This project had me designing a series of posters informing about a new exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry. The three subjects had invented different forms of pathfinding and navigation, and that connected difference is what inspired my concept.
I executed my concept by first modeling and texturing the letters in Adobe Dimensions
Kursat Ceylan is the inventor of the WeWalk cane, a tool to help the visually impaired navigate their surroundings by telling them how far away things are in front of them. Because this invention reads forward only, I represented Kursat in one point perspective.
Claudius Ptolemy was the innovator behind latitude and longitude. His work allowed the consistent navigation around our planet and is used today more than ever. Because latitude and longitude represent two dimensions, I represented his work in two point perspective.
Gladys West was the innovator behind and the calculator for the algorithms behind GPS. Because GPS is fundamentally three dimensional, I represented her work in three point perspective.
The letterforms and planes were painstakingly constructed using in Adobe Dimensions, utilizing materials both to texture the letters and to add the shading and highlights onto the surface of the planes, shining through after texturing later.
From there I imported the files to Photoshop, and used the Object Selection Masks generated by Dimensions to make accurate selections, used Illustrator to add the vector shapes, then went back into Photoshop to add the relevant map image into the rectangles. Blending modes were used to integrate the images into the scenes' lighting.
The next year I was tasked with animating one of the posters from the previous project. I chose Gladys West, as I felt it was the most successful.