Sustained Investigation
2021-2022 

I started this spread with the idea of making it a fashion spread that focused around a specific theme of clothing, and I combined that idea with the desire to make a spread honoring Aretha Franklin, one of the most influential faces in music history. I also wanted to explore texture, because it’s something I’ve wanted to work on as an artist lately. 

     As seen, I began with only making one page, because the original idea was to have all clothing ideas based on Aretha’s style, but I later revised the piece to include her face and some of her songs in text form. I think making this piece into a spread added a lot to the composition and how the piece draws the eye around the page. I also changed the stagnant red boxes into a more flowy, swirly pattern in order to add some movement to the piece and tie it together a bit more. 

     Overall, I really enjoyed creating this piece and I like how it turned out a lot. If I did it over I would want to find a way to make the “Respect” title go behind her head as it is without the bottom half being completely obscured. The organization on the right page could also be a little bit more thought out, but I hope that by adding the right page the organization was balanced out.