The brief To produce a poster (297mm x 420mm) that celebrates a colour of your choice. Choose a colour that has a meaning that you want to explore and celebrate. Think about what the colour you have chosen means both to you and to other people and create something that celebrates that meaning, for example…
Exercise: Photomontage
For this exercise I was asked to create a photomontage with a political message. I have started my exercise by brainstorming some ideas that I might like to explore. I made a mind map. I wanted to do something around internet privacy and how social media is used to influence the thinking of people at…
Exercise: Abstract Cities
For this exercise I had to create abstract book covers for guide books of 10 cities. The cities are: Madrid Malmo Managua Manchester Manhattan Marrakech Marseilles Melbourne Montreal Mumbai The book covers need to be A5 size in landscape orientation. I’ve started my research with looking up some pictures of each of the cities on…
Exercise: understanding colour
Draw two grids; one with colour you like and one with colours you dislike. Put them side by side. I found it interesting how these came together. The fact that some of the, are vibrant and some of them are more subtle makes a nice combination. In the second part of this exercise I needed…
Exercise: Seeing the light
In this exercise we were asked to create 20 different layouts using only a picture of a lightbulb, the word Lightbulb and a block of colour. I’ve chosen a cool mid grey for the colour of my block and a white background on all my designs. I used the app Bazaart to quickly play around…
Exercise: Signs and symbols
In this exercise I needed to read existing signs and drawing on the research around this, I needed to create my own symbol. My chosen concept was danger. Danger I’ve started my research by collating images of danger signs. After collating these images, I’ve begun my process by trying to re-draw some of the signs…
Exercise: A visual diary
In this exercise I was asked to start a visual diary. Collate things that inspire me everyday to distill what type of designs I like the most. I found this exercise quite easy to do using Pinterest as the platform has endless amounts of visual inspiration. After doing this exercise I noticed a few trends…
Assignment 2 – Thinking of You
The brief The second assignment asks to create a set of greeting cards to celebrate a sentiment or events that are worthy of celebration but not currently catered for by a card manufacturer. The requirements Design at least 3 cards Design the cover and the message inside the card Unrelated or to work as a…
Exercise: Point of Sale Display
The brief is to create a Point of Sale display for Fruit and Vegetables to be seen from the street to attract more customers to this part of the shop. The final product is too be printed on A0 size, and has to be landscape. I drafted down my keywords as: Fruit Vegetables Fresh Eat…
Research Point: Software
What software do I have at my disposal, and what software do I need? I have the full Adobe Creative Suite, which includes all the tools I might need to be able to create designs. I also own an iPad Pro, and have Procreate for illustration and Bazaart for quick composition edits. What do I…
Exercise: Too much or not enough information
In this exercise I needed to create a set of 2 posters for a local event, one with a lot and one with the bare minimal information. I found this local box match that is being held on the 8th March by the Belvedere Boxing Club. Details here.I’ve drafted a few ideas first to see…
Exercise – Visualising your ideas
The brief is the following: You have been asked to design a leaflet for an organisation, inviting people to to volunteer for a task. (You can choose the task for example, school governor, fundraising or building a community garden). In addition to a title the information has been broken down into four chunks each of…
Exercise: Book cover design
The Brief The brief for this exercise was to create a set of book covers for some novels by H.G. Wells, to establish them as timeless fiction. I’ve gone on the book store on my phone to find out what titles there were, and selected a handful I could download as audiobook. I decided to…
Connections Mind map
I recorded the way I create a mind mat to later come back to it and see how it leads me to ideas that I didn’t consider before starting the mind map. I find it very interesting how this way of recording your ideas aids your thinking by being able to re-trace your way of…
Exercise: Working to a brief
These are extracts from briefs set as part of a student competition. Your task is to read and analyse them. Ask yourself: What are you being asked to do? How will the client will judge a successful outcome to the brief? What are the keywords? In addition log any other questions you would want to…
Postcards to Introduce – Assignment One
I have a deep rooted interest in art, I had the bug from a very early age. My first memory of me drawing is when I was around 3-4 years old. I used to love to draw mermaids, because I was obsessed with Disney’s version of The Little Mermaid at the time. I remember that…
Exercise: Picture charades
This exercise asked me to do some picture charades. I tried to communicate the names of tv programmes or films using drawings only. This exercise is visual communications at its core. This was a fun exercise that I think definitely beneficial as it helps you think of words as images.
Andy Warhol – Research project
I am intrigued by Andy Warhol because I like his style and the way his art seems very contemporary. At this stage I don’t know very much about his work, but what I seen so far I was quite impressed with. I started my research on Andy’s Wikipedia page.I’ve created the below mind map based…
The Journey Begins
Thanks for joining me! My name is Ish, I am a Graphic Design student at the Open College of the Arts. Please follow along my voyage as I discover the world of graphic design and feel free to share and comment on my work. I am excited to find out what the future holds, I…
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