Life Drawing

 Quick sketches of class members.

These sketches were probably the most successful as they look more finished than the others as they were the last two so I feel like I got quicker and realised that as long as I keep looking up at the person it was easier to get all the features in the short space of time.

 

I wasn't happy with these two as the eyes on the left drawing were completely wrong and out of proportion with the whole face.The right drawing I felt that I achieved the right face shape.

 

I spent longer on trying to get the face and hair shape right for the right handed drawing so I ran out of time for the features, I feel that I got the right face shape for this person. The left handed drawing I feel that i got the face shape right but the mouth is too far up the face.

Fine art- finding metaphors in lyrics

A metaphor is a key tool across all the arts and all forms of visual communication.

The metaphors i found in lyrics...

• 'Like a shoebox of photographs with sepia-toned loving'-Jack Johnson
• 'Its your flawless soul that bleeds my stone'-Paolo Nutini
• 'You just flew right into my arms'
• 'Paint my spirit gold;-Mumford and sons
• 'Ive fallen for your eyes but they don't know me yet'-Ed Sheeran
• 'I woke up feeling heavy hearted'-Adele

• 'If I've been on your mind, you hang on every word i say'-Adele

I used the Adele lyrics 'you hang on every word i say' for my metaphor shown through visual communication. I wrote the words in a simple bold font and used the word 'hang' to make it look like its hanging. I added the little person hanging on the 'word'.

Product designers

Jasper Morrison

 

   

I like Morrisons products as they are very contemporary and sleek.He really thinks about how the materials he uses can be made into a quirky simple design which look well made and expensive. I like the neutral colours as they show the product off well.

Phillipe Starck

Starck creates products which are modern and elegant.I like The way he uses different materials for his products and doesn't go overboard with bright colours and adds rich colours in with dark to create one of a kind products.I also like the shapes he uses as the orange hanging chair above looks really comfy.

 

Marcel Lajos Breuer

 

Breuer was a modernist architect furniture designer. He studied at the Bauhaus in the 1920's. 

 

Marianne Brandt

Brandt also studied at the Bauhaus. I like the bold metalic shapes in her products.

 

Victor and Rolf

I wanted to show Viktor and Rolf as product designers and not fashion designers as they create pieces which take a lot of planning and are original and look more like products not just fashion.I like how they merge together fashion and 3d design, especially the dresses with their own light stand around, this shows they have thought about creating something which is really different.

 

 

 

 

3D design

Drawing from observation, experimenting with making different shapes from the zip, making circles for the round bit and straight lines.

More drawing from the objects. The more i practiced the different shapes the better they got and looked in proportion with the rest of the object. Doing this helped me to get the object looking realistic and made sure all the lines which i couldn't see join up.

Drawing from the objects; trying to get the right shapes and tones with card and ink.

The next day i worked on drawing from different objects again, but trying to make changes to these objects, this could be changing it from rounded edges to square or having the object bigger.

 

 We discussed design faults in some products like how in some tea pots, the tea leaks from the spout so that's a design fault as the designers of the product haven't thought about it properly.

We also looked at different products have changed over time and how they have evolved and progressed e.g. the ipod- this has gone from being really big and chunky to quite small and thin so now ables people to fit it into their pockets.

Using graphite sticks to draw the objects with, We had a few minutes to draw the object. I then went onto trying to slightly change the design of the product to make it better.

Drawing from different perspectives.

After this we made small models from our observational drawings using card, experimenting with shape and texture. We then took this further to make card lampshades.

 To make this lampshade, I plaited card together and weaved each plait together using plastic wire. I wanted the light to shine through so thought plaiting would be a good idea, I think this worked well and looked like a light which would be made for an outdoor living space.

I wanted to change my original weave design into a lamp which was more tall and sophisticated. I wanted to keep the plait theme going so decided to use a craft knife and cut out a plait design in the middle of the lamp, I then rolled the card up and sewed it together creating a cylinder shape. To this i added plaits around the edge, I added two at the top and three at the bottom. This design would be good as a tall floor lamp and lets the light through the cut out slightly creating a warm glow.

Fashion-pattern pieces and 3D

I cut out a pattern piece and used it to create 3d designs out of paper and added them on mannequins, from these 3d designs i drew from them using pencil and ink.

Graphics- how words are visually interpreted using typography

I was given 6 words, and had to write each word in separate thumbnails to represent the meaning of the word.

• Rapid
• Consume
• Slither
• Flowing
• Detached
• Stability

 

Visual connections with the words, using the colours and shapes I feel represent the words using magazine cut outs and different paper, these also show texture i feel that represent the words...

 

After representing each word with colours and shapes I then went onto picking four words to take on further and create separate compositions for each word using similar colours and shapes to the ones I had already made...

 

                 Flowing

 

 Detached

 

Consume

 

Stability.

 

I then experimented with the photocopier to change the colours of some compositions...

 

I felt that i should leave the compositions the original colours but just change the depth of the colours so went onto photoshop to do so...

Using photoshop, I changed the contrast and the darkness of the colours, I like how they have darkened and look grainy, i made the reds in the image much darker to create depth.

Final outcomes...

I decided to change the 'consume' piece to black and white with a high contrast, I used the typography from my original thumbnails to go inside the image, the letters get smaller and smaller as they go more into the middle of the image.

I darkened the colours on this one, i like how its gone darker around the edges and made it look slightly vintage.The typography is strong and stable.

 I also made this darker using photoshop and added the typography with reference to my thumbnails.

I changed this on photoshop a bit more than i wanted to as i experimented with this one a bit too much. I think that the colours flow into each other so they represent the word well, also the type flows into and down from each letter.

 

 

Graphic designers

              

     Stefan Sagmeister

I like how Sagmeiser uses peoples bodies and faces to write on. The simple text looks effective on the body.

Wim Crouwel

Alan Fletcher

this piece by Fletcher is comical and original. the print of the mans face contrasts nicely with the bright yellow background, I like how everything is set out and how the words look like they are coming out of his mouth in an invisible speech bubble.

Kris Sowersby

Sowersby is a typographer. I like this type he made as the different colours in the lines of the text make it bold and contrast with the other grey type.

Pep Carrio

Carrio uses little notebooks to draw in, he uses every page from the book. I like how his images are random and not one looks the same. The use of different media makes the images look bold and cartoon like.

Noma Bar
I like this work as the colour of the hair blends in with the background. The design is really bold and like how not all of the features are added on the face.


David Carson
I like how Carson creates different images using text and pictures, his work is original and different to most graphic designers as he pushes the boundaries of design. I like this certain piece as its messing with word structure and splitting up each word and placing it in a different place, so is hard to read.