Graphics

Today in graphics, i did a short experimentation task that forced me outside of my comfort box and pushed me to act instinctively and not over process my actions. We did a few portraiture drawings of other students and ourselves and i. I really felt that this task opened my eyes to my own creative abilities for future tasks.
Our second main task was to create fonts. I created a font using sellotape and a fine green pen. This was the one i liked best as i hadn't seen anything like it among anyone else's work and also it formed a digital/ futuristic look to the font.

Our main task for the week was to produce a poster advertising an exhibition of our work over 20 years in a large art gallery. I created a poster using text, colour blog collage and cutouts to describe myself. I envisioned myself as predominantly an entrepreneur baker and would be exhibiting my work in the V&A. I began by sketching numerous miniature versions of this poster until i found which one represented me best. This helped me mass produce design ideas in a short amount of time helping me with the concept of time management.

I cut out my shapes using mainly red and black (which is a consistent pattern throughout my work and blog) and then used those to form silhouettes of cupcakes and a large art deco cut out of myself. Alongside a triangular success point and the V&A logo, my poster came together nicely. I then added the body of text at the base of the poster. This was written in fancy italics as it matched the 'baker' branding of my self; quite delicate and fancy shows the type of creative artist i am.

I enjoyed creating this poster as it gave a sense of personality. The edgy approach with the triangular cut outs for my dress against the circles within the poster form a nice visual contrast however if i were to improve this poster i would try to reduce the amount off white space. Whether this issue was created because it was made my hand and not digitally is unclear to me but a bolder more eye catching layout i think would make this poster much better.

Overall graphics was definitely a great week, and i enjoyed my own personal experimentation.