For part of our graphic design and illustration workshop, we were asked to watch a documentary on the font Helvetica then write a reflection on what we thought of it. Despite not having a whole lot of experience or knowledge of typography, I found the documentary quite interesting. It was interesting to here one of Read More…
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Graphic Design & Illustration Workshop – Contextual Research, Pushpin
The third and final graphic designer I decided to do some research on for this workshop is Pushpin. First off, Pushpin’s website about them has such an interesting hand drawn aspect to it that I’ve never seen before, it was cool to see. Pushpin Studios was founded in 1954 by Milton Glaser, Seymour Chwast and Read More…
Graphic Design & Illustration Workshop – Contextual Research, Pentagram
The second graphic designer I decided to do some research on for our contextual research is Pentagram. Pentagram is an individually-owned, multi-disciplinary design company. Their 24 partners are mainly based in London and New York along with one in Austin and another in Berlin. All 24 partners are practicing designers and all the work they Read More…
Graphic Design & Illustration Workshop
For our graphic design & illustration workshop, we were tasked with creating a zine that has 16 pages, including the front and back cover, with a theme of our choice that relates to something we’re interested in. For my zine, I decided to base it around one of my favourite singers Yungblud. Each page spread Read More…
Graphic Design & Illustration Workshop – Contextual Research, The Stone Twins
For my second workshop, graphic design & illustration, we were asked to research 3 graphic designers or illustrators. The first artist I decided to do some research into is The Stone Twins. The Stone Twins are a creative brand consultancy who are based in Amsterdam. The Stone Twins is ran and owned by twin brothers Read More…
Graphic Design & Illustration – Re:Master Contextual Research
For our contextual research for our re:master project, we were asked to write a paragraph on a topic of art direction. I decided to write my paragraph on the original “Got Milk?” advert. The “Got Milk?” advert, made in 1993 by Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, was initially made because milk sales were dropping 4% every Read More…
Graphic Design & Illustration – Re:Master finished versions
On the second day of Daniel’s second project, we were asked to put together and take photos of our re:mastered versions of the pieces of artwork we chose. Below are my remastered versions side by side with the originals: Mona Lisa: Spring Abstract Geometric Art: Vincent Van Gogh: I had fun trying to recreate these Read More…
Graphic Design & Illustration – Re:Master ideas
For the first part of Daniel’s second project, we were asked to gather possible artwork ideas that we would attempt to recreate the next day. Below are my possible ideas and the photo references: Ideas: Photo references for possible ideas: The Scream: Girl With The Pearl Earring: The Thinker: Photo references for final ideas: Mona Read More…
Graphic Design & Illustration – Record Sleeve Research, Article Reflection
As part of the record sleeve creation project Daniel set for us, we were also asked to write a paragraph to do with music design, a record cover or a designer. I choose to write a paragraph on one of the articles provided for us by Rick Poyner. Poyner’s article is titled “The Art of Read More…
Graphic Design & Illustration – Contextual Research, Quentin Blake
For Pauline’s graphic design & illustration project also required us to do some research on two illustrators/artists. The first artist/illustrator that I decided to research/study is the illustrator Quentin Blake. Blake’s work is pretty loose, even a little messy in style. This is because he doesn’t sketch anything out beforehand, he free hands all his Read More…