Mood Board
From our brainstorming process, we decided to gear towards the creepy and eerie of Asian lore. We took inspiration from Junji Ito and many traditional Japanese horror stories. Noting how Japanese writing is written and read from top to bottom, it flows with the portrait oriented poster. After researching different myths, we concluded on the poem Tomino no Jigoko or Tomino’s Hell by Yaso Saijo. According to rumors, a person will be subjected to headaches, illness, and even death should the entire poem is read aloud.
We utilized the initial two stanzas of the poem for our poster, in Japanese, accentuating the blood and glass beads aspects. Considering these characteristics, we designed the poster concentrating on these components to enhance the text of the poem.
Solution
We used three different softwares to construct the poster and AR movement; Adobe Photoshop, Cinema4D, and Adobe Premiere Pro. I came up with the concept of Tomino’s Hell and was in charge of creating the poster through Photoshop. Once the poster is created, we made the animated assets, the blood and rotating glass beads, through Cinema4D. We created the sequence of the animation to input into the AR app, Eyejack, with Premiere Pro. Using the QR code on the back of the poster, viewers can see the animations of the AR poster through the app. We also made postcards of the poster with the english translation of the poem on the back.
