The tittle of my identity project was "Black, Female, Age 20". I decided to turn this project into a small book about my identity, using InDesign and Illustrator. This was a really difficult project to complete and be satisfied in the end. I struggled with not making my design cliche while being honest.
Throughout my project I incorporated a fingerprint. I did this because we associate identity with the fingerprint, and fingerprints are unique to a person. I wanted to explore the things that made me who I am beyond just being a young black female. I wanted to include how I was always aware of my ancestral roots, how I was uncomfortable letting close friends know about my Jamaican heritage when I was in grammar school, and how I used to feel about not being brought up belonging to a traditional religion. I used text expressing how I felt, and included an image using the fingerprint in different ways to represent the text. The book is really straight forward especially having each page include a visual representation in addition the words. I believe I took approach to identity in comparison to the works of my peers. They seemed to focus on a certain element of their identity. This is probably why I struggled with the project. I should have maybe focused on a singular part of my identity for a stronger design. Although my weakness in this project stems from editing, I feel like I could add on pages in my book or perhaps turn them into a poster series.
I aimed to show sort of an evolution of myself but I don't feel it was as successful. I think the first few pages of my book are the most successful. If I could do the project over, I would make a poster series in stead of a book, so that while they relate they can also stand alone. I would also use the grid more effectively because I don't think it was apparent that I used the geometric approach.
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