and Idea Development



I started coming up with some initial ideas for this Poster which would advertise an exhibit about life on earth, on mars in the future. The idea was to create something very evocative of the planet earth, emphasising water and nature, 2 aspects which would definitely be less existent on Mars in the future. The poster was supposed to be fluid and kind of illustrative, and feel very human and organic, with a touch of sci-fi inspired visuals to represent the future it was hypothetically made in. 






After some self evaluation and peer feedback, I have decided to develop my ideas more and look to create something different for this sci-fi inspired product, for the following reasons:

  • The idea felt too convoluted, a poster for an exhibition on mars in the future, when humans now live on mars, and the exhibition is about when humans used to live on earth, it makes sense and within my research, it was a logical step, however considering the finished result, I want it to be more accessible to someone who is seeing it for the first time.
  • I want it to be more linked to science fiction. Fundamentally, this is a science fiction research project, and although this product would have almost been an item of science fiction itself, by extrapolating this idea of colonising mars and speculating a future there, I would like it too be more linked or representative of some examples of science fiction, and more rooted within this source material. I think by doing this, it would also be more accessible. 
  • Thinking personally and practically, I didn’t have the illustrative skills to create the poster I was picturing in my head. Something I remember from PPP when Commission studio was talking to us was the amount of people they collaborate with; illustrators and photographers etc. And if these skills that they are providing form a large component of the brief, it doesn’t mean the outcome is any less yours, it just means you have to accept your own skill base, and where applicable, work with someone such as an illustrator, to provide skills that you simply can’t drop as well. I think if this was a project that I was undertaking as a professional, this outcome would have looked really great if I had worked with an illustrator, but unfortunately that is not an option at this moment in time. 

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