The First Page (Ideas, Decisions)

You know what they say? The first page is always the hardest. Every creative writer has been haunted by many a blank page, besieging us with its purgatory-like glare. I was lucky that I already had some creative juices flowing, some metaphorical Juicy Fruit gum to spit onto the page. I had it in the bag, or so I thought.

I began writing a brief introductory pitch into my Canva document. I knew already how I was going to pitch this show as it was an idea that was very well-developed in my head. Just needed to get it down on the page and show it to the world. I complemented this with a few little visual embellishments to spruce up the page as it is an "Image Processing" assignment, after all. I mostly kept the first two pages simple though as the visuals might distract from the very content rich, succinct writing.

I used a white page template, typical for a pamphlet, with some retro bubblegum pink cursive font for the heading. The body of the writing is in a plain black font that is easy to read for the potential viewer of the document. It fits perfectly with the 1960's to 70's psychedelia vibe that I described in an earlier post. In my personal opinion, I love everything to be as cohesive as it possibly can, not just visual documents but also music albums, food and novels. Cause no one wants to eat chicken that is pink in the middle, it has to be cohesive, that is my motto.

Although I struggled slightly in the beginning, it became much easier with time, as I had my brain on my side. The brain is an underrated muscle that needs to be flexed just as much as any other exercise and this part of the assignment was perfect to challenge me and get me out of my comfort zone.