Here are a series of digital experimental designs using an app called figma. i’ve incorporated research of words that are associated with my chosen theme of Belfast. i’d researched about the historical architectural buildings and structures including: Titanic Quarter and the Harland & Wolff cranes, then used those words to create an image or abstract collages. With these designs i would like to experiment further by either printing them or cutting them up and to create other designs or images.
Here i’ve gathered first-hand visual research of different typographic lettering, numbers, symbols, text and images. I’ve also photographed a few architectural buildings and structures as I think it would be interesting to combine both together.
These are my digital versions of my graphic language sketches. I had chosen my preferred 12 out of 48 and experimented using colour on one half, then keeping black and white on the other. I really enjoyed creating these designs especially digitally as there are so many different aspects on how to create each element.
Glyph Design                             Grid Design
Layer Design                            Modular Design
Random Design                         Random Design
Ratio Design                           Type Design
Type Design                           Balance Design
Balance Design                         Fold Design
These are a series of graphic language design ideas that’s based on different elements such as: shape, balance, rhythm, glyph, type etc, which I have turned into small initial sketches influenced by their name. I’d decided to keep the sketches black and white, then experiment with colour when designing these elements digitally.
Whilst visiting the Taking Liberties exhibition I had created a series of quick observation sketches of the artists work along the way. Within these sketches I had just included a few individual pieces that I had taking great interest in and I had also taking consideration of the space surrounding and layout of their work, as the artist had a great display.
Here I had visited Jamie Reid’s Taking Liberties art exhibition which is based on features posters, banners, drawings and collages designed by Jamie Reid with the express purpose of viscerally grabbing the public’s attention, increasing awareness of campaigns for social justice from the 1970s to today – against the Poll Tax, English heritage and colonialism, Clause 28 and the Criminal Justice Bill and promoting the work of Occupy London and Extinction Rebellion.
