Monday, 16 April 2012
Sunday, 8 April 2012
What is graphic design
For this task i was asked to write a brief for a project that defines what i consider Graphic Design to be . As
a graphic design student idea is key for me.
My project would be collage of different visuals that would be classified as graphic design. An example of how my project would look like.before starting this task, i did some research of what graphic design is and what it consists of .
Graphic design is a creative process—most often involving a client and a designer and usually completed in conjunction with producers of form (i.e., printers, signmakers, etc.) undertaken in order to convey a specific message or messages to a targeted audience.
The field as a whole is also often referred to as Visual Communication or Communication Design. Various methods are used to create and combine words, symbols, and images to create a visual representation of ideas and messages.
A graphic designer may use a combination of Typography, visual arts and page layout techniques to produce the final result. Graphic design often refers to both the process (designing) by which the communication is created and the products (designs) which are generated.
Throughout the years of studying graphics design as a student and as a freelance, i consider graphics design could be anything that communicates to the audience visually for example moving images, logos, shapes, colours, patterns, newspapers and magazines. I think graphic design is a collage of static images, 3d and 2d objects, typography which was mentioned earlier on.
Graphic design researched images
the images above shows various graphics work which i found on the internet. In most of the images, there are always typography, shapes, colours and purpose of the image.
Aim
My aim for this project would be to create a poster of what can be classified as graphics design
For my poster I showed all the work I have done for clients including poster, flyers, websites layout, album
covers e.t.c. I thought about graphic design being a collage of shapes, typography and images.before creating the poster, I decided to present my work through the use of a mirror and the reason for this is by looking at the mirror I can see a collage of work which i think stands as a visual communication
Pictures taken by me for this task
First draft of my poster
This was the first idea I came up with and I got a feedback from my tutor regarding this poster. I had to remove the image and treat the poster as a mirror and another person can pick it up and look through my mirror of graphic design
Final draft of my poster
The image above is my final poster of what I think graphic design is .
Mirror (My Home)
For this task, I was asked to create a visual description of my home.I decided to use a blueprint theme
to represent my home. the image below shows a rough blueprint of my home which is a two bedroom house
in Stratford,London. my main idea was to use different colours to show my most spent time which is my room.
Original Idea (Ping Plus mobile App)
For this task, i was asked to come up with an original idea. this task was difficult because most idea I came up with as been create. The original idea I came up with was a blackberry app which enables users to have an extra feature on the blackberry messenger. This app would enable blackberry users have the option to like there friends status on there messenger.
Saturday, 18 February 2012
Disaster waiting to happen
For this task I was asked to create a video and a book on a disaster waiting to happen. I chose to produce a work on the world with out the internet in relation to the 24 hours blackout of Wikipedia search engine.
My idea for the book was to use an old computer theme by using patterns and a green colour giving the feel of an old computer layout.I used the system type font for the booklet
Front cover
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