I took photos at the location and then shared them with my group for us to illustrate. We decided to use illustrator to trace our images. We focused predominately on people and we did some close up illustrations that would magnify detail. The purpose of our coloring book was sort of a dedication to the people of Chinatown and Canal street. We wanted to create a simple book in order to have the focus on the people. We left a lot of blank space throughout our book so the person interacting with the book can put as much as their own perspective into the book. My contribution to the project was taking photos for the illustrations in the book, binding the book, and illustrating two spreads. Our intended user is anyone that is interested in Chinatown. I imagine the book being used by all different ages and types of people. The coloring book project connects to the focus of our multiple perspective projects in Seminar because it makes you consider others perspectives and immerse yourself into another culture. In Seminar we had to think about the different aspects of multiple perspectives and how we could write from these different perspectives, in studio we had to look at an entire communities perspective and create illustrations from them. From the critiques I gained a focus on how I intended the final coloring book to turn out. In the beginning I wasn’t sure exactly what the final outcome and idea surrounding it would form but through these critiques I gained a clearer vision. The two final critiques made me feel more confident about our coloring book and it made me realize that our execution work well and fulfilled our intended purpose. With this project I have learned about time management and the steps that have to be taken in order to actually make a book. I have been challenged by the idea of multiple perspectives but have gained the ability to place myself into another community or strangers perspective. With this project I have learned that you can’t always rely on critiques to guide your project in the right direction and you just have to have confidence in what you think the final outcome will be.
