Collaboration - Meeting

After speaking to Katie we arranged to discuss the project further. This form of collaboration is new to me as the other creative is not directly involved in responding to the brief and instead is completing what I request. As expected, Katie had a number of different questions to ask, covering; colour scheme, style, number of illustrations and a time frame to work with. 

The colour scheme, style and number of illustrations are aspects that we talked through and worked out together. As previously I have only worked through a number of ideas, at this stage I do not have a fulfilled image of what the outcome will look like. This is due to the need to have the full body of content to work out a layout and overall design. Although this did not necessarily help Katie, I made it clear that these were decisions that she can take into her own hands and that I will keep her updated with the more design side of the publication. I shared the research with her that I have already conducted which help give an idea of the size and nature of the outcome, which through discussing we devised this to be a Zine.
I also did not want to limit her to a number of illustrations to produce and therefore we discussed some definites that would be included. Due to Buttercrumble's ethos I felt it important to express the fun that this process should be which I think made myself and Katie feel much more relaxed about the collaboration. 

The final aspect that we discussed was how we would communicate and my deadlines for having this brief completed. From the discussion we decided that we would keep each other up to date with the process that we are at and the work that we have completed. Katie expressed her openness to criticism and reassured me to be honest and open with my opinion. This made me feel much more relaxed and hopeful that the outcome will both show off her creative ability as well as my own. We have also set a final goal date for the outcome to be complete. This was an important date to discuss with Katie due to her also having ongoing projects. We decided that a three week time frame would be sufficient time for the illustrations to be completed and finalised, as well as a test print on the 6th April to ensure the colours, style and layout all work effectively when printed.