Personal Imagery

I have a habit of sticking down photos and imagery that I like in my sketchbooks as I like to record what I do, who I meet and things that I find interesting. This photo combined with the image of the lips is really interesting. I like the reflection of the light on the sunglasses and the glimmer of light on the lips. Another interesting piece to add to my collection!

Tips for Students

This is work from my guide for students. I experimented a lot with typography and imagery in this project. It was for a tongue in cheek guide to student living. It was a skint tip for all students if they had no money. I thought this work was successful and I liked the imagery I produced.

Using light

These images are from I project where I had to explore visual language. I had to manipulate line, frame and format, looking at formations of things behind and beside one another. I needed to catalogue a range of media of how to construct a line, and think about viewpoints. I thought these photographs taken where some of my best imagery produced. I like the way the light has an effect on the objects and details their lines and structures.

Straight out of the horses mouth

This is the final outcome from one of my projects called "My Dogs are Barking" where we had to produce a typographic piece through a saying. I chose straight from the horses mouth and produced a 'tongue in cheek' image. The background is made up racing times of horses. The horse is what I illustrated and then I experimented with different texts and found one that suited the image. I feel this image was successful because it was very strong, and I thought was quite clever. I feel the text chosen suited the words coming out of the horses mouth because of its 'western/cowboy' theme.

Experimenting with Light and Photography

I thought this image was really good when I took a took it a few days ago. My rosary beads were hanging off the handle on my skylight window in my room, and with the sun going down in the background I took a picture in black and white. I thought it was a very strong and graphic image based because of the outlines and shapes involved.

This image by Michael Johnson was a big inspiration to me when I did one of my projects this year. I found this poster in a creative review magazine and thought it was relevant to my final design. I like the way the tree consists of different fonts of text, and how Michael Johnson portrays his feelings and what he is thinking about atthe time. Originally this piece, was really small so as you couldn't see what the writing said and in this article it was actually readable for the first time.

Typography

I like to experiment with typography in my work. I feel that fonts can relate to different subjects, objects and meanings. This work on fonts came from my Visual Thinking- Meaning and Interpretation Module. I had to investigate a range of possible graphic/visual re-interpretations of a piece of text through the manipulation of type, frame, format, colour, form, scale and legibility. I felt these images above were really interesting and eye catching. Although I didn't include my final piece for this project above as I felt it wasn't successful I feel that the experimenting I did with this project was good.