This Week

This week I am going too develop my ideas for my final illustration piece. Once I have done that I will create the final. This should only take a couple of days as I know exactly what I am doing.

Digital Skills (Self Branding)

These are the finals I came up with for this project. The original idea I had for my logo was so it was child like and scribbly. I don't think the final represents this. I ended up changing my logo to this: 

Which I think it more simple compared to the other logo, and represents my idea better. For the poster I think I could have chosen better colours for the shadow behind me, it's all bright and in your eyes.

Branding and Corporate Design

These are all my completed finals from my first project. I wanted to keep things simple, and not over complicate them as it was a logo for Newcastle Music Hub, and The School of Creative Industries at Newcastle College. The colours I used I chose because they're generic and not stereotyped with being too girly or for boys. 

Talk from Ceremicist Helena Seget

So today we had a talk off a Ceremicist. She didn't set up her company till about 5 years ago. Her parents immagrated from poland after the war as Germans used them as slaves. 

When she was young she studied foundation art. After that she specialised down south in photography, where she would overlay photos to get final images and she didn't have photoshop. 

In the 80's after graduation she worked in theatre as a costume designer. After that she decided again for a career change, and worked in Barcelona and Poland as an english teacher. This was in 1989.

She then returned too england, and studied Advertising in Watford. She kept a visual board of wrappers, tickets, sand etc as a diary for 10 years. In the midst of this she won a competition to design a t shirt for a company called Droog, where she designed a t shirt that looked like it had been cleaned and folded constantly. 

Not long after tyneside cinema were selling off their old seats, so she bought some and used them too take pictures of for a project. 

Another project she did was take notes that her mam wrote, and put them on tiles, they were exhibited at Northumbria University, but all of them were sold, which taught her to be careful what she exhibits. She used to have a rat, who would do random things, which she called art, so she kept a photography portfolio of the rats work. 

Again after this she decided for another career change, she started making chairs, and shelves which are held on with screws/ string to give an illusion they're hanging by screw and string. She also designs porclain paper which you can write on etc, and maps etc for wedding presents. And subsequently from this she was in the culture awards 2012 for the journal. 

This was a good presentation, it's great to see how people can have so many different career paths before they choose the one that suits them the most.

Inspiration

In the top two images I like the use of few colours. It's not too overwhelming for the eye to look at. In the bottom image I just like the facial expression on Trident.

SWOT Analysis for Practice Enrichment Module

Strengths

Able to use Photoshop for image manipulations.
Able to use Illustrator.
Able to set things up in inDesign.
Good at drawing by hand.
Can use a selection of mixed media to create work/ final piece.

Weaknesses

Not very good at creating characters without something to look at.
Not very good a colouring neatly with hands.

Opportunities

To learn to draw from my head.
Learn new illustrative styles.
Learn how to use mixed media in different ways.

Threats

Not being able to draw without reference could restrict my initial ideas.

Smart Targets

These are all targets which have been set throughout the year. I was a little behind at the beginning since I joined the course a month after it started, but it didn't take me long too catch up. I am working towards my last 2 targets at the minute.