Print to Pixel

I was directed to produce an 20-30 second animation based on the piece of music provided- Concierto De Aranjuez (Part Two Ending). After studying the song, I came up with 3 words / emotions that I would portray in the animation. I wanted to use the middle-end section of the song. The words I generated were weakness, lost, and death. The animation had to contain a mixture of hand made images, photographs and edited images resulting to approximately 100 images in total. The images below are examples of rayograms I made. Rayograms are heavily used in the animation.

Skills Workshops

The title for the first part of this module is Reputition. I produced several sketches before developing this final design.The outcome is 30x30cm. I produced the design on Photoshop which was then transferred to the laser cutter. The vinyl positives were then removed and carefully relocated on the plastic transparent board. This design could be one large piece (i.e. for a shop window), four seperate corner pieces, or a quarter of a design which would make a whole flower.

In this photography project, I have learnt a number of new skills working with a digital SLR.

Depth of field

Depth of field

Framing

Shutterspeed

This is the magazine cover I produced to conclude this project, I was provided with the template, and title which I selected from a list.

Observation and Communication

For this project, we were directed to select a building located in Sheffield to study over 10 weeks, I chose an unused building, on Shoreham Street.

The detailed walls and smashed windows added interest to the overall image. I enjoyed experimenting new methods of recording, different medias, and on different canvases.

I became fond of pointillism and decided to follow this style of painting after I studied Katat0nik's piece Bird's Eye View. I decided to continue the theme of using minimal colours, as shown in the two pieces below.

Beneath is the poster I produced by hand. It contains several styles such as pointillism which makes up the centre piece. The four seperate images in the corners are enlargemnts of the image but shown in a different technique. It was crucial that the poster contained a few details of the building, i.e. the address. The typography is made up of individual styles.

I am pleased with this outcome and have enjoyed this module the most, as I have developed my skills further.

Type, Image, Format

I formed my own lettering by using existing printed typography. Below I formed individual letters.

On the left I collected samples of other peoples work, which I then formed a 5 letter word. In the development I altered the structure to improve image. And on the right I selected three words from a list to form a phrase. The smoothness of the font helped to merge individual letters.

Below is the outcome of the project, advertising a world wide event. Buy Nothing Day took place on the 29th November 2009 where the public where encouraged to take this challenge and not to purchase anything. The result of this day was to remind consumers of the environmental and ethical issues of shopping.

My design is simple in style and limited in colour to provide a clear message to my audience. However this does not show my strengths. If I was to redesign this poster, I would add hand drawn elements to the piece, for example typography by hand or an image. I would want the message to be informal.

This is the book I constructed. At first I had to select a random word from a dictionary, followed by designing and making a book. My word was Shoulder.

The contents of the product relates to the word I chose, which I decided to include a poem Angel On Your Shoulder. This book was fairly easy to esemble, I could have created a more complex design.

Design Methods

In this module I experimented with patterns using tape. I positioned the delicate pieces of material to form simple but effective outcomes. The limited use of colours in particular the red, yellow and blue palette was influenced by pop art.

The outcome of this brief was to produce one of our designs onto the back of a chair , however only using half of the space provided. My design is pictured on the right side of the furniture. The two designs juxtapose hugely. For example the patterned side appears to be more detailed due to the heavy use of overlapping lines, in comparison to the text on the left side.