PPP- Twitter & Connections!

After the illustration talk which involved Cameron Stewart I thought it would be a good way to ask some questions on twitter as he is quite a common user. During the tutorial I had today with John he spoke about having the confidence to ask questions and generally make comments and research into artists. We also spoke about the idea of collaboration within art practices and that 'graphic design' has no set boundaries. 

Initial question:

This then led to being told about Tom Muller:

It was really interesting how by one initial question about how graphic design and illustration work together it led to a complete conversation about the topic including many other designers and artists. 

OUGD502: PPP- Logo development

http://www.zazzle.co.uk/your_initials_logo_monogram_no_1_business_card-240486235814496276

I quite liked the idea seen above of layering the letters however when I tried it myself it didn't really work at all with my initials. 

Therefore I thought about how I could use my full name, although it quite long so I'm not sure it would work as a logo. I had a look at some different fonts such as Bodoni and Baskerville because I wanted a classy and elegant looking font to represent my design style. I think even though all of my designs are different there are elements which are more delicate than modernist design. 

I had a look at some circular logos because there seems to be quite a trend at the moment, I think this may be because it can be translated to many different contexts even on twitter which is a square format. 

However I don't think it works at all and seems to look more like a name badge more than anything therefore I have begun to look how I use "M" as a logo, I sketched out some different styles of "M's". 

So far Ive chosen a calligraphic style of type for the M which does represent the elegant and older style of design which I love and enjoy to create. However I have tried to make it slightly more modern by using black and white rather than using browns and neutrals. Therefore it does show the flexibility in my work as it is modern in colour but still quite feminine and has an older style. Although so far I'm not really sure that this is the right direction to be going in with my logo as a representation of the design I create. 

OUGD502: PPP

Inspiration from his friends who spoke about what audience he would like to create for and what his dreams would be, at the exact time his young son was talking about his dreams in life. Therefore he ended up creating a children's book called "an awesome book". It was interesting to watch because it shows in short his thought process on how he decided what sort of creative he wanted to be, he wants to make people happy through art and not use aggressive and vulgar expression like in the examples he showed in the vans documentary style video. I think watching these kinds of videos are helpful for PPP and the self branding brief because they help me realise there are many type of people in the creative industries and I am not destined to stick to one particular area. 

OUGD502: PPP- Creative Networks talks

13/11/2014

Creative Networks-  Matt Forsythe (Adventure Time) & Cameron Stewart (DC Comics) Along with Babs Tarr. 

(Examples of Matthew Forsythe's work)

He is well known for being one of the illustrators and designers as part of the Adventure Time series, however I found it more interesting during the talk that he spoke about himself and the individual work he has produced. Two examples shown above are comics which have little to no words, they were influenced by his time spent in Korea and I personally found them quite fascinating as it is somewhat like he has created his own version of the famously known Manga (Japanese).

http://babsbabsbabs.com/post/47438704325/bosozoku-sailor-scouts

Babs Tarr's work was incredibly unique as she showed a whole range of different illustrative styles simply just for one brief. It was interesting to hear she was only one of the three that went to an art school and she spoke highly of her experience. In terms of PPP she spoke heavily about wanting to create work she enjoyed doing and as she expressed her love for fashion and all things feminine it clear you can see her personality throughout all of her work. 

http://cameron-stewart.tumblr.com

During the talk Cameron Stewart and Babs Tarr spoke about their visual redesign for the new Batgirl comic. You can see in the imagery that they have completely redesigned batgirl from previous representations:

They have changed the use of spandex within female characters and changed it to a leather jacket which is more realistic. They have also used a mobile and other technology within the comic which makes it relatable for the younger audience, especially girls. 

Cameron spoke about how he loves creating superhero comics and designing fight scenes but it was interesting to hear about the personal projects he has produced. One of which was a comic about the Vietnam War and he actually flew over to Vietnam to speak to people and based the characters he illustrated from the people he met. It was interesting that spoke about having a connection with the work makes you more passionate about it and want to create it as best as you can. He also showed us snippets of his own book seen above (Sin Titulo) which I loved the rougher and more scratchy drawing style which was paired with a minimal three colour palette, it was designed incredibly well and its minimalistic design made it highly interesting to me as a graphic designer. 

The evening allowed me the opportunity to speak to other students in the college who aren't on Graphic Design, which included students from Illustration and Animation (1st and 2nd years). One student in particular from Illustration was interested in doing some collaborative work in the future and insisted that there should be more evenings like this because collaboration between the courses is definitely a good idea. Even though I couldn't attend Thought Bubble festival I found out that a few of the students were selling work so I asked them about what they had created and it was interesting to see their concepts and pieces. 

http://snapdraws.tumblr.com

(Sophie Wright- BA illustration level 5)

What I gained from the talk is that I need to create more work which I am proud of having my name attached to. This means creating work which has connections to my own interests. Especially during the responsive module currently I feel this will help develop my own niche within graphic design. Within the talk the illustrators spoke about showing your work online to gain interest, and I think this should be something to consider with perhaps watermarks on the work to protect it.