pierced navel

Type Collages

Line

Shape

Texture

Expressive Type and Design

Depth of field using colour

These images illustrate the way colour can be used to create depth of field. Hue, saturation and value can be used to create depth of field:


Hue - Warm reds and yellows make up the foreground cooling to greens and blues in the distance.
Saturation - Bright colours in the foreground fade to grey in the distance.
Level (shade) - On a dark background start with bright colours and darken into the distance.
Level (tint) - On a light background start with dark colours and lighten into the distance.

Word/Type Mix and Match

ideas for creative project

1. create a design for an app
2. invent a product or business. design a logo in illustrator use photoshop to place the created object in an ad for a magazine, billboard or web page.
3. design a cd cover and poster for a band
4. design a billboard for a new car
5. design a promo screen for a movie or tv show
6. design a magazine cover

Effective logo designs

I like this design. It is simple uses only 2 colours would work as a black white as well. Being a comedy recording company the microphone robot graphic works well it gives it a light hearted comical feel, but also helps tell us that it is a recording company.

This is a design for an app game. I like it for different reasons. The colours are bright and fun the words seem to jump out at me. The gradient brings the logo graphic to the foreground and gives it a 3D effect. This logo is perfect for an app game the graphics are clean and emphasise the text. I can imagine this popping up as a splash screen when i load the game.

I have chosen this logo as something more classy. It is for a hotel/resort. Gold on black gives it an upper class, expensive, exclusive feel. It is minimal in design there is not a lot going on although there is a sense of movement. The text is fine so it's not in your face, but capitalised so it gives it a sense of importance with out being bold. I get the feeling that this would be a five star hotel.

Feedback on T-shirt design ideas

Feedback on T-shirt design ideas

·      Add more detail to my gravestone design.

·      Find a good font to use.

·      Lighten the subject.

·      Focus more on the positive, not so much on the negative.

·      Some people wouldn’t wear a shirt with a gravestone or grim reaper on it.

·      More emphasis on the idea living on than the man dying.

·      Try not to make it look like the idea is being left behind.

t-shirt - visual inspiration

T-Shirt Quote

T-Shirt Quote

You can imprison a man, but not an idea. You can exile a man, but not an idea. You can kill a man, but not an idea.

- Benazir Bhutto

Benazir Bhutto, fondly called “the Daughter of the East” became a victim of terror attacks. She joins the rank of leaders who have been felled by those who wish to suppress their Ideas. Twice elected the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Benazir faced many challenges. Benazir Bhutto was herself imprisoned, exiled and killed, because of her ideas, but her ideas live on and her quotes inspire us to rally against mindless dominance and injustice.

To me this quote is about not being afraid to voice your ideas even in the face of imprisonment, exile or even death. Feelings of fear, injustice, sadness, confrontation, anger and oppression are countered with hope, courage, strength, and the belief in the power of an idea to live on long after the person who first acted on it has gone.

T-shirt 'Ideas'

T-shirt – ‘Ideas’

‘You can imprison a man, but not and idea.

You can exile a man, but not and idea.

You can kill a man, but not an idea’

Imagery:

Prison

Bars

Locks

Jail

Key hole

Key

Death

Blood

Kill

Door

Trapped

Escape

Freedom

Survive

Immortal

life

Gun

Bomb

World

Shillouette

Idea

Thought bubble

Shadow

Light bulb

Exclaimation

Colours:

Dark

Grey

Black

Blood Red

Yellow and black

White

Contrast

Grey on white

Black on grey

Splashes of colour

This is an anti-war design. The soldiers carrying guitars instead of guns represents the designers desire for people to use music and the arts to express their differences not force or violence.

This design also has an anti-war message with a light hearted approach. The white silhouettes on the khaki background is quite efective.

This design represents the theme not matter how big you are someone will always try to burst your bubble. 

This design represents freedom. I like the contrast between the black silhouette of the woman and the white doves.

This design is about setting free the ideas in your head. It is a very powerful graphic, but also has a comic element which makes it quite appealing.

This design represents technology controlling or overtaking nature. Oncea again i like the silhouettes and effective use of a single colour for contrast.

iPod London Olympics Posters - Final Designs

Wagga Needs and Wants

Needs:

Cheap accommodation/Backpackers

·      RedLion – revamp accommodation

·      Budget motel - Formula 1

·      Australian Arcade

·      1 bedroom flats – long or short term, no lease required.

·      Old hospital

Hospital/HealthCare

·      Security

·      Health Care

·      Public Dental Clinic – improve services

·      Technology to improve the hospital experience; waiting times, triage.

·      Community transport, taxi services

·      Better food - hospitality students

·      Incentives to bring doctors and nurses

·      State of the art facilities

·      Get teenagers involved with hospital and aged care facilities

Supermarkets

·      Boutique

·      Organic

·      Support local farmers

·      Community supermarket

·      Permanent market site eg. Paddy’s Markets

·      Community discount, membership, co-op.

·      Food barn for unemployed, pensioners, homeless; get donations from local supermarkets.

Industry

·      Railway upgrade at Bowman

·      Airport upgrade – direct flights to capital cities, jets

·      Recycling – free drop off for recyclables

·      Incentive for organic farmers

·      Primary Industry utilized

·      Improve council planning procedure for new industries

Teenage Activities

·      Funland

·      Amusement park

·      Family activities

·      Laser Tag

·      Local music/gigs

·      Basement theatre

·      Roller skating rink

·      Leagues club redevelopment

·      Bowling alley – over 18’s area

·      Photo’s

·      Recording studio – music, video (youtube)

·      Free WiFi

·      Live streaming concerts (holograms)

The River

·      Dance Hall

·      Restaurant – Local, Organic, display home, self sufficient, environment friendly, flood resistant, family activities.

·      Catch your own fish

·      Noah’s ark at the river

·      Sandcastle competition

·      Gumi festival – parade, miss gumi

·      Aquarium

Wants:

Lake Albert

·      Water park – slides, paddleboats, like Lake Talbot, but better

·      Skiing competition

·      Sailing

·      Beach

·      Café

·      Markets

·      Lighting up at night

·      Fireworks

Poker Machines

·      The Big Pokie

·      Limit bets, spending

·      Lower coinage 5c, 10c

·      Taxes

·      Alternatives; Dart, pool, bands, entertainment

·      Impact on society

·      Card to monitor losses

·      Flash losses on tv

Restaurants

·      Organic

·      Grow your own

·      Catch your own

·      Stylish dining room design

·      Fairy lights

Tourism

·      Amusement Park

·      The Big  [something]

·      Function centre, multi purpose venue, convention centre

Artistic Activities

·      Local music/gigs
·      Basement Theatre
·      Recording studio – music, video (youtube)
·      Artistic workshops - local/international artists

ipod London Olympics draft

Research- David Carson

David Carson is best known for his use of innovative design and use of experimental typography. From 1992 to 1995 he was art director for the magazine Ray Gun.  His work defined the “grunge typography” style. NEWSWEEK wrote that he ”changed the public face of graphic design”.

Some of his high profile clients include:

·      Pepsi Cola

·      Ray Ban

·      Nike

·      Microsoft

·      Budweiser

·      Giorgio Armani

·      NBC

·      American Airlines

·      Levi Strauss

·      AT&T

·      British Airways

·      Kodak

·      Sony

·      Suzuki

·      Toyota

·      Warner Bros

·      CNN

·      MTV

·      Fox TV

·      Nissan

·      Quicksilver

·      Intel

·      Mercedes-Benz

·      MGM Studios

·      Nine Inch Nails

Education:

Bachelor of Arts in Sociology

1980 to 1983 – University of Arizona, San Diego State Universtiy, Oregon College of Commercial Art

Birth date – 8/9/1954

Birth Place – Corpus Christi, Texas, USA

Countries in which he has had Exhibits:

·      France