Sunday, 22 November 2009
My first attempts at word as image (a wee bit of typography for screen prints)
For our fundraising as a year group we have arranged an event to raise money for our final year show, Coffee Republic have said they will exhibit a selection of prints through-out December to help promote our fundraising event which is being held at postcards. They have a PR company who are going to run a story on us and try and get the event promoted in as much local media as possible. Also Coffee republic mentioned that they have been chosen as the venue for Bournemouth's annual local business meeting (which is happening in December). This means massive exposure for those who have work up at this time. They seem really keen to help push our work, get it seen and get it sold.
The Brief:
"Design a unique illustration based around the theme "animals".
Illustrations can be submitted as either a one off hand rendered piece, a screen print or a letterpress.
All work must be A2 in size and finished to the highest possible standards as it will be going up for sale into the public domain.
All prints will be framed on submission at a cost covered by the course."
a cow
a pig
a chicken
having a tad bit of trouble linking me animals together.... hmmmmmm
The Brief:
"Design a unique illustration based around the theme "animals".
Illustrations can be submitted as either a one off hand rendered piece, a screen print or a letterpress.
All work must be A2 in size and finished to the highest possible standards as it will be going up for sale into the public domain.
All prints will be framed on submission at a cost covered by the course."
a cow
a pig
a chicken
having a tad bit of trouble linking me animals together.... hmmmmmm
Friday, 20 November 2009
Finally conquered time management
So after handing in "Visual communication in context 2" today with no last minute rushing what so ever and with all projects to a decent standard Im preety happy how each of my final pieces turned out apart from "thank you" as me and the printer may of had a small disagreement on that one :( , Im thinking I may of just nailed the whole time management thing (at last). fingers crossed anyway. After this unit, Im feeling more and more inspired to crack on and do some more live and competition briefs...
Reflecting on my Business Identity project, I have found some of the typography needs work in order to be ready to print for my portfolio.
I really like the out come of this. This project was called "Thank you" we had to say thank you to someone of our choice, I chose Josephine Cochron the inventor of the dishwasher. I had many final designs for the outcome of this project but after speaking to sally she told me the others where un necessary. I think I really achieved the antique look for this photograph seen as it was taken in our sink, this photograph shows how much more work we would of had to do with all the washing up, if it wasn't for her wise invention.
The Brief:
"Design a unique illustration based around the theme "animals".
Illustrations can be submitted as either a one off hand rendered piece, a screen print or a letterpress.
All work must be A2 in size and finished to the highest possible standards as it will be going up for sale into the public domain.
All prints will be framed on submission at a cost covered by the course."
which also needs to be done by friday so... no rest for the wicked ha! I started looking into what illustrators have done on the subject matter before and i've found some real good stuff:
Evaluation
Looking back on this project (New "from"Old), I have realised my attention to detail was lacking. I have since re taken the photographs and changed a few bits on the final designs, so they are ready for my portfolio for example the back of my labels are not alined with each, minor details like this are actually major details when it comes to going for an interview, and showing someone your portfolio. It is a matter of whether you will get the job or not.
Evaluation
Reflecting on my Business Identity project, I have found some of the typography needs work in order to be ready to print for my portfolio.
This was a hard project for me as I couldn't quite come to terms with the fact I was designing business stationary for a dead person and not myself. I can now understand the reasons behind this, as if it where for a client I would have been dealing with the same problems. I needed to make this bold and attention grabbing and I think I achieved this after many designs.
Evaluation
I really like the out come of this. This project was called "Thank you" we had to say thank you to someone of our choice, I chose Josephine Cochron the inventor of the dishwasher. I had many final designs for the outcome of this project but after speaking to sally she told me the others where un necessary. I think I really achieved the antique look for this photograph seen as it was taken in our sink, this photograph shows how much more work we would of had to do with all the washing up, if it wasn't for her wise invention.
Evaluation
I really had fun with "Communicating Ideas" this project enabled me to really push the boat out with my ideas, this project was more about the idea itself than the design. I planned to create a social experiment to test how the average person gets affected by sound. I was really happy with the outcome, and the process was fun aswell, I learnt alot from this project and in the future I would like to set myself a project which expands on this.
We now have until next thurs, which is when we get our new briefs to crack on with those. Also for our fundraising as a year group we have arranged an event to raise money for our final year show, Coffee Republic have said they will exhibit a selection of prints through-out December to help promote our fundraising event which is being held at postcards. They have a PR company who are going to run a story on us and try and get the event promoted in as much local media as possible. Also Coffee republic mentioned that they have been chosen as the venue for Bournemouth's annual local business meeting (which is happening in December). This means massive exposure for those who have work up at this time. They seem really keen to help push our work, get it seen and get it sold.
The Brief:
"Design a unique illustration based around the theme "animals".
Illustrations can be submitted as either a one off hand rendered piece, a screen print or a letterpress.
All work must be A2 in size and finished to the highest possible standards as it will be going up for sale into the public domain.
All prints will be framed on submission at a cost covered by the course."
which also needs to be done by friday so... no rest for the wicked ha! I started looking into what illustrators have done on the subject matter before and i've found some real good stuff:
Wednesday, 11 November 2009
Friday, 6 November 2009
After Fireworks, Sparklers, Marshmallow's, Toffee Apples, Cider and Brainstorming...
So after a very much uninspired yesterday with a few forced ideas and some panicking, today has been good! I was just taking my morning stroll to Costa and that was where the magic happened, hello creative genius you rescued me :)
Basically I picked Julian Treasure and his talk on the 4 ways sound effects us...
My plan is to create a social experiment to test how the average person gets affected by sound. Basically Im going to have a set of four blank boards whether they are white boards, chalk boards, wooden boards, (are things I still have to consider) each will have a set of headphones and will be placed in a busy environment (Im thinking Southbank) The headphones will each be playing different sounds (music or noise) but each will have a specific "mood" 1, Happy (something along the lines on Stevie Wonder: Master Blaster/or Dont you worry bout a thing?) 2, Sad, (Ive looked into a few film soundtracks pearl harbor being one) 3, Calm (was thinking something along the lines of Amiina: Seoul) 4, Uneasy/Angry (M83 Car chase terror or even just an alarm of some kind) Attached to each board will be some kind of drawing equipment which will be determined by the style of board I decide to go with, the idea being that it will make people stop and interact. On the board somewhere there will be the words "express yourselves here" if my theory works, each individuals drawing should be effected by the sound they are hearing.
Even after this afternoons tutorials Im still feeling pretty inspired (even more so in-fact) the feedback from Justin and the guys was good, I was told to listen to John Barry, John Williams, and the soundtrack to the film "Apocalypse Now", also maybe look into doing a "Smart board" type thing/ I should look into something along the lines of the Etch a Sketch too. But other than that I was told to crack on and "just do it" in the words of Nike :)
Its now 07.25 pm and Im shattered........ZZZZzzzzzzzzzzz
Thursday, 5 November 2009
SABBATICAL: - Noun*
Any extended period of leave from one's customary work, esp. for rest, to acquire new skills or training, etc.
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