MY BIBLE

Here are a few websites and images from my very own 'Bible on Graphics' 

These are artists i find influential and inspiring. 

http://www.bo130.org/

 http://www.mrcraigward.com/

 http://chin2off.carbonmade.com/

 http://www.banksy.co.uk/

 http://www.nadiaflower.com/

http://www.illustrationweb.com/

And More to come as i carry on my journey 

TYPOGRAPHY

Here's just a small sample of the typography i have been working on over the course at Wigan And Leigh, with my typography work i base it on the work of BO130 as his work is amazing and really eye-catching. I know my work will never live up to the standards of some of the most famous artosts in history but for people to notice the inspirations used in my work is amazing. 

i try to keep my work very sharp and clean as you can see in these few images but im getting used to loosening up and letting go with my work and im starting to like it. 

these images are taken from my first year work as i was starting to understand Graphics But i am improving and getting a lot better as i study more and practice. 

TRIAL AND ERROR IS KEY!!

MAKING A START ON MY PORTFOLIO

Started to make my Portfolio for university today and hit a giant mental block of what to put in and what works well as a page. i am really struggling as this one thing is the decider for the rest of my life and i cant help but worry.

All week i have been taking photos of my work and cleaning them up ready but now its time to start it im not happy with my work. 

So heres a start. Tell me what you think, too plain? too boring? 

HELP!!!!

SEASONS- GRAPHICS

In the 'Natural Framework' brief for Graphics we had to produce four postcards, one to symbolise each season and here are my final postcards. all these are hand rendered done under the influence of artists Stefan Sagimeister and Nadia Flower.  

I am happy with my outcomes as they symbolise each season really well. My favourite is the 'Summer' compostion as so much detail went into the 'R' and a variety of media used to make the composition come to life. 

BOURNEMOUTH

In 2012 I went to Bournemouth on a girls holiday, we spent most of the time by the beach, the weather was great.

This is my favourite photograph of them all!

NATURAL FRAMEWORK

This project was based on natural framework with the outcome of a skirt for textiles, a piece of body armor for 3D, a number of lino and etching prints for fine art and finally four postcards one for each season for graphics. we looked at artists such as Stefan Sagmeister and Nadia Flower. i enjoyed this project as it was challenging and linked to life drawing. 

Here are some off my outcomes;

NEWQUAY

So every year for the past 13 years me and my family go down to Newquay for the family holiday. We have the usual family holiday where my younger brother is in the pool all holiday, dad sits in the bar watching the sports and mum reads her book complaining it's too warm, and me well i do anything to get away with them. Where we stay has a great beach with amazing views. the sunsets over the hills and into the water, its fascinating. i can't help myself when i'm down there than to go 'happy snapping' every night.

Here are my favourite four photographs from the previous years;

DOODLING AT NIGHT

So last night me and a friend were talking about making t-shirts with alternative characters on them; Cinderella with tattoos and piercings. This got me thinking about the idea and i started to doodle up an image, i looked at the work of  'Tim Sharmate Illustrations.' It helped me to think of new ideas.

Done in Fineliners.

This is just the start;

DAYS OUT WITH A FRIEND AND A CAMERA

So in 2010 i left school and was awaiting to start college. I spent most of my holidays skating and taking photographs, one day me and a friend got let loose with one of the nicest camera's i have ever seen! We spent the whole day taking photographs of each other in 'modelling poses' and the scenery.

FMP PROJECT, BRITISH CULTURE -GRAPHICS

For my final major project with culture i chose to do the British culture of the 1980' with the Punk scene being the main influencer. The mediums i used for this project were not ones i am used to using such as screen printing, spray painting and collage.i enjoyed using new techniques but took a while to understand the stencilling process of detailed images. This project had so many outcomes but for Graphics we had to make a poster to go into the TATE Gallery. My final piece consisted of scans of all my prints, placed in a thumbnail layout with the body text at the bottom. The artists i studied for this project were; Craig Michael Martin, Jamie Reid and Patrice Poch. these artist influenced everything i did within this project as their work and mine are very alike.

Here are just some of my outcomes;