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PRESENTATION

The project came to an end and the presentation process began.

For a decorative purpose I created a small sculpture to conceptualise how designs would look on a body. I also think the sculpture brought together the small illustrations of characters I was drawing throughout the project.

The presentation itself went well,

I divided the project into two main parts - the commercial and the editorial design therefore each part had one board.

I used spreads from the photobook on one board and everything to do with symbolism and the business outcome on the other.

I added hand whittled spoons as decoration on the table because of its relevance to the word culture and the Lithuanian culture in general. The spoons were created in my own time at home using pyrography and rope as decoration.

There are business cards on the table and the logo is evenly presented throughout the project for the marketing side of things.

I think the project was successful, but there are many unfinished ideas that still need working on. I enjoyed my time at the college and I gained a lot of knowledge and skills on the course (considering my previous course wasn’t art related) . It helped me realise my abilities and expand them at the same time while challenging me every step of the way.

#endofproject

Sin Culture

Once I had finished developing the linear designs, I had put together a business idea for them. I thought it would be interesting to look at marketing and promotion, to see how far I can take my ideas and how to commercialise them and present that to potential customers.

As mentioned before, this is the second half of the project that I have chosen to look at.

I started by creating a brand- Sin Culture. I then looked at logo making, personalised design and website design.

I think the outcome was a nice concept that definitely needs more work as not all brand design aspects seem to work together, however it is an area that I enjoyed working in.

I used wix.com to design my website as I found it most versatile and easy to use. Choice of layouts also helps to get things going, but I ended up changing most things. I needed to think about menu pages, options and how to use colour effectively to make my business idea work (or at least look like it does).

website;

https://manicarrogance16.wixsite.com/sinculture

After weeks of editing and changing the design of my photobook, I sent it off to blurb.com to get it printed. I was happy with the end result once I received it, I like the play of colour, texture and scale throughout. I think it was a successful project and an interesting area to explore as I have never tried editorial design before.

It was a learning curve as I had to familiarise myself with everything at once (Photoshop/InDesign softwares)

If I hadn’t chosen a challenge, I wouldn’t have felt like I have come so far in such a short period of time.

The photobook itself, when delivered has felt like a slight let down as I had chosen the wrong paper. I originally wanted uncoated paper as I thought the pages would not only have a good look to them, but also a natural feel that I was going for.

I ended up actually happy with the mistake as when I re- ordered the photobook in the uncoated paper, the colour wasn’t as vibrant and attractive therefore it didn’t work with what I was trying to show. That’s not to say I didn’t like it at all. The roughness of the paper is just right, it adds the texture to all the negative space that is used within the book and definitely keeps the interest going throughout.

#editorialdesign

Designs I created using only typefaces from the alphabet that were randomly put together by and app for poster design on my phone.

I had to adjust some compositions and colour schemes, but I like the look it created.

I decided these flash card style small prints would add nice splashes of colour to the final presentation. I think they are the balance between the monochrome symbolism work and the colour photography + photo book.

These are just a few of the many saved combinations. I need to make sure the colour choice is right as when these cards were actually printed, the colours didn’t match and some tones turned out quite blurry.

Inspired by the linear designs I have been working on, I decided to create an alphabet.

I used the same principles that I followed when creating previous designs, focusing on lines and dots.

Each typeface was created digitally, on an Ipad using Adobe Sketch as a separate png image and then put together into two posters using InDesign.

The upper case poster was more successful as It was my main focus area, I feel that the lower case lacked the same thought. While some typefaces are very interesting and minimal, many look like different versions of uppercase.

I had both posters sent off for printing with Asda printing service. Once they have arrived I realised that I had both lower case posters printed in two different sizes instead of one of each. (I wanted uppercase bigger than lowercase to emphasise the focus). Last minute I had to find a company near me that was able to print me a poster of the same quality at last minute.

I managed to get the poster printed but found that the shade of the grey was much darker than the shade of the lower case poster.

I will need to address this issue when the posters are being put up for the final presentation.

#Typography

Development on symbolism project, adding meaning to designs.

I tried to use recognised symbols and shapes to make a viewer tie those designs with an existing meaning.

I got the inspiration from viking used talismans and Icelandic staves.

Entopic Graphomania

This group exercise was particularly useful to restart the flow of ideas. It fitted perfectly with what I was already doing (symbolism) and the completely random shapes that I got out of this, could easily be used in the designs that I was creating.

This exercise was previously used by surrealists to generate ideas and patterns at random and the look is achieved by making a small mark next to each imperfection on a piece of paper then joining those marks in the end.

In this exercise, we connected words that related to our project.

Print work shop using silk screen

In today’s workshop we tried creating backgrounds for any setting. Each one of us had to create a background for something we were doing in the fmp.

I was researching and creating symbols at the time that looked quite plain and flat by themselves.

I used cut out shapes and negative space to help me create interesting backgrounds. I like the colour schemes that I picked. I think the used of powder als added a nice detailed effect that could resemble many natural patterns found outside.

Once the backgrounds dried, I tried to use them with the symbols I created that were transfered onto acetate.

I think the backgrounds worked with the designs, but I couldn’t see them going any further considering what I was working on in the project.

#print #silkscreen

Etching workshop.

This was one of my favourite workshops so far.

Because of the detail you can achieve with etching, it turned out most successful with the designs that I have created. I was able to leave a smudged ink background as the tone depended on how much ink I leave.

I was also able to try different colours and fades -blue and black.

What I didn’t like was the marks the paper had after being submerged in water and dried ( which had to be done for best printing results) .

Laser cutting

I decided to try laser cutting as an experiment, to see how it would work with the linear designs I created.

I didn’t have as much involvement as I would have liked to have, as you need to be able to operate the machine correctly because of the time it takes to engrave one piece. I prefer the designs where the background is lasered rather than the design itself. It gives a three dimensional look and adds texture to the background making it darker than the design itself.

#lasercut

More illustration, trying character design.

Pen and paper.

#Illustration

Revisiting brush strokes and colour - mark making.

After working on monochromatic designs, I started thinking about adding splashes of colour to my work. I decided to revisit work from the beginning of the college year to find some inspiration.

Revisiting forgotten projects/group exercises

This group exercise showed us how easily simple use of shape and scale can affect our view and feel of the composition in front of us.

If I remember correctly, my words were Fragile and Intimidating.

We were only allowed to use black squares to create a composition that reflects those words.

Milk Carton Project - Hope

For this project we had to choose one of the given cultures, I chose the nordic culture for which we then created visual hope addressing a cultural issue that the community is facing.

My main body of research focused on whaling laws and how tourism influences the community to keep it up. Tourist expectation is to see how whaling is integrated into the culture when factually, it doesn’t belong there.

I created a see through milk carton using hot wired acrylic and based the design around ‘missing child’ advertisements on American milk cartons.

For the center piece I created a sculpture of a whale crammed inside the carton using air drying clay.

The cut out letters are ‘mirrored’ because I felt it best portrayed how people get away with a crime right in front of the governments eyes. It’s an obvious issue that the government looks past and allows people to continue finding loop holes in the law just to satisfy tourism that is falsely informed.

#product design

I started dividing my final major project into two areas of interest. One of those areas was symbolism that I started researching in conjunction with visual grammar and geometric psychology.

These are the first designs I produced inspired by the research.

I like how they look visually, but they lacked depth and meaning, therefore if I wanted to carry on developing them, and implement the symbols I found in my research.

During the design process of these, I was looking at Kandinsky’s work.

#sketching #design

Final Major Project Launch

FMP - Culture

After the project launch, I had a planned trip back to Lithuania which made up the first half of my research. I thought it would make sense to use that trip as a kick start for my project. I didn’t really know what images I will bring back, but I knew I would want to capture the city and the rural areas. My focus was on street photography and portraiture.

When I came back, I started thinking about where I could use these images and how I could put them together...

#photography

Quick digital illustration,

seeing how using shadows to create facial features works when illustrating.

Experimenting with different tools.

#Illustration

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