Zine And Feedback

For our big group crit on Friday we all made a little zine kind of outlining our intentions and findings from the research. I'll be honest, while doing this I hit a bit of a wall, I really didn't know what I wanted to do with all this research now I had it, my natural instinct would be to come up with some kind of narrative to do with what I'd seen, especially as we know that the end product of this brief is a picture book. But I'm really trying hard to push myself to not just rush this project and let myself get carried away with the first idea I settle on (pick the easiest option). I'm really trying hard to let the process dictate what kind of project this turns into. 

My zine:
In my zine, although I used a range of materials, the outcomes of the images were all quite similar, delicate images of streets in York, and tiny little ghosts scattered about. I have to say, even though its my work, even I think its a bit boring. And you can tell I've been heavily influenced by The Sad Ghost Club which is cool but makes me worry its not original enough. 

My feedback:
Although a lot of the feedback I received was very positive, I used received a massive amount of critical (in a good way) feedback. Some one suggested playing up the mundanity of the scenes, like the ghosts in Greggs I'd planned to do, someone also suggested hiding the ghost within items in the scene which is an idea I really liked and isn't something I've ever tried to do before so I'll trial that in my sketchbook. And then someone else mentioned making a little 3d set to have the ghost walking through and photograph it to make the images for the book. They also suggested using a tampon for the ghost character which I think is ACE. 

My next steps:
- decide whether I want to story to consist of a scary, realistic or mundane background
- trial different ways of portraying the backdrops and ghost, maybe adding functional elements like flaps?
- play more. Experiment with materials and don't be dictated by my usual style