Cabinet of Curiosity 7-8Typography 9-10

postmodernism 1-2Street Graphics 3-6

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the manifesto of a lonely artist 11-14earth artifact 15-16

postmodernism in graphic design

Postmodernism in

Graphic design.

Over the years post modern design has

been growing through the media, the

use of magazines gives the post modern

deisnger free reign to pour out their

imagination.

what is post modernism?post modernsim can be interpreted in many

ways. others have different opinions to

my own about postmodernism.in my opinion postmodernism is to break the rules set down by modernism. To experiment with different mediums.

Turning something that may be classed as dull or boring and editing it, making it more vibrant and full of life.

postmodernism is to be

free.

Postmodernism is to be free to create what you like and not have to stick to the main rules, although the rules of modernism dont apply, post modern designers still have to stick to some sort of guideline, not as rigid as modernism but still have a small amount of rules.

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postmodernism in graphic design

street graphics

Street graphics

This brief asked me to create a piece of

design bassed around the streets and what

i thought about when i thaught of the streets.

When i think of the street, i think of violence and

the feeling of being scared. i applied this feeling

to my own work, makiing the street look sinister

and scary.

i chose to use this model because i felt her face

features were very defined, and if shot in the

right way could be made quite scary.

in my opinion this model's face worked

perfectly for this piece of work and added to the

scary feel of the images created.

once i had gathered my images and edited

them using photoshop, my initial thought

was to create a series of images. although

this idea did work and produced an ok

outcome, i decided to compile the images into

a short film.

To add to the freaky factor of the image i

decided to scratch onto the images and scan

them into the computer, as seen

below. as i used the same image and just

etched different faces on top, it gave the

model a look of screeming and eyeless in a

lot of the frames.

as i am not an animator i found the

animation side of this tricky and decided to

use moviemaker to create the video.

'I wanted the images to look

scary'

if i had more time to expand my

ideas for this project, i would

have liked to have reshot these

images and made them a higher

quality. although i shot theese

photos with a low quality camera,

i feel it gives the images an edge,

makes them look even more scary

and post

modern.

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idea generation for street graphics

S t r e e t graphics

although i created a video for my final outcome, the experimentation leading up to it had some potential too.

it was hard to choose a colour that suited this style of photography as i wanted it to look threatening but still appeal to the viewer.these are some of my trials with colour and shapes..

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idea generation for street graphics

Cabinet of curiosityit didnt live up to the highest qualities and the

exterior let it down.

i then decided to take one of the rooms that looked

the most appealing and place it in a different

container, fill it out a little more and merge all

the rooms of the house into one.

although you cannot see all of the objects inside

the glass container, i think that what you can see

is a true representation of my childhood and my

life, then once the box is opened you get to look

even deeper into the objects of my life.

the main object in there is the film. as photography

is a very large part of my life and always has

been, i felt that it was important for me to make

the film the main focus point.

i also like the way in which the film has encassed

everything else inside the container, a lot like

my own life, i have always been wrapped up in

photography from a very young age.

i wanted the inside of this container to almost

resemble a grotto. i wanted the viewer to

constantly find something new to look at and

wonder what that object represented.

'my life has always

been wrapped up in

photography'the base of the container is covered in beeds and

smaller objects that remind me of my family.

the flowers represent my love for flowers and

also my grandparents.

in my opinion this style of container works a

lot better than the cardboard dolls house. it

gives the viewer a first glance into the container

without even opening the foor, also there are

things that you can see through the glass that

you wouldnt have been able to if these objects

were inside a box.

cabinet of curiosity

my curious cabinet!

When generating ideas for this brief, i first took

a look into photography and basing my final

mainly around that factor.

as i moved along in the project the photography

idea seemed very limiting and didnt leave me any

room to expand my final outcome.

so i decided to look at the more 3D side of this

brief and started drafting up some ideas for a

dolls house. my initial intention was to create

a dolls house with different rooms based on my

life, filling it with things from my life now and

my childhood.

so... i began work on my dolls house which i

created out of cardboard boxes, painted it then

filled it with my childhood.

even though this was an ok representation of

what i wanted, it wasnt to my standard and 7

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complicate it and take away fromthe design.

in my opinion i feel that this type face is slightly modern and slightly post modern. the straight lines and the rigidness of the font makes it look very modern but then the way in which the boxes have been placed and how busy this font is makes it look more postmodern!

this typeface has been created with the line

tool!

My font creation!when i recieved this brief i autmatically wanted to create a type face that was horror based.taking gothic type faces and trying to form something from them.

it wasnt working so i decided to go down another route and look at buildings. i looked at skyscrapers in comparison to smaller buildings.

i feel that what i came up with works as a type face! it just takes an enormous amount of time to create!i created this in illistrator with fine lines.in my opinion this style of font looks best plain. i feel that if i where to add colour to this I would-

The manifesto of a lonely artistThe manifesto of a

lonely artist Laura Robinson

When creating my art work I often channel and take inspiration

from past issues and current emotions. I do not define myself

as a post modern or modern designer; as I feel like limiting

myself to one subject or style will make me produce the best

work possible.

In my full and complicated mind, my work started out as a

single flower on an otherwise untouched patch of ground. As

my life goes on and my experiences carry on expanding, the

flower will continue to grow and the ground will be germinated,

which will develop into a deep forest like my thoughts. More

is added to my mind every day. The forest will never stop

growing, similar to nature. More entities will continue to be

added to my single flower throughout my time as a designer.

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The manifesto of a lonely artist

the creation of my manifestothe manifesto of a

lonely aritist

My vision for this manifesto was to show that my art and deasign is always growing.

i chose to use a forest as my backdrop to symoblise growing and nature. when shooting the photographs i chose to be constantly moving backward and the surrounding getting bigger and more full of life, again as a symbol of an evergrowing career.

when editing the images i decided to give them a purple tone to contrast my bright hair and the greens of the plants, i feel that this worked and gives the images a nice retro feel.adding to that retro feel i chose to present the images as if they were taken through an instant photo camera.

i feel that this effect worked very well as it looks like i have taken these images on a journey. my journey through finding my own voice in the design world.

i feel that my outfit choice fit well with the feel of the images.it adds to the nature feel and also shows me as a flower.

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the creation of my manifesto

Art and design is always growing

earth artifactthis brief asked me to create a piece of design work that can be sent into space.

to not copy but take inspiration from the voyager's golden record

i chose to go down the comical route and produce posters telling the beings from another planet what to watch out for on our plannet.

i decided to use the worries of todays society and what we have to think about now. if i had the time i would like to do what we have to look out for today and in the past, how and why they have changed and how that has changed us as a human race.

i decided to use quite a childlike style to create my characters as i felt it gave them more comedic value and thy look like they could have been drawn by an everyday human being!

each character and subject of the posters have been hand drawn then scanned into the computer. then digitalised in illustrator.

the text on these posters is a font that i found, i wanted the font to be quite childlike as in my opinion that is how we act these days. i wanted the font to be childlike but still have an element of adulthood in there somewhere!

each character has been hand drawn

initially this design was going to become a small book, almost like an alien survival guide. i still like that idea and if i have time i will push ths brief further to achieve that goal.

i admit that this is not my best work and that there are ways in which it can be greatly improved, but i feel that the imperfections add to the design. showing that we are not perfect as a human race and that we all have flaws, espesially in todays world.

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