MEDIA PASSPORT

The passport emblem was created with a series of star-like shapes overlapping each other in a perfectly circular arrangement; by selecting a shape and duplicating it several times to complete a full ring. This is more evident with the inner ring comprised of red, less complex shapes. A solid, dark green tone was applied to the background layer. 

I wanted to replicate a professional front cover passport design by keeping additional elements simple and incorporating more intricately arranged elements following the design of the emblem, which is characteristic of a typical passport.

The configuration of distorted, linear elements attempts to create an effect similar to that of a passport page. A series of lines, parallel to each other, were inserted until they filled up the entire template. A tool was used to distort the lines from their original shape to replicate page creases. This was the first design concept.

This is the official design. The adjustment of the distortion of the lines now attempts to resemble water.

Natural History Museum references

Specimens of different species

MEDIA PASSPORT DESIGN

Front cover

Made in Illustrator. When designing the emblem, I discovered that passports typically have the nation's coat of arms on their front cover. Therefore, I wanted to create an emblem design that almost resembles a coat of arms by incorporating elements that are characteristic of a coat of arms. An example is the shape used as the emblem's template which almost resembles a shield. If you search for different coats of arms, you will find that many also use a similar format. 

Here are some real-life examples of various national passports.

Source: https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/the-power-of-a-passport-to-put-a-country-on-the-map-1.696576

ID page

The passport page template from earlier was used as the ID page template. Basic, personal information was added, alongside a portrait picture of myself. 

PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHS

Portrait photographs of me, taken in the college's photography studio. 

PHOTOGRAPHY GENRES

Portrait

  

The face of an individual. Sometimes, different facial expressions attempt to imply an ethnic or tragic story about the life of the individual.

Interior

   

The internal, architectural, and decorative features of a building. 

Landscape

  

Scenic, natural terrain. Examples can include, mountains, forests, meadows, rolling hills, etc.

Close up

  

A magnified view of a small subject.

Macro mode

  

An extremely magnified view of a small subject.

Architecture

  

The external, architectural features of a building. The kinds of architecture mostly involve modern, Victorian, and Gothic architecture.

Infrared and ultraviolet

Photography utilizing the infrared or ultraviolet spectrum. This replaces certain colours in the picture with the colours of the spectrum.

  

Ultraviolet (Blue)

  

Infrared (Red)

Action

  

Photos of scenarios depicting bodily movement or physicality.

Aerial

  

Photos taken while airborne, viewing the ground below. Typically in urban areas.

GEORGE HURRELL

Born: 1st June 1904, Cincinnati, Ohio

George Hurrell was a photographer. He discovered a passion for the glamour image genre by contributing to the Hollywood filming industry.

His earlier passion was painting but developed an interest in photography from a fella named Edward Steichen who admired his photography skills and encouraged him to make photography his major. He took his words and even discovered that photography was a more profitable alternative to painting. He later opened his own photography studio in Los Angeles, California.

Work

He takes portrait photos of models, mostly women, in different poses and clothed in different kinds of fashion.