The second part of the Kabuki Theatre Pack brief was to design the page inserts that would be printed inside the book guests receive. My approach to this task was to create
a minimalistic style using one single weight of line and a limited colour pallet. The colour red was chosen for both its significance to the kabuki makeup as well as the fact that it was the Royal Opera House's primary colour.
a minimalistic style using one single weight of line and a limited colour pallet. The colour red was chosen for both its significance to the kabuki makeup as well as the fact that it was the Royal Opera House's primary colour.
Editorial
Illustration
Typesetting
AR Design
Illustration
Typesetting
AR Design
Royal Opera House introduction pages.
Royal Opera House introduction pages.
History of Kabuki page
Illustration details
Interior and exterior design pages.
Costumes and make up pages.
Famous performances pages.
Part of the brief asked me to develop two Augmented Reality concepts and pages for those concepts within the Kabuki book. I created 2 double page spreads that explain how guests who are unfamiliar with AR technology can interact with the features as well as the two concepts and images that can be scanned using the AR application.
User guides to augmented reality and getting started.
Augmented reality concept pages.
Augmented Reality Concept One - Traditional Dance.
The 'Traditional Dance' concept is one where guests scan the image of the Kabuki Masks and a character will appear on the page to perform a traditional Kabuki dance for them. The idea behind this concept is just to spark the interest for the guests and to give them something unique to show their friends. As you can see I have modelled what this would potentially look like below.
Augmented Reality Concept Two - Find Your Seat.
The 'Find Your Seat' concept is very much a functional concept that is designed to help guests have a smoother experience when they reach the Royal Opera House on opening night. I know from experience how hard it can be to find your seats in such a large venue and locating facilities like toilets can also be a pain. To relieve guests of this stress the 'Find Your Seats' concept will produce a 3D model of the Royal Opera House that will extrude to show the guests the internal layout. Facilities will be highlighted using 3D icons along the path to their seats and their seats are also highlighted.
The Handy Notebook.
I was aware that the Kabuki informational book could become redundant almost immediately after the opening night which seemed a shame because of how high-quality the product would be. To extend the product life span I gave the book a second function which is a 100-page notebook for guests to use after their visit. The notebook is simple but functional which is exactly what a notebook should be.
For both Augmented Reality concepts, I used models created by another artist. The model character and the building were both used as examples of how my concepts could look if the Royal Opera House chose to go ahead with the concepts.
Both models are available here:
Character Model by Leoonardopenaran: https://www.cgtrader.com/free-3d-print-models/miniatures/figurines/king-varian-wrynn-based-fan-art
Building Model by 3dhaupt: https://free3d.com/3d-model/array-house-example-3033.html
