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Wednesday 21 December 2011

M.C Escher reference


M.C Escher
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Tessellation's are a mystery to being with, there is a dynamic art to deal with in creating the perfect one. 

Take for example M.C Escher's picture above with the fish and birds, he has created a perfect link to how they can fit inbetween each other; also known as negative space potentially.The picture looks as if its created with both pencils and charcoal to get a rich colour of black. It doesn't look that interesting as there isn't any colours other than the paper and the charcoal. The background is very interesting as the there are fine marks neatly bordering the general picture. 

Another very creative thing to take on board is that the top and bottom show a fish and bird in great detail and gradually he has decreased the detail to just a line drawing. I really like this idea as its definitely something that be easily replicated or recreated to suit a different artist.

Millennium Square Pavement
The real reason I decided to research M.C Escher was because patterns are among us in our daily lives. Like for example during my time on the Bs1 project, I made my journey involving different types of pavement. I have uncovered 10 different types of pavement around this one area of BS1, as I was looking for something that was everyday I noticed that there was a difference in the pathways and areas. This picture I took around millennium square next to the IMAX theatre, the path way as you can see is very modern and has a dynamic look to the area.

Ferry Station Pathway

This path however is from Ferry station; a few metres away from millennium square this pathway gives an audience this is a old historic area. I have realised these paths already give an audience a sense of whether its old or modern. This path suggests that its old as the pattern design would take a while to complete and you can tell that the stone has eroded away through out the years. With this design it is very unique and the person to have designed this must have been influenced by tessellation's and patterns. This looks like a water ripple outcome and as it's close to the river, it would seem relevant.
Water Ripple 

Almost the same as this picture to the left, however in the path above this person has made a grid like structure to his outcome.


From looking in depth to M.C Echer's work, I have seen through these everyday life patterns and how it creates design for everyone. I now understand that these design or new ones will change our perceptions of understanding what is old and what is modern.





















Friday 9 December 2011

Graphic Design (in Cardboard)

Creating the cardboard letters

The start of todays lesson was on creating a huge letter. My letter was P and as the class were assigned different letters we all eventually made "Graphic Design".
























This whole lesson was a real indication of how I could incorporate this within my project work. Oli basically inspired me, as I really enjoyed making a huge letter I decided to make small individual letters and setting them around the area of Bristol.

Sunday 4 December 2011

Graphic artists references

Monday 28th November 2011

Artists Research 

Noma Bar



Norma Bar an amazing Graphic artist. His work mainly consists with creative negative space effects, like for example this picture shown above. This image shows interest for the viewer and of a well known image thats slightly twisted, there is so much to see in the image and what it was meant to be. The smiley is shooting its eyes and the funny thing is that its the last one, the way how the slingshot has been made into the smile gives you the negative space and completely works with the whole image.


The work has obviously been created using digital media such as illustrator. The outcome is very clean and has a meaningful message.


The impression of Noma's work completely gets my mind going and I start asking myself how he has managed to make it so simple. The smiley with the slingshot is such a professional looking piece and the way how negative space in this image and many others have been very inspiring. The things i have picked up on looking through his work is by making the outcome very simple but with a dynamic element of graphical elements.


I will continue to look at the latest work from Noma bar and using him as an influence on my work will strive me to design in the write direction.


Tang Yau Hoong  


http://tangyauhoong.com/negative-space/


Tang Yau Hoog a graphic designer . Tang uses a range of different scenarios with his input of negative space creations such as this piece above. The image is of a night skyline shows many various skyscrapers in the background, and in the foreground we have blinds overlooking the over exaggerated moon. The picture is very good with the space it was created on Tang's graphical knowledge has deliberately made the moon too big so that the full image comes together and creates an eye. 


The balance of colour is very subtule to the viewer as the only colour used is a soft blue and mainly black. As the image is digitally produce it also has a rustic effect to the black parts; bottom left corner and right shows a grunge look.


Creating this image as an eye is brilliant, the whole message comes across as almost a first person view by making this type of shape. It almost creates a chill out type of mood to the audience and is very pleasing to look at.


All of Tang's work has got a message inside, whether it'll be the message that the audience interprets or the work of our minds. He truly is a great artist's and has lots more designs to look at on his website.




Friday 2 December 2011

Bitmap vs Vector

Bitmap Vs Vector



Bitmap
A bitmap image is a range of different pixels, to build up an image. They are essentially known as rastered images and use a multiply of selected colours to become a image. The outcome of these photos are very good in quality. They look smooth as the pixels are small and together they use a gradient of the same patterned colours with the help of anti-initialise.

While using Photoshop you must be very careful on resizing the image because it will eventually lose focus and quality to how it originally was. 
Take for example this image of the rose, you can definitely see that the computer has tried its best to arrange colours to build it back up. The way how this picture is zoomed means that the image was considerably smaller. once making a bitmap image is to change the resolutions on either the image you are using or the page you are going to create it on. 



Vector

A vector image uses a series of different polygons to ensure that the image stays the same and doesn't lose quality. All the areas a circle for example will be very smooth based on a mathematical equation in the computer application that deals with vector; in this case it's Adobe Illustrator. Vectors are used in a lot of graphic design like for example t-shirt designs posters to get the message as clear as possible. 

Today I made a vector image of the yin and yang logo and then I created my own version. Using the technique that Oli taught the class; the negative space idea of tricking the mind of what is or is whats not.

Tuesday 15 November 2011

Negative space

Monday 7th November 2011

Negative Space 

Today's lesson was about negative space. Negative space is almost a method used in graphic design, its almost like subliminal messages where in some cases there is more than one message.

An example that was shown in class of one of the greatest logo designs. The federal express has a played a very big part in relation to the graphics history. The logo was created by Richard Runyon, his intentions of the logo was to make it as simple as possible, so that other people could instantly know what it was about. He has definitely succeeded in this design as it will forever be the same because the design is solid. It stands strong against other companies as it is successfully iconic to everyone.


Adidas Logo

        
The adidas logo, great use of negative space to indicate a trainer and definitely iconic. The first designer was Adi Dassler in 1967 of the simple 3 striped logo. with good use of his name he basically put himself completely on this franchise which is associated with lots of games, sports, clothes and even deodorants; so a lot to give into the wide market. The lastest update towards the logo (from the left) shows now a clear indication towards the brand that they are marketing, which is just a more stable outcome. I really like the design its clean and its so simple. Making something with your name must be the greatest achievement and feeling; as a layout method I could have my layouts with my name laided out.

IBM Logo

Created in 1972 Paul Rand which is almost like how it may have came out on the page once it was printed back in those days. It could also be how the screens displayed text in a horizontal line effect. This is a very popular design as your mind tells u that its a computer brand. It will look good in a layout as I could create so many different mock ups like changing the colour and the text. It really strikes you when you see the lines as your mind creates the image.


WWF logo.svg

The Worldwide Federal Foundation Logo shows a Flawless final outcome of great sense of negative space. Using the image of a panda is reference to the most endangered animal of the planet and in the risk of being extinct. To just think how Sir Peter Scott designed this master piece, this shows just raw talent and a timeless logo that will be in the history book throughout the future. 













  The adobe logo is another great example of negative space, this is widely know in the computer industry as being the most successful department in editing using different type of programmes such as illustrator, photoshop etc. Using the bold red colour this give the viewer a chance to stop and look at this piece and also admire how there programmes have maybe effected there lives day to day. The design was created by  Marva Warnock.











File:F1 logo.svgBeing a car fan the F1 logo is one of the greatest. I started to notice how the F was a little rounded at the top and that is was on a type of diagonal slant; it was then to my knowledge that the 1 was on the space between. From that day I always will admire this logo as it shows pure strength into the design as well as the red streak marks showing its moving at a fast pace.




BBC Radio 1Xtra logoAs I'm a influenced by alot of music, I reguarly listen to the 1xtra music station. I have also found out on there logo that it has some use of negative space with just the one character "X". I believe this works really well in terms with there audience of black or white and combines there USP. A very unique and simple design of logo.










layout of the first final piece. showing the Alphabet in a typography sequence.

Bs1 visit 3

Friday  21st October 2011

Bs1 Visit 3 

Today I went down town again. This time I sat down in a cafe and noted down what I could see smell and hear around me within the area. I also went on another pathway of exploring the many different types of walking paths around and I think I now managed to get them all now. I have also managed to get all but 1 letter of the accidental alphabet.

I was in the cafe for about 2hours and I discovered a whole lot that was around me. There was mothers pushing prams up and down the docks, people in the cafe talking about politics and general entertainment news like for example "hey mate do like that new iphone"
                                    "yeah looks brilliant "
                                   "Yeah because I was thinking of getting one"
little conversations like that cropped up a lot during my time in the cafe. 


I still have to look at more artists that use this style. I have an idea of creating a old style type writer font and maybe printing out strips that would be the dialog of the people around and having it dipped in coffee?; its still on the maybe side of my thoughts but literally the clearest idea i have so far. 


In the meanwhile I will draw out a preliminary design of what the outcome might look like. 

Bs1 with Oli Timmins visit 1


Bs1 area session 2

Wednesday 28th September 2011

The next lesson was at 1.30 down at the watershed in Bs1 start of the project. Oli Timmins took over today saying about how we can incorporate something to our work such as , pencil rubbings, photos and collages to present the work. I went around in my group taking photos of an accidental alphabet and as well around the museums to give us indication of bristol's past history. It is something that has engaged me to work on either doing about the slave trade or how signage has developed from those times to looking at todays times.

I looked at lots of different types around the area and was still deciding on a topic to put in to a collage. i managed to take photos of an accidental alphabet here they are 


       






Sunday 13 November 2011

alphabet completed

Finally Ive completed my Alphabet



I am very pleased that I finally managed to find all of the letters. It was a very difficult challenge but it has made me view the obvious in a different light. After going back and forth to town I have also realized even more Letters around the city centre. I managed to gradually get better by concentrating.


I was pleased with getting the H as I used the leaves that were scattered around on the ground, I believe at the time I was researching the works of Stefan Sagmiester, like for example the coins he used to make a huge typography piece.


As I have achieved the whole of the alphabet I could arrange thses pictures into a typeface of my own and use it to present my work. However I will continue to research more artists to back it up.

Friday 4 November 2011

Down town

Friday 4th November 2011

Bs1 visit 4 

Today I've managed to take a lot more photos than before and from the last lesson I managed to structure out my approach. I wanted to target the alphabet and I believe thats all of the letters now. The disappointing thing is that the weather was very poor and I couldn't get the rubbings i wanted as it was rain very heavily. 


one to one with oli

Wednesday 2nd November 2011

one to one meeting

Today I had all of my work with me in class and spoke to oli of what I want to achieve.
For section 1 
  • I've made a Visual Journey from looking at the many different  pavement arrangements, shapes and particular patterns.
  • For a Sense of place I'm going to create a relationship between modern and old boats/ships in a digital space.
  • The Accidental alphabet is going really well I've managed to uncover most of the letters it's only just a couple left now.
  • A Collage is going ok, but still my outcomes are somewhat lots in translation as i'm either doing too much or too little. So at the moment it's trial and error.
I now know that i will have to put more into the collage as well as the cafe brief. At the moment artists references are definitely key to me getting more motivated into producing an outcome I'm completely happy with.

I will continue with getting everything in order before the group presentation.

Thursday 6 October 2011

3D Type Artists/creating a 3D Letter (P)



Wednesday 5th October 2011

3D Type

Today's lesson we were introduced to another power point presentation showing various artists of 3d creation. It was very interesting how you can create with just the bits of cardboard and strips of tape. It was almost like another point or idea i could maybe think if during the time i have with the project of graphical intervention; maybe using cardboard to put in the water how the reflection has turned out and also taking in the nature element around it.

Stefan Sagmiester



This piece created by Stefan Sagmiester is pure genius. It shows pure graphical intervention within the environment and using the coins of four different shades is a very bold challenge in comparison to his other work. I have read about this project that " Over the course of eight days and with the help of more than 100 volunteers, 250,000 euro-cent coins were sorted into four different shades and carefully placed over this 300-square-meter area" -http://www.segd.org/design-awards/5200/5223.html


This shows how much you can push the boundaries creating a piece of work such as this. Who would have thought about using coins, this really amazes me. From stefan's other work he seems to enjoy working in the environment like for example. His work like "Keeping a diary supports personal development" and "Looking good limits my life" these other pieces show how he doesn't always use one method wether it's wood, a cactus, foiled installation ; he tries out different variations to so how diverse his work can be. 


Yulia Brodskaya



Yulia Brodskaya a graphic designer with an artistic element of creating in a 3d environment. Her work consists of making paper/card cuts and making an interesting outcome. I really enjoy looking at these pieces of work as i have seen countless of design in this style but either done in photoshop or illustrator. As its a hands on approach she can get different outcomes, when choosing to photograph the work she has produced. 
This piece I have chosen shows a great style of negative space as well as creativity, the use of only blends of colours such as white, turquoise and dark blue give it that element that everyone will appreciate. I especially like the shadows casting on the page as it makes the picture standout by far; also an effect that is easily created in photoshop, this was maybe a more harder photo shoot of getting the right amount of lighting.

yulia-brodskaya-03
Here is another piece, but this is showing a whole spectrum of colours. This image shows type and other objects around that almost are like subliminal messages. The great thing about this piece is that the shadows will all of the colours get blended onto the white background and gives it a defined look. I will continue to look into how she creates these amazing shapes and apply this method within my project as the outcomes look unbelievable. Something that's created by hand gets more appreciation in terms with getting the resources such as card , working where to bend it and also how to present it as the whole piece. A very great artists and very captivating productions. 







Understanding /introduction to other artists


Monday 3rd October 2011




Understanding/introduction to maps and other artists

The main topic today's lesson was to understand what to do about the brief. Some of my friends were unsure as well as myself. Malcolm explained that we should at least understand the concept what has been pointed across. 

I understood how to create a collage of all of the collected leaflets around the area of BS1. There is artists who i will reference from the lesson's powerpoint presentation. 

The lesson then was structured about the maps and how they are used by the public to guide them through a city like for example BS1. We looked at other maps that had difficult understanding and that without a key to show what's what is considered as a piece of abstract art, because it has no meaning only what other people interpret. I understand that the designer has to create something that the audience can reate to such as making sure it has a key and the use of visual colours can help your eyes focus on a particular line.

The IT technician Mel can in an gave us all the run down of how to use the room with the mac's.


Artists References


Angelica Paez


This image shows drawn images on top of an old letter. Her style is very creative as there is uses of all different kinds of media like for example the old letter as a background, the many different colours that attract your attention and also the hand drawn image of the small bird. The hand writing from the letter also gives this piece a very unique and great concept. The main metaphor for this collage is that it tells us that it was a letter that was posted, taken "Via Air Mail" also a reference to it flying is a bird. This piece is something I could incorporate into to my work as it almost tells us a small story. By using different ranges of ephemera in the area of BS1 i could make a story and is something that i would use as a possible outcome.




Caroline Tomlinson

The methods used to create this piece was painting, photography and hand drawn pictures. This style is almost abstract as there are many different variations of media around. First is the attention to the large fish in the middle which is most definitely the subject of what Caroline has wanted us to understand. The paint marks around the edge are there to create unique marks and something that you can't predict how it will look. As these marks eventually go off the canvas it really gives us another factor to see that she hasn't completed used the entire background, only just a portion. I believe that this is maybe her dinner, the only reference to this is the lemon in the far corner. I especially like the colours that are used as it represents the sea colours greens and different blues. Very creative and the use of paint marks is something that is I can use as well.




Anthony Zinonos 

Very simple and genius pieces of work of just cutting and pasting images on top of a backgrounds. In this image you can definitely see the best out of creating collage's and what the potential will be. I love the way how it's only a piece of coloured piece of paper, with a carefully cut out car. The image created is comedy and this artist has completely understood how simplistic it can be and that less is more . Anthony is the most innovatieve collage creator , and I am really glad to have referenced this great artist. 
I will continue to look more in depth to his work as it is very consistant in design style and there are so many different possibilities to create amazing outcomes.  


Jamie Reid 

A British artist, Jamie's work is very interesting and points of views he has with society. His work I will be analysing is the "God Save The Queen" album cover for "The Sex Pistol" during this time of punk rock was the type of fashion and this band was the height of attention. The front image shows a defaced picture of Queen Elizabeth, its a very risky piece of art work he has created as editing the Queens face could cause outrage towards the royals and the public as it was very disrespectful. 

The words that get to you as a public out cry of what punk is. I believe punk is not what your doing, it's about who's done this in history, maybe a point to society and his general opinion of what he has libelled the band as; punk, not really caring much, taking in there stride. 

The art piece is very eye catching as there are cut up letters in various different fonts from newspapers creating a type of text, indicating political, satire. With the proud flag of our union jack it's hard to miss with all of the colours. From viewing most of jamie work he really wants to create a print by outlining a more informal and personal touch so that the public understand and can relate to this toward a government. I could use the method that he has used into cut up letters from newspapers to create my text on my collage, as it would look very bold and effective.









  



Saturday 1 October 2011

The First Lesson

                                  Monday 26th September 2011


It was the first day of my college course at Filton wise campus, over the day it was getting grips with the new ways of working with our given information. Malcolm Turner was running the day with various handbooks and a whole general layout of the course of graphics.

I will have to keep up with notes on all of my sessions so that it will give me detailed information back to the teacher in the form of a blog which is what I'm writing now. I think this is a great way to engage in the course and to help collect my general thoughts into type. 

On the day I got to meet a lot of new people involved in the same course and a general taste of what is next to come from this first session.
The first project outlined to me was a journey around the area of BS1. This is almost the same type of project I had to do in A2 art (a level); however I can bring more to the table this time around and better myself at a higher level.