Graphics Pathway Week 12, 13 and 14

Over the past three weeks we had to create a project relating to weather, We had to start with a mundane view that we see everyday and create a book that relates to our starting point. Since I live on my own, I tend to eat a bit of takeaway so my starting point was an image of takeaway food and I decided to create a lazy persons "weather" cookbook. I found this project really hard because there were a lot of elements to get done in three weeks and through the struggles of this project, I learnt that I need to control my time management a lot more, especially over longer projects.

I am quite happy with the way that this project turned out, I worked hard on the cover especially because you want it to be attractive yet convey what is inside the book. I found tracking, and recording the recipes very arduous and it was probably the worst aspect of the project. If I had the opportunity to re do the whole project, I would change the way I bound the book, and a few of the recipes. However, I am happy with the way the whole project turned out.

(Authors Own, 2014)

(Authors Own, 2014)

(Authors Own, 2014)

(Authors Own, 2014)

Graphics Pathway Week 10 and 11

Over the past two weeks we had to complete 3 projects in 2 weeks which I found as a challenge, however I persevered and worked through the challenge. We had to choose between 6 projects and I chose to do a subversive design project, an illustration cover for a magazine and a photography project. I found this hard to do because time management is very important with assignments like this, but I am glad that I managed to work through it.

The first piece I started on was the subversive design project and chose to use a car brand to play around with. I found this project fun and enlightening because you did not have to be careful about what you said. The most difficult part of this project was coming up with the strap line, I went through many different ideas and came up with one that i thought suited this project at the last minute. Over all, I am glad with the way this project turned out because it communicates exactly what I wanted to say.

 (Authors Own, 2014)

The next piece I started working on was the magazine illustration cover, I really enjoyed working on the layout and overall design of the cover. We had to pick from 2 magazines and then 3 titles for each magazine. I decided to do a cover for the New Scientist with the main cover story about growing organs. This was an interesting piece and the layout was challenging but fun to work out. The hardest aspect of this project was trying to match the colours properly and to create a simplistic but attractive cover. I think that I have met the brief and created a well designed cover. I do not like that there is so much white though, I would have preferred it if I found a way to fill the white spaces but I did not have enough time which is due to poor time management.

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This piece was for the photography project, we were given a list of words and we had to pick one. I chose the word "rough" and I had to explore various different ways of communicating the word without any typography. I did various trials and experiments and the very last one was the one that made me happiest. I took a photo of rough concrete and then edited it to enhance the texture, I am pleased with this outcome but this is my least favourite project. I had poor time management over the past 2 weeks and this project was neglected. If I had the opportunity to do this again I would spend a bit more time with trials and experiments and done a bit more research.

(Authors Own, 2014)