Dear diary...

Omw to being a grapic designer

[jjjelske]

Sing-a-long.

Creative Ray Charles lyrics, just because it’s fun to do. My teacher told me displaying fun in your work is important and I agree. Never forget to have fun with your work, it makes it sooo much easier.

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RAY. 

During this project i found myself listening to a lot of Ray Charles songs. Because I enjoy his music so much, I needed to create a post dedicated to it. 

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Filippo Marinetti.

Inspired by the work of Marinetti a futurism artist, I tried to recreate a landscape with words and letters. 

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In case of weird display.

To do: Click the image.

For some reason Tumbler displays my images differently than i intended. Fortunately, when you click the image it’s displayed the right way. 

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Creating a Galaxy.

With the help of a tutorial I managed to create a galaxy (plus planet) from scratch. This was a very cool experience and I learned a lot about Photoshop and its endless possibilities. 

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Elementaroscoop. 

In Photoshop I tried to create a funky image by combining 4 elementarism images. 

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Van Doesburg (Elementarism 1924).

For this project I do some research into the history of dutch graphic design. I ran into this illustration (2nd picture) and i had to recreate it with modern tools. I used illustrator to create the first picture. With a lot of gradient layers and the  inner glow function I tried to create depth. 

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Kwat.

Practicing with texture, shadows and depth. Besides those things, I tried to comically illustrate our guest cat. 

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Moodboard.

I collected some inspiration in a moodboard. I hope to work with these styles within this project

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Colorfy.

I got to practise different photoshop techniques to colorfy a black and white photo. I’m recreating a Johnny Cash poster (walk the line) and this was the first step. 

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I got wireframed.

My head is full with wireframes after this week. At my internship i got to redesign a big part of the new app and the website. This requires me to practise my wireframe skills. Unfortunately i’m not able to show the real deal so i created this image. 

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My first graphic image.

my journey as a new graphic designer has begun.... The next half year I am exploring my graphic strengths and weaknesses, I try to find the style that fits me best and discover the history of dutch graphic design.

My goal is to follow my inspiration and make a lot of images to show my development. 

Follow my journey here!