Pencil on Paper Like everything, the portfolio website starts on paper, these started out as basic and bland sketches, depicting the layout. This would be the top of the website, basing the wireframe layouts on my already existing portfolio website. The differences would be my brand monogram etc. This is a different approach, having the…Continue Reading IxD 103 – Portfolio Website Paper Wireframes
IxD 103 – Redesigned Monogram
Prologue After a lot of trial and error, I finally reached a monogram design I can totally happy with in every extent. It follows the Japanese aesthetic I have been following throughout my brand as well as give off a very pleasing look. I would start off with this as my initial monogram design, I…Continue Reading IxD 103 – Redesigned Monogram
IxD 103 – Beyond the Brand Outcome
Prologue Since I came from a very Applied Arts heavy background I decided to make something I would of made back then, a form of landscape. I decided to create a very simple yet powerful landscape using a technique called “Vector Landscapes”. These simple yet colourful and fun landscapes are great illustrative pieces. This example…Continue Reading IxD 103 – Beyond the Brand Outcome
IxD 103 – Beyond the Brand
Beyond the Brand Week 10’s lecture was called ‘Beyond the Brand’, it was all about making physical and digital touchpoints for your brand. Daniel encouraged us to put passion into our brands, and to believe in our own brands. He started the lecture by saying the word brand is “overused, sterile and unimaginative” a quote…Continue Reading IxD 103 – Beyond the Brand
IxD 104 – Infographic Work in Progress
The Initial Layout I started off with a small surface area to fill out before I started expanding below. I realised after exporting it that the Korean peninsula was far too large compare to the islands, so I removed it in the next draft. I took what I had originally planned on paper and in…Continue Reading IxD 104 – Infographic Work in Progress
IxD 104 – Developing the Infographic
Mind Mapping Starting off like any other project, I started with a few ideas in mind. I planned on doing something related to Japan, but I did keep my mind open about other topic. These included the Depth of the Ocean, The Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster, The Cold War and it’s effects and the Population of…Continue Reading IxD 104 – Developing the Infographic
IxD 103 – Portfolio Website Consideration
This was our last lecture with Daniel before we finished for the Easter holidays. In this lecture Daniel went over our final part of IxD 103, which was creating a portfolio website. Daniel got the class over onto Miro and asked us to write onto a post it note what we think our portfolio website…Continue Reading IxD 103 – Portfolio Website Consideration
IxD 104 – Researching Infographics
Infographic Moodboards Infographics about Japan For our infographics where where told we would be making them based on population, we can take that however we want, so I am choosing to look at Japan. Either the Tsunami, Fukashima or just the overall population density of the islands of Japan. …Continue Reading IxD 104 – Researching Infographics
IxD104 – Visualising Data
Infographics and Data Visualisation Introduction to our new project, visualing Data and infographics. Infographics basically mean what they mean, they are graphic visual representations of information, data, or knowledge intended to present information quickly and clearly. They can improve cognition by utilising graphics to enhance the human visual system’s ability to see patterns and trends….Continue Reading IxD104 – Visualising Data
IxD 104 – Hand to Mouse – Week 3
The following week Paul talked to us about illustration, throughout the lecture Paul went over the different ways you can portray Illustration by showing us pieces of work from different illustrators. The one that I had already mentioned was Olly Moss, who I had looked at the week prior. Rogie King, Breno Bitencourt, Sarah Parmenter…Continue Reading IxD 104 – Hand to Mouse – Week 3