Maple Festival Pageant 2008 Stamp: Final

2008 Maple Festival Pageant Stamp Illustration

Name: Jessica Mosier
Name of Design: Maple Festival Pageant 2008
Software Used: Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.0
Date: March 24, 2009
Paragraph: My stamp design was based upon the little town of Marathon’s annual Maple Festival. Every year towards the end of March or early April the Maple Festival “kicks off” with the annual Maple Festival Pageant on Friday night at 7:30. Young ladies in grades 9 through 12 are allowed to participate, and the number of girls who compete varies every year, usually it is between 25 to 35 girls who compete. The night consists of choreographed singing and dancing “numbers”, a long walk where each girl talks about her future plans, and other opportunities to talk to the audience based upon that year’s theme. By the end of the night five finalists are chosen, and then they must answer a series of questions for the judges, and the judges are giving points for 1 to 10 based on beauty, grace, and presentation. The finalists are then told what place they received, and the Maple Festival Queen is crowned. The Queen and her court are hostesses for the Maple Festival weekend, and also take part in parades and activities throughout the rest of the year. I chose to use the New York Movement and based my stamp on that style. When I think of the New York Movement I think of pop art, and the use of black, white, and red. I looked at various designs from the movement and wanted to give my stamp a pop art look, which is why I made the bodies black and white, and left the dresses and trophies in color, and I even amped up the colors for a more dramatic effect. Making the background black really helped give it more “pop”, and then the red border around the outside allowed my stamp to have an even more dramatic effect. I think pop art is very bold, colorful, and dramatic and my stamp gives off that same effect.

Final Stamp?

Rough Draft

Thumbnails: Round Two

Thumbnails: Round One

Bauhaus (1920’s)

- In all of these images the colors seems to be either a white, brown, or a blue.
- The buildings are "square shaped".
- These designs are very functional, and seem almost modern.
- The way the pictures were taken are very creative and give the viewer a good "feel" for the building.

- There is a good amount of negative and positive space in each picture.
- There is always an asymetrical balance.
- There is depth to the pictures.

Three Favorite Stamps

Walt Disney Stamps
Denomination - The stamps are all worth 39 cents.
Country of Origin - The stamps are all from the USA.
Reference to subject/theme - These stamps are all characters from various famous Walt Disney movies.
Date of subject/theme - These various charcters were all created/animated during different dates throughout the 1990's.
Date Stamp was Designed - It's hard to read the date in the lowerleft hand corners, but I think it says 2008...?
Significance - These stamps are well-known throughout the worldand are like cartoon celebrities. Even after being around for yearsWalt Disney movies are loved and watched by many people of allages.
Shape of Postage Stamp - They are all longer vertically thanhorizontally, but not by a great amount.
Four Color - All of these stamps have a purple background, andhave "cartoon" like colors.
Type of Central Image - There is no illustration.
Line Detailing - The borders are simply white.
Typographical Layout - There is no type besides the 39 cents and USA in the upper right corner, which is horizontal.
Hierarchical Arrangement - For example, the focal point for The Lady& The Tramp is Tramp, then your eyes move down the spagehetti to Lady, down to the plate of food.
Position - All the stamps are asymmetrical.
Compositional Devices - For example, Lady & Tramp's stamp could be split into a grid, and you would see that Tramp's nose would be placed on two intersecting lines in the grid, along with Lady's.
Type of Balance - Asymmetrical.
Illusion of Space/Depth - Because these stamps are using cartoon characters I feel there isn't much depth to them.
Relationship of Postive and Negative Space - There seems to be a well thought amount of positive and negative space; the designsare not too busy.




Bette Davis
Denomination - The stamp is worth 41 cents.
Country of Origin - Made in the USA.
Reference to Subject/Theme - Bette Davis is a famous movie actress.
Date of Subject/Theme - 1930's.
Date of Stamp Design - 2008
Shape - Rectangle.
Four Color - "Rich" colors, almost "vintage" colors.
Type of Central Image - White font, older design.
Line Detailing - White boder.
Interpretive Dimension of Type - Placed on the top of the stamp to give a visual.
Typographical Layout - Horizontal type.
Hierarchical Arrangement - Her face seems to be the focal point, because it is placed in the middle, then the text, and then down to her gloves and the 41 USA.
Position - Asymmetrical.
Compositional Devices - If you placed a grid over the stamp, the lines would cross over her eyes and hand.
Type of Balance - Asymmetrical, only because of her hand being in the photo.
Illusion of Space - It has depth, you can see it because of her face and hair.
Relationship of Postive/Negative Space - There is not much negative space.




Yoda
Denomination - The stamp is worth 41 cents.
Country of Orgin - Made in the USA.
Reference to Subject/Theme - Star Wars.
Date of Subject/Theme -
Date of Stamp Design - Not listed.
Shape - Rectangle.
Four Color - Uses different shades of, what looks like grayish-blue, and black and white.
Type of Central Image - Grayish-blue and white font, simple design.
Line Detailing - Grayish-blue border.
Interpretive Dimension of Type - Placed on the far right side, in the middle, along with upper left.
Typographical Layout - Vertical and horizontal type.
Hierarchical Arrangement - Yoda's nose appears to be the focal point, then the text, then around to the upper corner.
Position - Asymmetrical.
Compositional Devices - If you places a grid over the stamp, the lines would cross over Yoda's nose and hand.
Type of Balance - Asymemetrical.
Illusion of Space - There seems to be depth, because of the shadows.
Relationship of Positive/Negative Space - There is not as much negative space.