Headline Evaluation

So these were the prints that we're chosen for the headline competition.

In my rationale and statement of intent i said i wanted to explore design for print especially screen printing. The headline brief i think was a good brief in that it gave you a direction of where to go to search for a concept and it was pretty simple to do so. I began this brief with some dithering as usual but i think i came out on top. The simplicity of each print made it easy to produce and line up.

Act!onAid - Layouts

I dove straight into these briefs and got cracking with some layouts.I knew i wanted to include a run down of how donations are distributed. People don't donate because they have no idea where their contribution is going to go.

I want that to be the poster side of my leaflet, an a3 illustration showing how every £1 is spent.

The poster side should be separate from the informational leaflet.

Anyway started with mixing the photos into 2 colour prints black and one of either pantone; red or yellow.

I wasn't happy with the yellow overlayed text or the way the type was working with the image. I started again using the same image.

Using colorize to change the colours on the photos.

Front type in red including logo doesn't stand out enough

Turned opacity down and didnt really do much

Stands out more but logo still hard to read

Better. heres where i have stopped . I'm happy with the centre type which follows the image. The white type also stands out more. Red also works well, if you enlarge this image it'll stand out more.

I started on the back aswell. Only i haven't quiet nailed that yet

I started this in a similar way i started to the front side. It wasn't working

So i began again
I went back and created another layout designs. I wanted to keep the type neutral as i had done on the front.
The red stands out abit too much, as apposed to the other side where i lowered the opacity.

I've enjoyed the work i've produced on to this brief so far, and have a few plans for what else i can produce.

Rinse Clothing presents Sleaze - Evaluation

Photos from the sleaze complete packaged shoot.

This was supposed to be my longest brief, i wanted to go all out but i screwed up and didn't plan my time properly and ended up producing mediocre prints. I am not entirely thrilled with the outcome. I think this is my weakest brief and has definitely taught me the most.

I dithered with ideas back and forth and didn't make decisions quick enough. If i want to continue making t-shirts i want to have custom labels, quality t-shirts and packaging. I think with this brief i started to rush it thinking i dont have enough time to complete another brief, but i guess i do.

Although the concept of political scandal is not shown directly through the imagery, i still think they have a selling point. Halftone graphic t-shirts are in at the moment and i believe i could create some unique imagery. Although a little too late i managed to find a supplier of american apparel t-shirts ( http://www.fifthcolumn.co.uk/). I wasnt happy with the way my labels came out with the college facilities, and i need to find a way to sew them in properly and neatly. I also was able to find a label printers http://www.britishtags.co.uk/wovenl.asp - funnily they have an office in leeds.

I think for me t-shirts is a way of expression and more of a hobby than something i'd want to do as a profession, with that in mind i'm going to produce t-shirts as extra curricular work rather than for module submission, its off my own back then and won't jeopardise my marks for module hand in. However, there has also been some plus sides to this module. I got to try out in design and produce a little book - i was able to learn about master pages and creating grid systems, baseline grids. But again i was rushing i think with more planning and insight i could have produced a high quality book and perhaps got it professionally printed. As part of PPD i've been approaching different printers and looking into it as a profession. I'm looking forward to producing more books. Also in April a few of us are planning to enter the Leeds University Book Fair, i plan on producing a few screen printed books. Not entirely sure on what for now tho but its something to think about over christmas.

Photoshoot

Had the photoshoot for my t-shirts last night. I've burnt them all onto disk for hand in, but below you'll find copys of my contact sheets just incase.

Photos by: David Rukin

http://www.flickr.com/photos/outoffilm/

Don't Panic Evaluation

I started off the module wanting to complete a quick one week brief for a don't panic brief just to get my engines started after the summer break. I went back to my hold ways and dithered and made a poster for social that had already been done and better. The constant procrastination on my part eventually evolved this one poster for don't panic into an entirely new brief for me - rants.

I wasted alot of time by doing this and am going to be careful in the future.

I decided later on to produce a small series of don't panic briefs. This was entirely to give me some smaller briefs to occupy my time as i feel its sometimes good to have to have a quick turnaround. The don't panic briefs are something i consider essential for students to participate in simply as a means to get your name out and promote yourself. Nothing more.

I've been edging more towards type this module and the 3 posters i've created since the oil piece follow the same aesthetic, colour and type. What gets the concept across is the words themselves. I have been looking at alot of graffiti recently and KR (the man behind Krink) whose signature style is drips, i wanted to explore this aesthetic in my digital work. After experimenting with type and the drips i want to explore it in a more graffiti way. Perhaps have the type cut out, sprayed and drips added.

I might try abit of it over christmas.

Action! - Guidlines

I'm going to have a limited colour palette and stick to the Pantone red and the creams, using the stock choice aswell.
These are horrible typefaces and in the annual review Helen sent me i never saw bradley hand. I have no plan on sending this off. If i do i'll change the typefaces but i aint using them for a portfolio piece.

Values

Fear

Another don't panic