PORTFOLIO OF DESIGN WORK
VISUAL STUDIES: CHESTERFIELD MIXED MEDIA COLLAGE
THE IMAGERY AND TYPOGRAPHY PRESENTED IN THIS PIECE WERE ALL GATHERED AS PRIMARY SOURCES THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHY AND SKETCHES FROM LIFE. THE MAJORITY OF THE IMAGERY WAS SOURCED FROM THE CROOKED SPIRE CATHEDRAL. I WAS INSPIRED BY THE EARTHY AND GRUNGY WORKS OF LYONEL FEININGER WHEN CREATING THIS COLLAGE AS IT PORTRAYS AN ATMOSPHERE AND NARRATIVE FOR VIEWERS. I USED INK, OIL PASTEL, POLYFUSION, STITCH AND MONOPRINTS IN THIS PIECE; WHILST I USED TISSUE PAPER AND PAPER TOWEL TO BUILD UP TEXTURE.
VISUAL STUDIES: LIFEDRAWING
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TWO TEN MINUTE OBSERVATIONS OF FEET USING INK. I USED THE FRAYED EDGE OF A SNAPPED DRINK STIRRER AS A TOOL, WHICH ALLOWED ME TO CREATE LINES OF VARIED WIDTHS AND WEIGHT. BELOW: FIVE MINUTE STUDY OF A FULL FEMALE FIGURE USING A GRAPHITE STICK.
GRAPHIC IMAGE MAKING: WORLD FILM POSTER ‘DESIGN AND BUILD BY HAND, AN A2 MOVIE POSTER FOR A FILM FROM THE LAST CENTURY. THE LOOK OF YOUR POSTER MUST TAKE INFLUENCE FROM THE CLASSIC DESIGN STYLE OF CUBA.’ – BRIEF I CAME ACROSS THE WORK OF M.KRASNOPOLSKI IN THE NEWSPAPER AND FELT THAT HIS MINIMALIST DESIGNS WOULD SUIT THE SYMBOL-ORIENTATED CUBAN STYLE EFFECTIVELY.
MIX MEDIA IMAGE MAKING: PRINTMAKING I EXPLORED A RANGE OF PRINT TECHNIQUES SUCH AS COLLOTYPES, MONOPRINTS AND LINOCUTS TO PRODUCE IMAGERY FROM MY CHOSEN THEME OF ‘ANIMALS AND NATURE’. KEITH HARING’S BLOCK CARTOON STYLE ALLOWED ME TO SIMPLIFY MY DESIGNS WHILST MARK HEARLD INFLUENCED THE CUT-OUT TEXTURE TO CREATE MOVEMENT. THE INITIAL IMAGES I WORKED FROM WERE GATHERED FROM PHOTOGRAPHS FROM ALLESTREE PARK OF BIRDS AND TREES. UPON CREATING TWO SEASONAL PRINT SERIES, I USED PHOTOSHOP AND INDESIGN TO ENHANCE MY PRINTS AND MAKE THEM FIT FOR A PURPOSE.
TYPEFACES AND LETTERFORMS: TYPOGRAPHIC QUOTES
THIS WAS A VERY OPEN BRIEF AND HENCE IT GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE A RANGE OF TECHNIQUES AND PROCESSES. I DECIDED TO TAKE AN ANALYTICAL APPROACH BY DECONSTRUCTING THE QUOTE MEANINGS, WHICH I BELIEVE MADE MY FINAL OUTCOME STRONG. THE IMPERFECTIONS IN THIS PIECE FROM THE FLOUR AND COCOA OBSCURING SECTIONS OF LETTERFORMS IS WHAT PORTRAYS THE MEANING OF THE QUOTE SUCCESSFULLY; AS DOES THE TECHNIQUE OF DROPPING THE COUNTERS. TRADITIONAL AND DIGITAL PROCESSES WERE USED TO PRODUCE THIS PIECE OF WORK.
IDEAS AND CONCEPTS: REBRANDING
BASED ON ALAN FLETCHER’S TECHNIQUE OF COMBINING TYPOGRAPHY WITH IMAGERY, I CREATED AN ICON FOR THE WWF (WORLD WILDLIFE FUND) ORGANISATION AND USED ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR TO PRODUCE LEAF-SHAPED LIGATURES BETWEEN THE INITIALS TO REPRESENT THE PURPOSE OF THE ORGANISATION. I EXPERIMENTED WITH A RANGE OF UNUSUAL MATERIALS TO CREATE THE LOGO, SUCH AS LEAVES AND BARK. I USED THE BARK TEXTURE IN MY FINAL OUTCOME.
ILLUSTRATION WORK
LEFT: A FANTASY SKYLINE COMPOSED OF SKETCHES OF BUILDINGS FROM AROUND CHESTERFIELD COLLEGE CAMPUS; TRACED AND COLOURED ON ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR. I CREATED A SENSE OF FUN AND MOVEMENT THROUGH JUXTAPOSITION OF THE TIGHT SKETCH AND THE OFF-SET AND CURVED SECTIONS OF COLOUR. BOTTOM-LEFT: ILLUSTRATIONS FOR AUTHOUR, ANDREW COPE’S SHORT STORY: ‘POTENTIAL UNLIMITED’. THIS WAS DONE ON A GRAPHICS TABLET AND IS SUITABLE FOR THE TARGET AUDIENCE OF PRE-TEEN BOYS. BOTTOM-RIGHT: GRAPHICS TABLET ILLUSTRATION OF MY INTERPRETATION OF A BOOK CHARACTER. (JAMES STARK FROM THE HOUSE OF NIGHT SERIES.)
TYPOGRAPHIC AND LAYOUT DESIGN: TDC POSTER
‘AN INITIAL EXPERIMENT IN THIS UNIT WILL REVOLVE AROUND THE COMPOSITION OF FIVE CARDBOARD CUBES. THESE MUST VARY IN SIZE AND BE CLEAN AND WELL EXECUTED.’ – BRIEF VARIOUS PHOTOCOPIES OF TYPOGRAPHY FROM CREATIVE REVIEW MAGAZINES COVER THE CUBES. THIS EXERCISE WAS USEFUL IN OBSERVING HOW BENDING AROUND CORNERS DISTORTS LETTERS. I ENHANCED THE EXPOSURE OF MY PHOTOGRAPHS ON PHOTOSHOP AND DECIDED TO TAKE THE TASK A STEP FURTHER BY CREATING A PROMOTIONAL POSTER ON INDESIGN USING THESE PHOTOGRAPHS, WHILST MAINTAINING THE ORGANISATION’S IDENTITY THROUGH THE COLOURS AND ENLARGED FULL-STOPS.