Caoimhe Dineen

1st Year GDC in LSAD

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Final #WWB - Everyday Things (Photography)

DAY 5:

Evening Sunlight

I wanted to focus on shadows and light for one of my images but the weather was not on my side today! Luckily I was able to capture a brief moment when the sun shone into my house through a skylight window and this is the result.

The sunlight crossing over the vertical lines of the door made for an interesting image. I also quite enjoy the colour scheme - from the aqua wall colour to the brown wood and white of the door. There’s a sense of dramatism added to something that is normally perceived as quite ordinary.

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Final #WWB - Everyday Things (Photography)

DAY 5:

Beanos

My family and I have been doing a lot of nostalgic reflection within the past few weeks as a result of being cooped up together. I was inspired to take this picture while flicking through my older brother’s Beano collection. They’re a comic book that was really popular in the 1990s and he has quite the collection!

As you can see from the sticker prices, they were insanely cheap back then, costing only 67p, whereas nowadays, the most rare ones can be worth up to €22,800!

I took this picture I took of the comics piled on top of eachother. It’s vivid and you can get a sense of their age from the frayed spine but they are still bright, vivid and in pretty good condition!

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Final #WWB - Everyday Things (Photography)

DAY 4:

The Chandelier

I wanted to take a picture of something above me - this delicate chandelier is the result! I love how the shape of the roof also created a sort of colour blocking behind it, making it very eye-catching. The colour scheme of this image reminds me of my first picture (the sewing one) with it’s peach and beigey tones.

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Final #WWB - Everyday Things (Photography)

DAY 4:

The Cotton Mill

I never really took much notice of this mill that is situated near my home until the lockdown. After I took this picture, I did some research on it’s history. I found this information to be interesting considering it’s practically an artifact on my doorstep!

It’s name is Overton Mill. It is a five-storey cotton mill and the earliest known example of a suspension waterwheel (bicycle-wheel type). At the time it was in use, Europe was at war and the mill provided linen and cotton. It peaked around the early 1820’s with 600 employees and officially closed around 1830.

This landscape picture shows the mill as it’s ruins start to become a part of nature yet it still looms as it’s own entity. The lush trees and shrubbery however almost disguise the crumbling building which gives it a sense of belonging in the natural environment.

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Final #WWB - Everyday Things (Photography)

DAY 3:

Mirror Mirror

I pass both these mirrors everyday but upon further inspection, I realised you can see both at the same time. I thought it made for a really interesting picture.

The blurred, circular, black mirror almost looks like a hole in the wall, leading the eye to another space. I find this image quite eye-catching for that reason, it almost tells a story.

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Final #WWB - Everyday Things (Photography)

DAY 3:

Orrangements

The fruit bowl isn’t too diverse at the moment, probably because everyone in my family is going through a mandarin phase.

When looking for pictures to take of everyday things, I thought that this bowl of oranges was quite intriguing. I like the peculiar, triangular arrangement of them and the colour of the glass bowl. Orange and purple are opposites on the colour wheel, which made for quite a visually appealing image.

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Final #WWB - Everyday Things (Photography)

DAY 2:

That’s Just Grate

A close-up picture of my cheese grater after being used. The holes make for an interesting image! You can see through it to the inside and almost get a glimpse of what is behind it.

I am attracted to patterns around me and this is very visually pleasing with the pops of colour of other household objects behind it.

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Final #WWB - Everyday Things (Photography)

DAY 2:

Oh My Cod

Feeding the fish is an everyday thing so I wanted to capture their beauty for this brief.

I had so much trouble deciding what picture to choose from my fish photoshoot! I finally decided on this one - my fish Howl, coming up to the surface to make bubbles.

I love how the colours of the tank decor and my other fish all blended together as a vivid background to highlight and create an intriguing contrast with the dark fish in front.

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Final #WWB- Every Day Things (Photography)

DAY 1:

Laundry Day

A bird-eye view of my laundry basket - resulted in an interesting angle that you wouldn’t immediately associate with it. Lockdown has made me excited to empty this basket once a week as it gives me a sense of routine and purpose in this pandemic.

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Final #WWB- Every Day Things (Photography)

DAY 1:

For my final brief, we are to produce two images each day of objects from life at the moment.

Mask Making

This image came about as a result of boredom in lockdown and curiousity: my mother flips through her old sewing guidebook while teaching my sister and I how to sew.

I edited white, stringy, loose outlines on top to give that messy, finicky feeling that using thread gives me.

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Elective Discipline Brief

THE BRIEF:

Through mind maps, brainstorming and thumbnails, we had to produce a creative name for a restaurant/cafe/take-away and develop a two colour logo based on the 3 variables we had chosen at random under the following headings:

Cuisine, Colour and Shape.

Under these three headings I picked at random:

Vietnamese

Cobalt blue

Circle

On my research sheets, I looked into every aspect of Vietnam; it’s culture, food, symbols, etc. I narrowed it down to what information about the country I thought would have the most potential for imagery and the image above shows this final research sheet.

Here are three out of five of my thumbnail sheets. I drew from my research what the most visually interesting information would be: my main focus was on Vietnamese culture and cuisine.

This is the result of my final logo design! I decided on the name PHO for my restaurant with imagery of a bowl, noodles and chopsticks. I played around with many possibilities beforehand and produced the final design using Adobe Illustrator.

We also had a pattern workshop whereby we go through the process of research and thumbnailing under the headings Colour (cobalt blue) and Shape (circle) we chose at random.

The first image is one of my thumbnails and the second is my final design of the pattern workshop, used cutting out rings of coloured card.

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I played with PicsArt stickers, effects and overlays to come up with this image, using my Tearrific typeface.

Some of the images used to create this:

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My Typefaces

I named my final two typefaces Tearrific (a play on the word ‘tea’ and terrific) and Silverware.

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Typeface 2 - Silverware

I played around with a fork, knife and some spoons for my second typeface. There was much fiddling to be done with these letters as the positions that they were placed in can change up the feel of the letter.

I put my font to test with a play on words.

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Typeface 1 - Tearrific

I tried to make a typeface based on my recent developing addiction - caffeine! As I didn’t want to waste precious coffee beans, I used the tea leaves in tea bags to create my first typeface, showing my recent, newfound love for caffeine.

I tried out different styles of font, pushing the tea leaves into shape with a piece of card.

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Object Alphabet #WWB

For this weekly Wednesday brief (#WWB), we were assigned to create two unique typefaces from everyday mundane objects around the house.

I went around my house for inspiration and looked at many things that I have come into contact with during this isolation period.

I also researched typography in places such as Pinterest and found a few interesting typefaces made up of objects that inspired me.

I especially love the last one! I find it really interesting how different fonts are drawn into the cereal, it makes for a very visually interesting typographic image.

I also find the image next to it very interesting. The paper clips allow for a lot of variation in making letters and the colours also add to a playful style.