For my project, I decided to use the quote “Never let go of your dreams” which later due to the design changed to “Dreams, never let go of yours”. I had seen the original quote a while ago from a book my favorite English teacher from high school gave me and I had always liked the quote and so I decided to use it for this project. Since the minute I decided my quote, I already had an idea of what type of photo I wanted to use for this project. I knew I had to find a photograph of a small child preferably holding on to balloon as a metaphor of someone holding on to their dream like the balloon. I was rather surprised how difficult it was for me to find a photo in Google I wanted to use, I thought it was going to be a bit easier. Once I did, I was glad I found the girl not just holding one balloon but many. A dream is more than just one idea, but it comes with many different parts to it that matter just as any other.

During our critique of our drafts, the professor brought a good point on the position of the quote in the photo is not very creative and is just sort of posted on top of the photo. I am still messing with the position and design of the letters in the quote to make it look more integrated into the design. The idea from the start is a simple one, so I do not expect to do anything too complicated with the words, but I will continue to manipulate their weights and positioning around the photograph to make the design stronger.