(B7) Research Brief: Refining Imagery/Concept

Scans of Sudokus:
- Thinking about showing the human element, editing to remove pre printed sections and keep the notation marks.

Including these in imagery:

- Layers of confusion, not sure why the image is there, looks like it's within the book but isn't.

- Edited the sudoku book so it doesn't contain any printed matter (apart from the grid) but it incorporates the human marks left on the page.

- Really like the scribble and notation marks that aren't related to the puzzle but just are there. 

- Again communicating a sense of confusion the numbers have been taken out of the grid and they look very out of place.

- Same as above in approach but really don't like the look of the numbers like this, they make too much of a connection to the puzzle than the human aspect.

- Feel the other notation marks were more interesting to include. 

Wider thinking:

- Overlap of location and puzzle (new imagery of sudoku completion in different location with more light). 

- There's something intimate about the photography of someones bes, feels very personal.

- Highlighting the location of completing a sudoku through the textures and overlays. 

- Presenting the different photographs, lighting differents communicates a different tone.

- The top image has much more light, less grid, appears more peaceful.

- The bottom image is darker but the sudoku book is light, demonstrating this idea of focus and concentration when other stuff is happening around you. 

- Showcasing the different hand movements, very organised, structured. 

- Demonstrating the process and the thought over the actions. 

Thinking about the curation of the publication.

- Need to start placing images into book to see the narrative, easier to work through the book when creating it than trying to make images fit. 

- Keep the process natural and allow the direction to evolve with what's working in terms of tone. 

Video of book:

The imagery can become very overwhelming very quickly when made large the impact is rather intense since the imagery is quite dark.
Some of it becomes repetitive since the images of hands with sudoku is used a lot, need to think about ways of incorporating more images, could go with the location images but the issue is these don't communicate as much about the human aspect, they still feel very cold as an image.

Finding the human aspect of sudoku most interesting, should focus on this to develop more images and then use these in conjunction with other images to develop a stronger process. 

A - Could isolate the movements, repeat these with hands only, no pen, book and capture the movement.
B - Isolate the notation marks that aren't related to the puzzle.
C- Note points of hand placement when holding sudoku book and emphasise these on the publication. 

A - Movements:

Could use this imagery to highlight the human side, the movement.

It's interesting seeing the two next to each other, they appear more meticulous and human, really excited to see how these work within the book. 

B - Notation Marks:

- Removing the grids from the sudoku books and leaving the not marks I made around the edges with my pen. 

Adding images over the top.

- Not a fan of the way this is looking, the book in a book vibe is not something I want to bring to this project. 

- Could isolate the marks and add them to the pages of the publication? 

- Really like these small marks, it doesn't work for all of the marks as some look more like wiggles.
- Should look through my sudoku book and find more marks to add to the pages.

C - Making note of points within the book:

Marking the touch points of the image

 Then continuing this onto the next page. 

Again showcasing the human side.

- To me this isn't very successful when it's repeated on a different page, it's too obvious and introducing such a harsh graphic and changes the tone of the imagery. It focuses your attention in onto something that isn't the key feature. 

- Could achieve the same idea in a different way, having the focal point of the next page be where the touch points were on the previous page. Maybe experiment with this. 

- Or could allude to the touch points without an image on the second page? Keeping a focus of attention on the human interactions. 

What to do next?
- Keep refining imagery and developing a visual narrative.

- Scan in more marks from sudoku book (these are working well, want to see these more).

- Think potentially about type, should it be included?