Transylvania Brochure

Students Name: Alice Zhou

Title: Transylvania Brochure

Work type: Graphic Design brochure

Category:  Graphic/Illustration Design

Size: 6x12

Inspired by all things “gothic,” AIice created a fantasy advertisement brochure graphic for Vampires looking for a city without pesky humans in Transylvania. Her process mostly consisted of painting digitally to make this artwork handheld. According to Alice,”I wanted to make everything seem as believable as possible, I did so with the help of references. After I finished designing, I printed the piece out imitating the feel and size of a brochure.”

The word "gothic" refers to three separate, yet, related concepts: medieval architectural style, literature from the 18th century, and a modern subculture we see evolve in movies, music games, anime/animation and other visual and performing arts. The term's origins trace back to the Goths, a "barbaric" Germanic tribe in the Roman Empire. During the Renaissance, Italian writers dismissively applied "gothic" to medieval art, contrasting it with classical styles. This art style is characterized by dark themes and decaying, menacing settings that create an atmosphere of mystery and play with the human psyche and fear and myth.

As this project developed, I know through our conversations that not only should this concept ne an idea, illustration and fun, but to be a 3dimendional and interactive to drive the imagination for reception.