Becoming Naomi Leon Essay

The story I chose to embellish is a passage from the book “Becoming Naomi Leon” by Pam Munoz Ryan, while I spent a good part of the week trying to find a poem to illuminate none of them spoke to me the way this exert did. This passage had always held a special place in my heart and has stuck with me years after first reading the book, I believe that embellishing and illustrating the quote gave the poem new and deeper meaning got me. When I had first read the poem I sympathized with the main character who was a shy quiet character but had a loud voice inside and could overcome challenges, however putting thought into the design and illustrations has also given the quote new meaning. The crowd of people surrounding the focus point who in this
I had attempted to paint similar to the older illuminated poems and stories put it ended up being a muddy mess and I felt the message of the lines were lost. Ink is my favorite medium to lose as well is digital art using a computer but I felt that was inappropriate for the assignment. The ink gave stark contrast and helped the crowd both stand out and hide giving you the ability to see all the individuals but the one you notice is the blue character who is meant to stand out as the speaker. The font was influenced by a font used in the art forms text book, while browsing the graphic design chapter there was a font used in the Tobias Frere-Jones work “Three typefaces, Nobel, Armanda, Garage gothic.” The first font “Nobel” really stood out because of how bold it was. Although I did not have that exact font I had a similar one called “Expo M” that I think is bold and conveys the message of the passage just through the design of the words. As I completed the work I thought if many people who could also use the message of passage, I have and will continue to share the message of the quote to those who need to know that they can have a