PDF FOR GROUP CATALOGUE IDENTITY EXHIBITION ‘Secrets and Lies’ Gillian Wearing Wearing is a skilled portraiture photographer which can be seen in this captivating video of confessions hidden behind masks, the identity of the true perpetrator of each ‘sin’ disguised from us; resulting in this piece reflecting “disparities between public and private life, and notions […]
GDI : Translink X UU
UniLink in the mind map below I quickly started to jot down key points to work from and to help me get my thoughts out on paper; trying to fit into each piece of the brief. The first thing I though about while considering my bus design was the general aesthetic of the overall bus; […]
GDI : Exhibition Poster and Posts
LOVE ART BUY ART The main inspiration for my pieces reflecting on the ‘LOVE ART BUY ART’ exhibition by Golden Thread Gallery were the stunning pieces by Lisa Allan. As stated in previous posts I was absolutely captivated by the colour palette offered up in some of her pieces in the style of Jaipur ceramic; […]
GDI : Rebranding
Rebranding ‘Zest’ for this branding challenge we were set a brief (shown below) by Paul McNally to update and rebrand Zest Cafe; a brand which used to be used for cafes all over Northern Ireland but has now fallen back and seems a little out of date. The first thing that came to mind when […]
GDI : Design Research
Rejane dal Bello After being pointed in the direction of Bello’s work I soon became fascinated with how her illustrations interact with the typography throughout her exhibition posters etc. Sometimes the text will flow over the images whereas in some places the bright and bold text takes its on stance on the page. Bello also […]
GDI : Editorial Illustration
The aim of this illustration workshop was to introduce us to editorial illustration with a final outcome of creating a header image for an article. From the list of articles provided by Jacky Sheridan I chose the Elemental article ;“What Near-Death Experiences Teach Us About the Brain”.[linked below] Since death is quite a taboo subject […]
GDI : Rotoscoping
For this illustration workshop we were introduced to rotoscoping, an animation technique that animators use to trace over motion picture footage, frame by frame, to produce realistic action. Originally, animators projected photographed live-action movie images onto a glass panel and traced over the image. Famous examples of this are used by Disney who used it to […]
GDI : Experimental Elements
Below are many experimental pieces in reflection of Lisa Allan’s work in the ‘Golden Thread Gallery-Love Art Buy Art’ Exhibition. Illustration Allan’s work consist of porcelain figures arranged into resin blocks which led me to illustrate different porcelain and ceramic figures; in order to keep them easily recognisable and to parallel Allan’s work I have […]
CW2 : Audience
‘Feminist Collages in Belfast’ I chose to focus on these sets of ‘collages’ by the “Collages Féministes” movement who are a Belfast-based branch of a global intersectional feminist collective opposing the white supremacist patriarchal system and denouncing domestic abuse, sexual violence, sexism and any form of repression affecting women and gender minorities. This is very […]
CW2 : Collaboration
The Cambridge Dictionary defines ‘collaboration’ as “the situation of two or more people working together to create or achieve the same thing”, allowing us to create the idea that an art collaboration can bring together two or more different artists with different mediums to create one strong gorgeous piece as seen below via the collaboration […]