Graphics Project 16 - Subversive Design

I was unsure of what I could possibly create for this project so I decided to research into irony within brands prior to my own work which gave me an insight on what could do. I decided that I was going to take a brand and recreate it in an ironic sense however I would keep its original layout and colour scheme therefore I played about in Photoshop giving me some initial ideas for some brands I could develop further. After trying to complete this task quickly as I have another project to complete I picked the best out of these designs and developed it further into a better design rather than creating another brand. I chose lego and changed the word lego to ouch because when you tread on a lego block it really hurts and this is something many people relate lego to. I then decided to recreate a lego advertisement poster and used a foot instead of the shadow of an object in the original. After developing the advert I decided to place it in context of the world and where it would be seen. I am happy with this project although if I had enough time I would try to develop the logo and make a better image in the sense of accuracy.

Graphics Project 15 - Alphabet type

As soon as I got the brief for this project I knew exactly what I wanted to do and I knew exactly how I would do it however I did go back and research into different ways people have used food and different objects to create typeface. I was quite surprised by the amount of different ways people had found out how to produce such letters. I was very inspired by these images I found and was thinking about changing my idea to using apples but kept to my original of using eggs. Once I had researched into the formation of letters I realised cutting eggs would be difficult as well as messy so I decided that I would have to use cookie cutters in order to produce a clean cut edge. I then went out and bought 50 eggs which I fried and then cut out into both letters, numbers and punctuation. This took two days and was not a pleasant thing to do however I am pleased with the outcome and happy with the comments I got from people viewing my work. I took these images into photoshop and cleaned up the background placing it on a chrome layer which symbolised the pan it could be fried in. I am very happy with the final piece.

 

Graphics project 14 - Data Translation

At first I started off with little ideas of what data I wanted to convey to my audience however I began to research different types of info-graphics which helped me to both understand what I could do as well as beginning to brainstorm ideas. Many examples did not show a representation of data but rather the concept of facts and thoughts they have on certain themes. Whilst researching I came across a video which showed how many days we have left in jelly beans. I was very interested in this idea and I wanted to try and convey this data in some form which would shock people; something my work tries to do a lot. After looking deep into this concept I was now aware that the project would be too complex and costly to try and recreate. I then decided to go back to the research and try to come up with a new idea. 

 

 
 

Many of the examples I came across looked at social media as a theme and I was quickly informed that the social media industry was rapidly growing in popularity. This was a good thing for me to research as I was both interested in the idea and had many ideas forming. I continued to pursue this and continued to further research into this idea. 

I then found this image and felt like it needed to be improved and developed and initially thought of hands around this world image. I then played about with the photography of the hands and then the rest of the space like theme.

I then felt that the world needed to spin and began to experiment with this in photoshop with the aid of youtube video. I quickly found that it would be easier to make a GIF rather than an animation. 

Graphics Project 13 - Way-finding and Maps

Getting into this project was hard for me because I had no interest in it. My journey to and from Ravensbourne are not very far so I didn't quite know where my inspiration would come from. I decided to look into ways of presenting maps and this lead me to books as well as the internet. I wanted to do something that would be striking and quite bold and when I found a piece by Jenni Sparks I was inspired deeply. I wanted to include the tube map because it was something that I enjoyed playing about with and decided to make it more literal in the sense of space and place around London itself. I tried to recreate Jenni Spark's idea however it turned out to be exactly like hers and this was something that concerned me as it was not original. If i was to try and do this again I would change some of the styles in which I drew the places because it will help differ my work. However this project could be improved if I did not rush the process of gaining an idea.

Graphics Project 12 - Passage of time

During the christmas holidays I also did the passage of time project where you had to record a time period within one picture. I decided that I wanted to convey this picture as a progression of one where the picture was cut up into a time however it would complete the overall image. I would have liked to explore this project further however I did not get enough time due to the other project I have been doing. These were my final images I created:

Graphics Project 11 - BA Graphics

During the christmas holidays I started the BA Graphics project which was to tell the story of an everyday object. I started off with the idea of a toothbrush and I could see the initial design in my head but later became hard to produce on screen. I wanted to explore into how the toothbrush was made and how the different parts were fitted together however this idea did not work and I left it for another object, the camera. I then started to research into how the camera was made and I quickly found out that the process was very long and took many parts to put together the camera. Therefore I wanted to show this in my final design because many people take for granted the camera and do not realise how many parts go into it. I then decided that I would create a typeface out of the camera parts and therefore I took my camera apart to physically make the typeface. I then took it into photoshop and placed the letters in order as well as arranging them to create a phrase which could evoke meaning.

Graphics Project 10 - Branding (Week 2)

It is now week 2 of the branding project and I knew I had to get a logo in order to start of the process and therefore I spent the first day getting this perfect before I moved onto the the rest of the branding. I decided that I would include the paella dish and explore into this idea before finally coming up with an idea for the final design. I took this idea and made it into the final logo making my work have a sense of purpose and guiding me to finish the project.

Now having the logo I was able to create a business card and kept it simple but effective. This lead me onto packaging of my food and straight away I new I wanted it to be different to any other business out there so I researched into ways of making a unique styled box and therefore ending up creating stickers to enhance the branding on the box. I really then started to get into the project and ideas began to flow as I came up with a simple guidelines for the brand which gave an insight on the final outcome. Starting to explore into cups and other products I could brand was very easy as I now knew what my brand was and could see how the theme could be put into action in any circumstance. This gave me the opportunity to take my project further by making a website and even creating a 3 dimensional product.

I really enjoyed the project this week rather than last because I knew what I was doing this week and enabled me to really gain a sense of brand rather than not having any ideas to pursue forward. I would like to expand on my branding skills in the future and this project really gave an insight on what I could potentially be doing for clients.