Ideas: Use photographs from Japan. Have some silly pics of me and Nick at Hiroshima Castle. Some good landscapes at the gardens we visited too.
Fish and birds in the sky.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Week 7 - Landscape of the Absurd
Collected images from online
Ideas: Use photographs from Japan. Have some silly pics of me and Nick at Hiroshima Castle. Some good landscapes at the gardens we visited too.
Fish and birds in the sky.
Ideas: Use photographs from Japan. Have some silly pics of me and Nick at Hiroshima Castle. Some good landscapes at the gardens we visited too.
Fish and birds in the sky.
Thursday, August 20, 2009
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
6. APPRAISAL
Write a paragraph (250-400 words)
About your use of:
Line-how have you use it?, how does it operate? What does it do?
Shape how have you use it?, how does it operate? What does it do?
Colour-what colour system have you used? If you have not used one, why
and what was your decision making process in picking the colours you
did?
Texture-how did you generate it? What effect are you hoping this texture
will have on the viewer?
BLOG IT.
I have used line much like how comic book characters are drawn. It has been done by hand and the width of the lines on the character vary in width, which give it more depth. Line has also been used to outline text, the overall shape of the character and to frame the entire poster.
I played with varying scales of the girl character and felt it worked best when she took up a good portion of the space and therefore some of the drawing goes out of the edges of the poster. When I made her smaller to fit inside the frame of the image there was too much negative space the detail of the drawing seemed a bit lost.
The angles in the shape of the girls body are very diagonal and lead the viewers eye from the top right down to the bottom left corner and vice versa. So the viewer can be lead through the image to the text information.
The main colors I have used are white, black, blue, red and yellow. These are all basic primary colors but I have not used them in their purest hues and have chosen more shady hues. Blue, red and yellow form a color triad which makes them all work comfortably. Black and red are common colours used in the artwork of the rock industry and they contrast nicely. White helps to make things contrast even further. Blue comes about because it's my favourite colour but it also makes for some pretty cool punk rocker hair on the girl, it is also used on the smaller font to tie the text to the image.
The stars in the sky create a kind of texture. These came about by accident as there were still some flecks on my scanned drawing that I hadn't erased and when stroked in the layer effects menu they were outline with white along with the girl. I decided to keep them as is, since I wanted the girl to be flying in the sky anyway.
Lots of small lines have been used to create a feathery texture on the wings of the girl. Longer flowing strokes of line have been used to show the direction of her hair. I would hope the viewer would associate the hair as being soft to touch without any tangles. I wanted the wings to look a bit rough and messy but still look like all the feathers flow in general direction.
Monday, August 17, 2009
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Music Poster Assignment
a. What kind of music is at your festival?
Rock, metal, punk, hardcore
b. Who goes to your festival?
Primarily musical festival demographics for for rock/metal fans are teens and twenties.
c. What is the atmosphere like at the festival?
High energy, moshpits are pretty intense. People are always bouncing up and down to the music.
d. In what kind of venue does it take place?
Melbourne Showgrounds. The big musical festivals like Big Day Out and Soundwave are often held there, so I feel it would be the best location.
e. Any other useful information about your festival.
Usually these sorts of music festivals are a sea of black clothing!
Rock, metal, punk, hardcore
b. Who goes to your festival?
Primarily musical festival demographics for for rock/metal fans are teens and twenties.
c. What is the atmosphere like at the festival?
High energy, moshpits are pretty intense. People are always bouncing up and down to the music.
d. In what kind of venue does it take place?
Melbourne Showgrounds. The big musical festivals like Big Day Out and Soundwave are often held there, so I feel it would be the best location.
e. Any other useful information about your festival.
Usually these sorts of music festivals are a sea of black clothing!
There are stalls selling jewellery, tshirts, hats, food/drinks and official band shirts. There should be free water taps.
I feel that most big festivals are handling the official merch stores really poorly. There is only 1 huge stall and it's always packed. Half the people there just want to look but can't until they get to the front, so it takes forever for them to make their purchase once they are at the counter. I think the shirts should have pictures printed in the timetable/info booklets to reduce the crowds.
It took me a long time to come up with a name for my festival. After surfing through a thesaurus I came across the word "metalliferous". It means a rock that yeilds metal. So not only does the word itself have 'metal' in it but also refers to metal and rock in its meaning. The festival is a rock/metal one and so I felt the name fitted really nicely!
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Inspiration
I can't find any other images. But I love this scene in End of Evangelion when a giant angel in the likeness of Rei holds the entire world in her hands.
Hatsune Miku is a Vocaloid character. Vocaloid is not anime, it is not manga and it not a video game. It's computer software for voice synthesization.
When I was in Japan in June/July there was a Miku figurine that me and my friends were trying to win from claw machines at the arcades. We spent a lot of money and never did win her. I ended up buying a different figure of her from a toy shop because I wanted her so bad! I just love the design of her clothes and the colours used in her overall character design. Mint green = WIN.
Band Poster Research
1. RESEARCH
You will need to find 8 inspirational images from magazines, web and
books that influence your image. BLOG IT.
Copy and paste the questions and answer them all.
Four poster designs that are good examples of negative space
• Explain how the design concept is used.
• Comment on line, shape, texture and colour in the image.
• what you like about each image?
• how will it influence your poster?
Four poster designs that are good examples of contrast
• Explain how the design concept is used.
• Comment on line, shape, texture and colour in the image.
• what you like about each image?
• how will it influence your poster?
RISE AGAINST poster - Negative Space example
The blue and the white act as negative space in different parts of the picture. The white arrow creates negative space around the text but in the bottom part of the image the blue becomes the negative space around the white detenator and wire to the White House.
Only 3 colors are used. White, cyan and red. There are grunge textures used to tie the vector images to the photographic image. The arrow acts as a line that leads your eye from the text to the picture.
I like the minimal use of color and I'm very fond of that shade of blue. Because the blue dominates the image it really attracts my attention. The hints of red make a good contrast against the blue and perhaps without it the white would no punch out as much either.
Jimmy Eat World poster - Negative space
Clever design with the cards as the birds tail. Styled to look like a woodblock print it gives the picture some texture. There is actually very little colour used here but the white negative space is balanced out as the shapes of the bird/cards are very central to the page.
Despite the texture grunging it up a little bit, it still has a very clean look to it. I usually find myself designing this way because it's much easier to make it effective. Although I would love to be able to do more complicated designs I can never get them to work when there are too many elements to worry about.
HIM - Negative space
The black acts as the negative space the surrounds the image that sits central. Contrast is also used in this image so that the figure and the centre and the wing-like branches stand out. If the background was all black the figure would not stand out so well. But if the background was all blue/white the dark creepy feeling would be lost a bit.
Coheed & Cambria - Negative Space example
White border creates negative space, which the wings flow out onto, rather than being contained by the orange/yellow rectangle of sky in the background.
You will need to find 8 inspirational images from magazines, web and
books that influence your image. BLOG IT.
Copy and paste the questions and answer them all.
Four poster designs that are good examples of negative space
• Explain how the design concept is used.
• Comment on line, shape, texture and colour in the image.
• what you like about each image?
• how will it influence your poster?
Four poster designs that are good examples of contrast
• Explain how the design concept is used.
• Comment on line, shape, texture and colour in the image.
• what you like about each image?
• how will it influence your poster?
RISE AGAINST poster - Negative Space example
The blue and the white act as negative space in different parts of the picture. The white arrow creates negative space around the text but in the bottom part of the image the blue becomes the negative space around the white detenator and wire to the White House.
Only 3 colors are used. White, cyan and red. There are grunge textures used to tie the vector images to the photographic image. The arrow acts as a line that leads your eye from the text to the picture.
I like the minimal use of color and I'm very fond of that shade of blue. Because the blue dominates the image it really attracts my attention. The hints of red make a good contrast against the blue and perhaps without it the white would no punch out as much either.
Jimmy Eat World poster - Negative space
Clever design with the cards as the birds tail. Styled to look like a woodblock print it gives the picture some texture. There is actually very little colour used here but the white negative space is balanced out as the shapes of the bird/cards are very central to the page.
Despite the texture grunging it up a little bit, it still has a very clean look to it. I usually find myself designing this way because it's much easier to make it effective. Although I would love to be able to do more complicated designs I can never get them to work when there are too many elements to worry about.
HIM - Negative space
The black acts as the negative space the surrounds the image that sits central. Contrast is also used in this image so that the figure and the centre and the wing-like branches stand out. If the background was all black the figure would not stand out so well. But if the background was all blue/white the dark creepy feeling would be lost a bit.
The branch/wings, Heartagram logo and the pattern in the blue area create a sense of texture.
I like how the blue and white area in the middle is like a ray of light. I may use this sort of idea in my own work.
Coheed & Cambria - Negative Space example
White border creates negative space, which the wings flow out onto, rather than being contained by the orange/yellow rectangle of sky in the background.
The artwork has a distinct comic book style to it with the use of black for outlines and shading. In fact, the band actually does have a comic book that follows the stories laid out in the lyrics of their songs. I would like to draw a comic book style character for my own assignment.
The orange and yellow hues in the background create a harmonious colour scheme.
Manson / Slayer poster - Contrast example.
Simple use of colour, with only 3 used. Black, yellow and red. Creates a really high contrast image. The bird silhouette stands out against the red and yellow striped background. Although it is a big block of black there are some intricate lines and shapes around the edges which also create some texture.
I really like silhouettes, so I may use this sort of idea in my own work. I'm also quite fond of wings.
Rage Against the Machine - contrast
The image of the girl really pops out of the image as she is colored in softer tones and the background is darker.
Lovely use of comic style inked lines. There is quite an intricate pattern on the hankercheif covering the girls face and the red ties her back to the red background.
Red and green are complimentary colors and create excellent contrast.
Negative space & contrast
The Slipknot logo has a lot of texture like a paint splatter around it. The lines on the goat figure are like a hand drawn sketch which adds to the grunge look of the entire poster.
The yellow box around behind the figure makes him pop out of the picture. and creates some interesting negative space between the black and the yellow.
Queens of the Stone Age - Contrast Example
The girl in red stand out against the blue background. The characters behind her are drawn with white lines while she it outlined with black, which also makes her more of the focus.
I like the idea of a mascot character and will create one for my own poster.
Image credits: http://postercabaret.com
Manson / Slayer poster - Contrast example.
Simple use of colour, with only 3 used. Black, yellow and red. Creates a really high contrast image. The bird silhouette stands out against the red and yellow striped background. Although it is a big block of black there are some intricate lines and shapes around the edges which also create some texture.
I really like silhouettes, so I may use this sort of idea in my own work. I'm also quite fond of wings.
Rage Against the Machine - contrast
The image of the girl really pops out of the image as she is colored in softer tones and the background is darker.
Lovely use of comic style inked lines. There is quite an intricate pattern on the hankercheif covering the girls face and the red ties her back to the red background.
Red and green are complimentary colors and create excellent contrast.
Negative space & contrast
The Slipknot logo has a lot of texture like a paint splatter around it. The lines on the goat figure are like a hand drawn sketch which adds to the grunge look of the entire poster.
The yellow box around behind the figure makes him pop out of the picture. and creates some interesting negative space between the black and the yellow.
Queens of the Stone Age - Contrast Example
The girl in red stand out against the blue background. The characters behind her are drawn with white lines while she it outlined with black, which also makes her more of the focus.
I like the idea of a mascot character and will create one for my own poster.
Image credits: http://postercabaret.com
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