My Word - Browse

So today I got given my word which I have to base this project on and I was given the word -

Browse

WHAT 

I started of my brainstorm by finding the proper definition of the word using online dictionary, an online thesaurus and urban dictionary to get a few different ideas. 

Dictionary - VERB 

                     1. Survey goods for sale in a leisurely and casual way

                     2. (of an animal) feed on leaves, twigs or other high-growing vegetation                  

                    

                      NOUN 

                     1. an act of casual looking or reading 

                     2. vegetation, such as twigs and young shoots, eaten by animals  

Thesaurus - dip into, give the once over, pass an eye over, scan, skip, read, glance at, graze 

Urban Dictionary - browsing, internet, surfing, web, Google, search, Facebook, surf, Wikipedia,                                        shopping, searching, browser, bored, website, computer, looking, YouTube 

I looked at these definitions and thought what could this person be browsing, what could they be doing which shows there browsing -

1. "Browsing this site!" - looking at a blog, reading an online article or even online shopping 

2. "Action of moving your eyebrows" - could be reading an interesting piece of writing, article, shopping and seen a great deal

3. "Browsing in the shop" - shopping, looking around, looking for something in particular

4. "Looking through a newspaper or book" - looking for the TV guide in the paper, searching for an article you want to read or even looking through something to find what you want/like

WHO 

Once I had an idea on the definition and the different things you would do whilst "browsing" something I thought who would do this - 

1. Students 

2. Teachers/lecturers 

3. Worker 

4. PR

5. Assistant 

6. Artist 

7. Female boss 

8. Teenagers/men and women 

THE LOOK 

Browse is based on books, words and pages, they are matt colours and are mainly black on white with numbers and letters on the pages. They are 2D - flat on the page, there are various fonts which could be strong and blocky or girly and swirly but they all have clean edges and in an order. 

The model will not be wearing many accessories as when browsing something it is all flat, there may be colour on the page but nothing that will stick up or out the computer screen or book. In one of my ideas I would like the model to be wearing glasses - the thick rimmed over sized ones with lenses in not sunglasses but they can be oddly shaped - just something different with an edge to them. 

IDEAS 

When I first got given this word I didn't really know where to start with it but the more researching I did the more ideas I got. I ended up thinking about 3 different things of what my end design could be which is based on the word browse.  

1. I thought of a woman having flawless skin, a nice strong liquid eye liner and some sharp lips! The model will have the bold glasses on looking at something or holding a newspaper as she is "browsing" though it. 

2. This came to my head when I thought about words, when your reading a book, looking online or browsing something in general there is always something to read- whether it just be a price. Therefore, in the year 2016 tattoos and self expression are all the rage, I think in women sometimes they look very fierce when they have a written tattoo above their eye brow. I chose a design like this to show individuality and a bit of an edge to beauty. The model will have dark smokey eyes, flawless skin and a nude or pink lip with an inspirational word or little quote written on the girls face be it above the eyebrow or around the side of the hairline. 

3. I was on Pinterest for my final idea and I wrote in the search bar "pages". Immediately the new craze over adult colouring books came up first. I had a brilliant idea about using the colouring book pictures as inspiration. I would use a lace type design to go all around the neck and up to the jaw line or have the lace over the eyes as an eye mask. The rest of the make up on this one will be flawless skin,mascara on the eyelashes to make them thick and a nude lip to keep the emphasis on the neck design. 

I haven't finished thinking about my designs yet and I may change them or add to them I am not sure but I think what I have though of so far is quite good, I'm pleased that I sat down and really thought about what I want to do with my word. I am pleased with myself for thinking of a few different things which are all totally different too. 

I now need to concentrate on the designs getting more inspiration, getting pictures out the library and changing/developing my designs too.