Principles and Practice of Illustration. Letterpress Tickets.

I started my lockup by picking out the type I was going to use for my ticket and then I started to pick out my ornaments to create the border and the small decorational pieces to fill in the spaces. By doing this I did come into some trouble with fitting them all into the boarded area but I feel like this was just because it was my first ever time doing letterpress and I was learning as well as creating my tickets.

Above is the ornament I decided to use at the top centre of the ticket. I feel like having a decorative piece (ornament) here was very important as it tied in with my research on the ticket to Hogwarts and it helped tie the final piece together. Having decorative designs was more common with things such as Disney Land tickets in the 1970s rather than train tickets but I wanted to incorporate it into my own design even if it wasn't completely factually correct. 

Above is the "Trans-Europe Express" which is one of the most important parts of the tickets as its the title of the song. To mark its importance I have used a bold type all in capital letters and used ornaments to under and overline the phrase.

The final lock up for my ticket. I'm very pleased with how it turned out and how well it printed. I used lots of different types and coloured paper like I had decided to from my ticket researched from Instagram.

As you can see I have dated the tickets for March 1970 which was when the Kraftwerk album was realised and the price of the ticket (£42.45) is actually the length of album. Adding subtle hints was something I wanted to do because it really ties all my research about tickets and the album together nicely.