Month: October 2020

AAD010 – Recreation

For this module, we had to recreate famous paintings using photography. It had to have the elements such as subject, lighting and composition of the original painting, but it could be modernised. For my photos, I took reference from an art style called “Still Life”. Still Life is a form of art based around inanimate…Continue Reading AAD010 – Recreation

AAD010 Graphic Design – Contextual Research (Laura Carlin)

Lauren Carlin ( http://www.lauracarlin.com/ ) Lauren Carlin is an illustrator and ceramics maker. She is known for her naïve drawing and painting style. Lauren has said her main inspiration for drawing was her family, they wanted her to draw realistically rendered cats, but she rebelled by doing her more known style of drawing instead. They…Continue Reading AAD010 Graphic Design – Contextual Research (Laura Carlin)

AAD010 Graphic Design – Contextual Research (Sara Fanelli)

Sara Fanelli ( http://www.sarafanelli.com/docs/bg02.html# ) Sara Fanelli is an illustrator/graphic designer who does various illustrations for things like book covers, posters and pamphlets, though she also does other art like typography. Most of her works are children’s books that are illustrated and written by her. Her first work is Button, published in 1994 and her…Continue Reading AAD010 Graphic Design – Contextual Research (Sara Fanelli)

AAD010 Graphic Design- 7 inch vinyl 2

For this one,I chose the song “Schism” by the band Tool. For the cover, I was inspired by the music video for the song directed by Adam Jones, the band’s drummer. The characters and other visual elements are implemented into the cover. Here are sketches of some of my ideas. (the one I chose to…Continue Reading AAD010 Graphic Design- 7 inch vinyl 2

AAD010 Graphic Design-7 inch vinyl cover

The song I chose was Deftones – Be Quiet & Drive (Far Away). I started off with the band’s name, the type is from the album the song’s from, “Around The Fur”. I chose the colors black and blue. For the cover, I drew a car. On the car are the lyrics “This town don’t…Continue Reading AAD010 Graphic Design-7 inch vinyl cover

AAD010 Graphic Design – Contextual Research (Peter Strain)

Peter Strain ( https://www.peterstrain.co.uk/ ) Peter Strain is an illustrator/graphic designer who specialises in portraits and typography. A lot of the concepts around his work mainly revolves film, as he has done many posters for movies he’s a fan of, as well as home media release covers for Arrow Film releases like Dark Water and…Continue Reading AAD010 Graphic Design – Contextual Research (Peter Strain)