Illustration covers - Day 2

From the evaluation from the previous blog I have used the digital element to these designs, among this I have improved the origanal design and used the character 'Penny' fom the Big Bang Theory' so that it would relate even more to the theme. The image on the right depicts the same features as before but I have added a extra feature using circulars to show the amount of planets there are in the solar system.

 This was another theme using media control 

  

I have used the idea of a remote control as a remote control controls the tv which then controls people that watch telly regularly as some information from media can brainwash people into thinking what they want them to.

I felt that I genarated a varity of different design for a a collection of themes I'm my opinion if I had more time I would of developed these designs even more as I felt that two days isn't enough time to create a finalised idea.

 

Illustration covers - Day 1

I thought back to the Barbican, The Pop Art gallery as I thought it was a good starting point for the theme 'the new big bang' using geometric shapes etc. I initially I thought about magazines and that they use some sort of pop art structure within them. Andy Warhole is another great inspiration for this theme aswell. The actual title 'The Big Bang' itself comes in am formats the second thought I had was the proggram 'The Big Bang Theory' I thought about using these characters from the proggram in my illustrations. 

Before I associated the 'The Big Bang Theory' I looked at the word 'bang', the word bangs in America 

It another name for fringes I then took this idea furtur to make a poster which depicts a girl that has 'bangs' (a fringe) and use the planets from the actual  Big Bang; use them as the girls jewellery to depicts the 'New Big Bang'.

In my opinion I think the image above works well as it balances an origanal design but not taking away from the actual theme. I origanal ly used colouring penicls and fine liners just to see a rough idea on what the design would look like. To improve this design is perhaps use a digital version of this design I could aswell develop this idea further using the characters from the Big Bang proggram.

 

Alphabetype -Day 2

I thought of a few new other ways of representing the alphabet. I used the paper itself to create the letters, as I was folding them down I realsied that they made an unusal shape, I used this idea to develop, drawing that shape to create a whole alphabet using unusal shapes and symbols.

Another development, I used fishing wire to create some of the shapes I had already designed one of them perhaps if I had more time I would of created the whole aphabet  and attached them all together to create a 3D sculpture.

From the work of Julie cocksburn I created a simular idea using  embroidery threads likewise in her work to create a a symposia tic, and abstract piece of art work. I felt this gave a good appearance as it's not what it seems this could also portray different languages that different cultures don't understand?

 

Alphabetype -Day 1

Some inital ideas when I was brain storming; thinking about particular words perhaps the word it's self would represent that particular object.

 When I was looking back to previous fonts for the alphabet that I could inspire me  to think about more ideas for the concept of the aphabet.

I preferred the symbolism used in the second photo on the left hand side of the image,as in my option it is easier to read and locate what letter the symbol is representing.

I thought that previous work I created helped me a lot with thinking about more creative designs and layouts for this theme.

 

Data translate - Day 3

These pages shows the different types of designs from henna inspiration, I've also used the research of the servays into these designs to relate the design back to the brief.

 I have also incorpreated the work of Stefanie Posavec among the first research I found depict that traditional data translation are mainly circular designs.

Overall I thought the final outcome of this project was sucsesful as I used all the relivent information to create these designs perhaps one improvement I could consider; if I had more time to develop my work I could adapt the final design onto a different surface like skin using henna to draw the pattern, it would bring the design back to the theme even more as tattoos what to be created on skin.

The lambs above was the last development I created but I felt that the origanal design I made (using henna on the paper) turned out better as it had more texture (grainly) and related better the the theme further more it brought more feeling within the image as browns, red and oranges links to pain like burning and blood  this is directly elated to tattoos as tattoo artists use needles to translate the image onto a particular part of a persons body.

Data Translate - Day 2

I have researched the history of henna, (plant) this has led me to use the shape from the henna plant in further developed pattern design.

I tried to use the centrists of 24% of people have a tattoo 24 connects to 24 hours in a day, also is double of the perfect number 12 therefore symbolises harmonious equilibrium. The star represents the 17%; balance and as a star of love peace and promise.

I think these first developments relate back to the brief excellently as the pattern itself links back to the certistics I now perhaps need to think about differs patterns of portraying these different certistics.

Data Translate - Day 1

Based on circles

The guardian news subjects plus word count

Peace contribution 

Terriosum military spending

Frequency of emails across the year, colour defines months

Right to freedom

Flags of the world: circles amount of colours depicts on the flags

Impact of weather day to day activities 

Graphics news knitting

Stefanie Posavec 

Map of Austria in heart shape 

Natural disasters

How you judge things

Scale, coloration

Front page violence 

Coloured dots times of death 16-19 years old : reminds me of pop art images

500 USA toy gun patents since 1800s 

Natural re-seen (tree shaped as lungs)

Data on tourism colour coding

24 hours. Topical day 

Type with photograph as chart 

With realism broken window report cases of vandalism 

Graphic image as chart

Shadows

Water

Illustration image and type

Physical data

I thought about how to use information and data within a illustration, and how data translate is Based on circles this led me to think about the things I am interested in, tattooing was my first thought I researched so certistics associated with tattooing e.g. 17% of people regret having a tattoo, 24% of people aged 16-50 have at least one tattoo. After researching this it then led me to think about the certistics 17% combining this with henna designs as henna is semi perminant and reflects what that percent of people would of liked for their tattoos to fade away.

Instead of using any random pattern from henna designs I need to research the origanal history of henna, the numbers that I use in the certistics and perhaps dream catchers as the designs I experimented with remind me of dream catchers.