Year 2 Graphic Design Academic Progression

Speculative Futures The third brief has gone live and it feels more open and creatively free than the briefs prior. For this brief we are tasked to speculate on the future. We are to consider the potential changes, mutations and flux of anything from the everyday to the geopolitical landscape. We will be challenged with presenting our speculative fictions in a variety of methods.  My Initial Idea I believe that I have a rather solid concept to begin with which was something I had been thinking about over the past couple of days.  The idea is that what if we were to have some form of technological recession, perhaps a catastrophic like  event such as a mass EMP (electromagnetic pulse) occurred over the UK or even the whole world which effected most if not all digital technology. How would this effect the present as well as the lifestyle of those affected? Something like this would be so detrimental due to...

Post Winter Break(down) A Run Down on Things. So there are only a couple of days till the second term begins and as i'm writing this blog post I've come to a slight dilemma in regards to the Imminent Self brief. Over the break I've had difficulty enjoying my idea for the project and following through with it. This has resulted in my motivation to continue with it to plummet as I've always had some form of distraction to pull me away from it such as video games and artwork that doesn't relate to the project briefs. I went to the studio on Monday 8th January to see if I could kick myself into gear before the term started but I fell ill and ended up bed ridden for the following week. However without sounding like i'm making a victim identity out of this situation i'm writing this post as a second attempt to kick into gear before the second term starts. When I was in the studio on Monday I was able to create a master list of everything that needs t...

Adobe Illustrator Masterclass 2018 I recently came across an advertisement on YouTube for an online learning platform called Udemy. Initially I was rather sceptical but after looking at the site I discovered that they had video lectures and courses on Adobe software such as Photoshop and Illustrator. Luckily I found this site during a new years sale that they were having and the best seller online courses were discounted to rather reasonable prices (originally £100-£200 down to £10). I decided to purchase the Adobe Illustrator Masterclass 2018 to further improve my skills and understanding of the software seeing that I intend on attempting to become an Adobe certified associate with Adobe Illustrator. Even if the 'sale' is a false marketing scheme, i'm willing to invest £10 in the opportunity to further advance my skills with the software. The course consists of 11 chapters totalling up to 12 hours worth of material. Additionally the course includes a quiz at the...

Let's kick into gear. Ahh christmas limbo, those 5 days of not knowing what time it is as we let ourselves go in front of the telly with an abundance of chocolate we got as gifts and left over food from Christmas day. As i'm typing this i'm eaten enough junk food to choke a well.. me. However! during the holiday period I tried to keep myself busy by experimenting with adobe illustrator more and try out new tools, the blend tool in particular has been a pretty awesome recent find. I took a small break from doing university work and decided to focus primarily on making some designs for both my Instagram account and for a portfolio, lines and crosses on a grey background are great and all but I want to provide evidence that I am capable of working in a variety of art styles and not stuck to one. I wanted to create this blog post to showcase what I have been working on these past couple of days.  German Cyberpunk Inspired Posters To begin with I wanted to cr...

Term 1 Complete This blog has essentially become an online Journal because I find typing to be quicker and easier than writing with a pen. As I am typing this up, the first term of the second year has finished. The studio is virtually empty apart from myself and a couple of others and it's feels like it's 8pm when it's only 4, winter always messes with my body clock.  But anyway the first term was personally mediocre, I didn't particularly enjoy the genealogies project as much as I wanted to but saying I do have time to make the outcome different and better than a magazine prototype. I wasn't entirely too proud of what I presented for the formative with that project I was trying to make it relate to graphic design and ended up with a rather overused outcome. One thing I do need to be cautious about is juggling all the projects and making sure I don't fall too far behind on current ones. For the Imminent self project i did fall behind trying to come up with ...

Self Deconstruction? (Cutting and sticking 101) Ok so I didn't entirely know what to call this workshop, so I guess self deconstruction seemed like a relevant title. For today's Process and Production with Nick we worked with our self portraits by cutting them up and forming new images out of them. To start off we used our photographs from our student cards enlarged to A4 and cut them up, however Nick didn't have my photograph. Reason why is perhaps down to I was initially part of Group 1 which had a workshop with nick as the first process and production session, but due to nick being absent that session I decided to join I different class that day meaning that I became part of group 3 instead so Nick might have not had my name on the group three list. So instead! I used a photograph of another student who was Absent. For their protection online I chose not to show the original image I used and their name. (so...

Concept Development  In the previous blog post I talked about trans humanism and a potential idea that I wish to develop upon and bring to production. To recap the idea is to fabricate a fake transhumanist mega corporation/company that is promoting, visualising and informing the theory of transhumanism. This will be achieved by creating a false domain alongside corporate identity consisting of business cards, letter heads, a logo (Ideally both motion and static) etc. (who would have thought that I'd be making my own fake mega corporation in my second year of uni! Hella dope.) Making a Company Name So to begin with, I wanted to come up with a name and a logo for the corporation starting with a name. I wanted the company to have a futuristic Sci-fi name yet still be taken serious and potentially considered as an actual company that exists. When searching for inspiration of a name, I came across an interesting site ca...