Book Binding Session

Loved the book binding session, nice and easy was of putting together work in a neat and professional way. Learnt that there are some good places in london that can bind your work together in a book, good for future reference.

First Time Using Illustrator

Learning how to use Illutrator was interesting, didnt know there was so many thing that could be done using the programme. Still need a bit of practise not used to the layout and control as I learnt Photoshop first.

research : Glyphs - Oded Ezer

Oded Ezer, a typographic artist, logo and type designer, is also a lecturer and a typographic experimentalist. His studio is located in Israel.

“Ezer's work is emotional and powerful... his typographies are as exceptional in this field as they are outstanding, to say the least” Die Gestalten Verlag

"Oded Ezer, master of inventive Hebrew lettering" Michael Bierut

(http://www.ezerdesign.com/)

1 DAY PROJECT - TYPEFACE!

Type & Tape

The Type & Tape project was interesting as it was key that you used the time available to churn out as much experimentation as possible in that day. I found the project to be a very fun experience as I worked with a group of fellow classmates and we were able to come up with some fun and experimentive ideas.

We named our typeface “Tape face” and wanted it to stand out so for the final piece we did a large scale example of the type face. The aim was to get a very textured surface area for the type so that it could be seen from a distance. We came up with a very affective rippling effect by overlapping the tape.

Overall I found that our Type & Tape experience was successful as we were able to work as a team to produce a creative typeface using tape.

research : Playful Type Artists - Alan Kitching

Research : Playful Type Artists - Sci Scott

Final Editorial Illustration

The project Poole a Visual Insight

The project on Poole was an interesting one as I had never heard or even been to Poole before so it was something

that I could explore into. The project itself was fun as it allowed me to go to Poole and experience first hand what the

town was like and to record my findings through photography and sketches. I used what I saw in Poole to help me get

an understanding of the town which helped me to decide to create a illustration against the “Regeneration of Poole” as

I believed Poole to be a traditional seaside town that would be overrun if massive regeneration/modernisation were

to occur. For the outcome of the project I produced a detailed illustration for what I believe represented Poole.

The vibrant colour scheme was to portray the liveliness of Poole which I felt was evident on the day. I also chose to

add in multiple layers of Poole’s market scene as I believed it showed the comforts of Poole’s traditions and

established community. All this with the added caption of “Home sweet home…why change it?” balance the whole

piece nicely as I didn’t want the text to override the illustration, I wanted the illustration to also be able to speak for

itself as it would be surrounded by text in a newspaper article.

Overall I believe the Poole project was a success. I feel I portrayed what the essence of Poole was for me on my

first impression of being there and the illustration would impact on the locals to remind them that Poole has come a

long way already does it really need to be regenerated?

Working on Poole Project:

Im going through the pictures I took at Poole and using them as a reference to the image of Poole so I can build up an image of my editorial illustration. I want the final to be a sort of sketch of Poole with fun colours and images.

Research :Editorial Illustrations

Trip to Poole