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•OHSO CASSIE.
{♥}la dolce vita. the sweet life.


Me, Myself and I
Thursday, February 12, 2009
last written on: 9:19 AM ♥
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Drama Queen

I'm big on expressions and I've been in theater ever since I was 9 years old. In fact, when I asked my friends to describe in a word, the responses I received were "energetic", "expressive", "dramatic", "passionate".

Thus I decided that I would use the theme of drama to express who I am. I thought that theater masks are iconic to drama and theater.



It is something that people can easily identify as drama and theater. I drew inspiration from these theater masks.

However, I didn't just want the notion of me to be one dimensional. As a person, we are all made up of dynamic nuances and I think its important to showcase all of these elements of me this assignment.

For the purpose of this assignment, I decided to go by my short form name, CASS.

These are some of my thumbnails.



I don't like idea 1 because my name looks like 2 different entities, Ca and ss. However, I was trying to show a split in the emotions like sadness versus happiness. I didn't like the bodies because it is a bit literal rather than representative.

I like idea 2 because my name is seamlessly put into the shapes of the mouths of the masks. In addition, it does show the theatrical side, the freedom of expression (the free flowing ribbons) and the variety of emotions (the 4 different identifiable faces).

I like the free flowing ribbons and feel of idea 3 but it doesn't seem to show the vibrancy. It looks a bit too relax and not dramatic which should be the main point of the essence of me.

Idea 4 is using my name as the outline of the teeth in a smile. Doesn't seem very creative and still doesn't show much of my nuances.

Therefore, I chose idea 2 and developed it further.

I tried to put the elements I liked from idea 3 and 4 in as well. The freedom of the ribbons signifying the freedom of emotions as well as the smile, which makes the picture more holistic and less forced and deliberate and balanced.



I decided to go with the second rough because I feel that there's more flow and balance to it. The ribbons serve a purpose and are not for decorative purposes like in the first one and it incorporates the nuances in design appropriately.

Thus, this is my final.



I chose this final prototype for the following reasons:

1. It is vibrant, in terms of color and it expresses my dramatic nature.
2. It is relevant. There are 4 emotions that are the most common emotions and are easily identifiable.
3. The freedom of flow is also expressed through the free flowing ribbons. This is to represent free expression.

This final prototype represents the essence of me.





Cassandra ♥


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