Noma Bar Bar is an Israeli born artist who has his own very unique style, almost mono graphic as shown in the examples below. He says this minimalist style stems from his time in England when he couldn’t speak a word of English, in an interview with ‘Creative Boom’ online magazine he had the following […]
Module AAD012 : Choices
MAJOR- GRAPHIC DESIGN AND ILLUSTRATION Having briefly touched on graphic design and illustration in the previous module it instantly became something I was interested in, I worked as far ahead as I could and tried my best to create more work for assessment than the required ‘bare minimum’. Looking into my own future […]
Graphic Design and Illustration : Re;Masters
WORK INSPIRED BY Sir Francis Walsingham By John De Critz the Elder/Portrait of a Man in Black by Francesco Curradi To create the versions of classic portraits I first made my own ruffled collar entire from paper and working to edit them which made them look as close to the originals as possible while still […]
Graphic Design and Illustration : Re;Masters Research
Art Direction Art direction brings clarity and definition to our work, it helps our work convey a specific message to a particular group of people. Art direction combines art and design to evoke a cultural and emotional reaction. Art direction plays a role in all facets of life. It’s especially important in advertising and magazines. […]
Graphic Design and Illustration : Offset Talks
Matt Griffin Listen to the talk by riffed the main point which came across to me was the fact that no work is bad work and you never know what small seemingly meaningless sketches can go on to influence. Griffin began his talk by creating a parallel between a children’s playground and a new sketchbook, […]
Graphic Design and Illustration : Punk Record Sleeves
Initial Thought Process When beginning this workshop I had an idea in mind on what “PUNK” aesthetic would look like and I also didn’t consider any of my favourite music albums to fit into this aesthetic, as a result I was challenged to go above and beyond to turn my favourite musical theatre albums and […]
Graphic Design and Illustration : Punk Research
Sandi Thom : Smile…It Confuses People Smile… It Confuses People is the debut album by Scottish singer Sandi Thom. It was released in both the UK and Ireland on 5th June 2006The album is a mix of pop and folk, predominantly written by Thom herself alongside Tom Gilbert. The cover itself boasts a black and […]
Graphic Design : Research
Clive McFarland Clive is an illustrator born and bred in Omagh and is known for his children’s book illustrations and for working with primary school children for workshops his the local Tyrone area. His first and second picture-books were both shortlisted for the AOI World Illustration Awards, and ‘One Leaf ,Two Leaves’ was chosen for […]
Graphic Design and Illustration : Graphic Language
Initial Sketches the 48 drawings above are my reflections on the 26 words brought forward by Pauline with some of the words having multiple drawings as I felt they could have multiple representations. I also left out the captions for each sketch so each viewer can have their own perception of what each sketch represents. […]