Final Images for Illustration

 

In the image on the right I wanted to use a historical building that had a clock. I chose Big Ben in London because it is a building that has with-held the "Test of Time." I wanted to slightly modernise the picture by changing the old clock to a digital one, which I have done using photoshop. 

 In the the image on the left I wanted to portray the "Test of Time" by finding things that also with-held the test of time. I have chosen 4 well known images which show the evolution of change in time. Coco-Cola, Cell Phones, Fashion, and of course Big Ben. 

  

In this image I took a picture of my watch and used photoshop to create my own font.

My idea behind this image was to use the face of a modern digital clock, inside and old pocket watch. The idea of the wallpaper in the background is to give the picture an older look to it. I wanted my idea to come across as past and future combining. The past being the old wallpaper and the pocket watch, and the future being the digital clock. 

My wall of ideas! 

       

FINAL Piece of chosen typography

The matrix!! Can you spot the words "Test of Time"

Typography!

Here I was experimenting with writing different texts 

Brainstorming. 

Graphic design is a creative process - most often involving a client and a designer. We were given a metaphor in which our "client" asked us to design a font that we think represented our metaphor. My metaphor is "Test of Time" 

Graphics

Here is a little insight of what I have been up to in my two weeks of graphics! 

In these pictures I was messing around with different lighting and slightly different camera angles. I took these pictures of the inked up plates. I love the way the flash slightly changed the colors and made them look slightly metallic. 

Here is my plate which I have inked up in red, orange,and black for my leopard print. Bright blue was then added to represent the color of my handbag. 

I mixed transparent ink into the blue so that the blue would become more slightly transparent and my background print would come through. 

In these prints I chose to highlight more then one image. The leopard print shoes and the yellow cover on my iPOD. I love the bright, vibrant colors in these prints. 

Here i have experimented with using bright colors! I have decided to take an element from my original print and make a mono-print of it. In this case I have chosen to highlight the leopard print that is in the leopard print shoes. 

"Mini" Project

Yes, thats right...we were given a "mini" project to work on also! This time the project was on Clutter. Luckily for me I was able to link this project with my main one because though I hate to admit it there are times I have alot of clutter in the back of my car! So my prints are based on the clutter that was in my car on that day. 

Once again I experimented with color. This time the colors I used are darker. Tones of brown, sepia, and blue/black. I also layered colors on-top of each other with I feel gives my prints more depth. 

In the layout of the prints I have experimented with different compositions in the placing of my prints on the white paper.

In some of my prints I decided to scratch quite heavily into the plates. This caused the ink to appear much darker and heavier in my final prints. 

Colored prints using a combination of monoprint and drypoint.

Here is the start of my prints..I used a process called drypoint. Drypoint is a printing process where I scratched into the plate, inked the plate..and then removed the excess ink with a textured cloth called "scrim." Initally I wanted to keep my prints black and white but then I decided to experiment with color using similar colors to those of the sky in my photographs in my previous post. To add color to my prints   I first made a monoprint in which i inked up the plate, and using a cloth I wiped away any ink I did not want on the plate. Its as simple as that! 

Here is the black ink and the rubber i used to rub ink on the plate.

Textured cloth called "scrim." This is used to remove excess ink off the plate. 

Here are some of the pictures I have taken as inspiration for my prints.

I have decided to base my project around my car. This photo reflects my mood boards. I have taken pictures inside my car of what is on my seat, ground etc.. Pictures from the inside of my car looking out and pictures of the exterior of my car which is a reflection in my wing-mirror.