Capstone Proposal - Hadiya Robinson

My proposal for my capstone project I want to explore and represent the natural hair movement among African American women, which has been growing over the past years. I wanted to explore this topic because I consider myself apart of this movement when I decided to embrace the my natural texture and found myself along with others looking for ways to show off and experiment with the versatility of my hair. Within this movement came many new natural hair care products, blogs, video tutorials, and etc. that offered a sort of accessibility to a growing community that has been noticed culturally around the world, in fashion, and in the media. 

The project will focus on the various styles in which these women are wearing their hair, with an emphasis on textures and patterns. I plan on creating multiple(10) printed posters (18x24) illustrating  the various hairstyles accompanied by a pattern that represent the characteristics of natural hair textures. Each poster will include text on how to achieve the style in a concise instructional manner. 

My goal is to experiment with illustrating intricate patterns and texture into my design which i feel will show the beauty and complexity that comes with natural african american hair. 

January 27:
Research hairstyles I want to illustrate that show variety (10), sketch possible layouts
Revise Proposal.

February 3:
Choose Layout, sketch pattern designs.
Present sketches, headlines, colors, typographic choices.

February 10:
1st round of sketches of each poster.
Small group critiques.

February 17:
2nd round of more refined sketches.
Updated presentation of sketches, headlines, colors, typographic choices.

February 24:
Last round of refined sketches, scan into computer. 
Small group critiques.

March 3:
Computer generated design of at least 1 poster.

March 10:
Computer generated design of at least 1 poster.

March 17:
Computer generated design of at least 1 poster.

March 24:
Computer generated design of at least 1 poster.

March 31:
Computer generated design of at least 1 poster.

April 7:
Computer generated design of at least 1 poster.

April 14:
Computer generated design of at least 1 poster.

April 21:
Computer generated design of at least 1 poster.

April 28:
Computer generated design of at least 1 poster.

May 5:
Edit posters design before test print.

May 12:
Run test print. Proceed to final printing stage.

May 19:
Final print of all posters

May 22:
Final Presentation