In this project, we were asked to create three visuals based on any quote that we found relatable. With specific directions and measurements, liberty was given to create a piece that spoke to the mind, the heart, but most importantly the eye. With everything going on in the world, a quote the stood out to me was “It’s always the right time to do something right”; words spoken by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Version 1
In Illustrator, I placed my clock on a simple black and white border symbolizing the times that Dr. King spoke to crowds of white and black Americans. The red text captures the eye and is led clockwise as it’s read. The green checkmark substitutes traditional clocks’ hands.
I decided to add a little color to this version. I quite liked how the brush stroke looked in my sketch and I wanted to bring that element into my final version of this series. I deliberately placed the hour and minute hand on the words always and right to put emphasis on this call to action. Making the piece colorful gives it a more energetic feel.
Version 2
As a floral designer, I wanted to bring in that element to this piece while trying to convey the message through this image. Here, I used Photoshop and Indesign to create the visual. I still wanted to speak to the essence of the quote by staying with the black and white theme in the photo of the hand and putting emphasis on the rose that is growing out of the palm. I wanted the words to accompany the image, showing the beauty of the rose growing out of an open palm, symbolizing the strength and beauty we possess when we do something right for and to ourselves and one another.
Here I filled the page up with falling petals giving some movement to the page. Instead of my attribution off to the side, I placed Dr. Kings’ name in the middle allow the reader to follow the hierarchy of this quote; what’s being said and who said it as opposed to having the attribute off to the side as a distant thought.
Version 3
My third image features and hours glass with the text as the sand that passes through to the other end. I decided to use the words as the sand because each grain that is funneled through, is an opportunity to do right by someone or something. Instead of just adding text, I manipulated the words to mimic the form that the sand would make being poured from the top and collected at the bottom.
In this version. I decided to add a little more color and my version of a Lei. While Dr. King marched in Selma he and a few others wore leis. The Hawaiian floral adornment is symbolic of love and was brought over by a few native Hawaiians who believed in Dr. Kings approach to nonviolent protests. It’s only appropriate to dawn a lei in this visual quote because it pays homage to what Dr. King believed in as well as nodding to an actual moment in time.
