Today the task was to complete our posters, The tutor consolidated the principle of there are no rights and wrong, and sometime strange things can have a good effect on the poster. Also try not to do the norm as it wont stand out from the crowd. The poster is set in 30 years time, it will be rather futuristic, it is also for a piece of work that i been famous for. I chose the fashion costume i made few weeks ago as my exhibit piece. I wanted there to be a connection between the style i worked in and on the advertising poster.
I wanted to be famous for the angular and straight edges, creating striking and pointy art and designs, so i reflect this idea on my poster.
After experimenting with ideas and composition i came up with this idea, drawing the outline of my face but in a angular way to make a connection with my work i am exhibiting.
sketchbook work, and hand drawing face outline, afterwards i scanned this work into the computer and starting adding more angular parts, using a grpahic tablet as a media, trying out different strokes and colours i came out with this idea. After playing around with colours and layout i still think the poster is lacking something, it is not striking enough it can be more optimistic and more striking. therefore i changed the colour scheme to a much more contrasting one and creating the face to be even more angular and sharp to represent my work.
After the first print, i had more time to do a second. This time i wanted to use a different media, I used just watercolour and my logo enlarge on the face, this piece is less obvious who the exhibit is about and is more abstract and harder to understand. however the emotion on the new poster is more clear. it is a straight face with no facial expression. This was done on the 2 poster deliberately because as well as showing the angular costume that is in the exhibition, i want to tell the reader that when i do art or design the work represents my emotions and what i am trying to express, for me sometimes there are a mixture of emotions, i try and let the work that i do to view my feelings. This is shown by the unseen flat facial expression on the poster.
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I really like how your poster evolved throughout the day. Your printed version looks very professional and I find the bold strokes and lines to be quite expressive which adds to the appearance of the poster. The colour on top of the printed version adds a natural hand-finished feel which contrasts with the straight lines. I think the font is quite unique also. Your handmade version is just as effective as the printed one, the addition of more text and the authentic Chinese text gives the poster a personal touch so that the public can get an idea of who you are. I find the incorporated logo into and 'A' clever as it doesn't interfere with the design or the text. Maybe you could have had some text outside the head or some colour to fill the outside space, perhaps you could have even made the poster landscape.
ReplyDeleteYou have a very recognisable style which stands out amongst the majority of the crowd. The bold and energetic marks you make with pen or computer pen can seem to create a bit of a mess however when you look at the final outcome as a whole these quick marks become precise as a group of lines for example combining to form a definite eyebrow. Also the heavy use of triangles is prevalent in much of your work, perhaps you could expand onto a new shape or is that too bold of me to say? I think its great how you have done 2 posters in 2 different media so perhaps in your next poster or task similar to this you could try a completely new media.
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