Semester 2 - Visual Communications/Graphics Design

We were given the brief where each of us was given a Metaphor & had to elaborate on it through
Part 1 - Typography & Part 2 - Illustration

My given metaphor was ''Spill the Beans''..........

Crikey! Where would I start! BAH!

IF I SEE 1 MORE BEAN I WILL CRACK! haha!

Part 1: Typography (Week 1)

My name for my wall:

Looking at different Types online:

Looking at Types in Photoshop:

Experimenting with my Metaphor:

Looking at Colour & Composition:

Drawing more Types:

Creating the Type for my cup idea:

Working on my Table Mat idea:

At Crit last Friday it was said that my Table Mat Idea would be better in colour so I turned it red:

(IMAGE BELOW WAS MY FINAL IMAGE FOR THE TYPOGRAPHY PART 1

 - PRINTED AT A3 SIZE)

Looking at an idea of a Mugshot:

My Frozen Bean Bag with Type:

(It started smelling after a few days when I brought it into the studio so I had to bin it)

Part 2: Illustration (Week 2)

Heres a photoshopped experimental image of my face...

I thought I would look at the physicallity of beans:

.... and then become 1 with the beans & literally get the feel of them! haha!

(note to self... DONT EVER DO THAT AGAIN.. YOCK!)

Inverted version of the beans on my face:

Beans - Work in my workbook:

Making handprints with beans:

Babysitting one night & my 7 year old Niece wanted to help me so I told her what it was & heres what she made:

(She wants to go to Art College like her Aunty Em... ''Everybody say awwww'')

 Thumbnail sketches for Brainstorming:

I worked on this image a little more:

(TOP IMAGE BELOW) I gave the character a different head... I realised this image was more about interigation & didnt get across the point of my Metaphor so I kept going

(BOTTOM IMAGE BELOW) I created little bean-like characters spilling to the ground.. I quite liked these little guys so I created another drawing of them & it was used as my final piece for Part 2

Messing around with a head full of beans... I realised they looked more like drugs rather than beans! haha! SCRAP THAT IDEA!!!!

I decided I would experiment with a cartoony like effect in Photoshop... Model below is a mate in College ( Cheers Lorraine :) )

Using a Threshold & Painting her in I created this:

Then this....

With Colour:

 Moving her into the background of my Table Mat Idea:

Splitting her vertically & upsidedown:

Creating 3 of her:

Work put together in my Workbook:

My Workbook ready for Assesment:

The 1st Year Visual Communication Room ready for Assesment... Some

A W E S O M E

work was created over the past 2 weeks

My Final Piece for Illustration Part 2

Some Research:

Typography:

Illustration:

AND THAT IS IT FOR THE 3 x 2 WEEK ELECTIVES.... YERT!!!

On a lighter note 1 out of 3 of my Images got put into the LSAD DRAWING AWARDS 2012 COMPETITION. I COULDNT BELIEVE IT

There is the most stunning pieces on show down in the LSAD Church Gallery.

WOW!!!!

We find out next week what Elective we get & we get our results for the 3 x 2 week electives.... NERVES! bahahahaha! :)