Research into my theme

http://punk.london/

http://louderthanwar.com/shop/tickets-2/the-rebellion-festival-2016-40-years-of-punk-20-years-of-rebellion-weekend-ticket/

http://www.bl.uk/events/punk-1976-78

http://www.wilkinsongallery.com/

Getting political

With the punk theme, I thought it would be interesting to incorporate some of my own personal political views into my work. It seemed very fitting giving my stance towards the Tory party and the whole aesthetic and message of the punk movement being rebellion. So I chose to place and deface some political members in my badge designs. My first and most important one I feel given current affairs is David cameron. Which adds a sense of relevance to the design package, keeping the idea of punk in the now. I also used images of George Osborne and Thatcher.

REID AND BUBBLES RESEARCH

My final poster

In order to make the text more visual I added blocked shapes to keep with the ransom note style across the poster, I also used a mixture of the two font types I have used to give an email address.  

typographic poster imagery

There was a lot of empty space which felt like it needed filling in my poster, so I decided to find an iconic figure to use on the other side of the poster.  I decided to use the cat woman, who was an iconic punk figure in the 70s

I traced an image of her on illustrator and made the edges a lot more rough and reduced the colouring so that I had just a few really bright colours

She fits really well into the poster and fills the space in a very effective way adding more depth of field and depth of colour. She clashes with everything else. I really like this.


I also added text such as the date and place of the exhibition but I will need to reconsider placement and maybe colour of these as they are hard to see agains the background and don't really stand out like important information which they should.

Typographic poster font types

I have chosen typography which is very similar to that which Reid uses in his work because I feel it is very iconic of the punk movement. I have also placed some words on block coloured shapes, reminiscent of ransom notes cut from the paper- this is also a very recognisable as part of the punk visual. 

This has been a challenge throughout the whole promotional pack as i had to use a glyph of each individual letter ad trace this in illustrator as these font such as ALDINE BOLD were not freely available. This meant that putting words together has been very time consuming and often it is very difficult to get the letters to be the same size and in alignment with the rest of the word but I discovered that this feature adds to the style of the piece and fits very well with the punk message or rebellion. 

Starting my typographic poster

I have taken a lot of inspiration regarding colour from Reid's work so far. I think bright acid wash looking colours are fitting for my theme and stay true to the aesthetic of graphic design of this era. 

I decided to instead of using real pictures in my design to create block colour and shapes from images, I think this is effective in creating contrast in my work, this has enabled me to play around with clashing colour a lot more. Next I need to look further into typography and how to arrange my text. I also have a lot of space on the page at the moment which needs filling

Looking at images of punk figures

Some images I will consider using or taking influence from.

Use of helvetica??

From the begining, I admired helvetica as a typeface and planned to use it as part of my typographic design within my coursework. I think it is a very effective typography within the design industry which is very versitile and simple. But since deciding to base my idea around a punk exhibition. I've decided that Helvetica won't be appropriate to the style and mood of the pieces I will be creating. Instead I will probably use something closer to the fonts that were used on the album and promotional work used by the Sex Pistols at the time of the release of 'Nevermind the Bollocks'.

Paul bass copy

After looking further into Saul Bass following discussion in  class, I researched further into his work, I really found the rough illustrations used effective and wanted to explore, using this myself so I created my own version of one of his graphic designs using Ilustrator.

inspo- SAUL BASS FILM POSTERS

Imagery to use in design

Final idea

After realising that this year is the 40th anniversary of the punk movement, and having looked in depth at significant graphic designers of this era such as Reid and Bubbles- I have decided to base my promotional pack on an exhibition celebrating 40 years of punk, which explores punk throughout this time period, with artwork, iconic photographs, costumes, album covers, and instruments from this era.

Despite preferring Barney Bubbles work in terms of graphic design and aesthetic, I feel that Reid's work is much more iconic when referring to punk as a movement. I will definitely take a lot of inspiration from Reid and will use acid colours and roughly outlined images. By taking most influence from Reid my target audience for the promotional package will probably identify most easily.

Initial idea post

For my commuication design portfolio I am thinking of keeping with the theme of film poster artwork or/and album cover artwork, with the focal point being on imagery and colour, for my Media and design Exhibition press and promotional pack.

I feel that this would work best for me, when considering the main elements which will make up this promotions package:

• A printed poster with appropriate titles: date, location, (fictional) web address etc.
• A web banner/Twitter/Facebook header.
• A range of at least four badges or stickers.
• A T-shirt with designs on front & back.
• A five or more web page design layouts (non-interactive) for iPad/tablet.
• Your research blog as a .pdf file.

I intend to research into the most iconic film and album artwork and digital design and use elements of this as inspiration and within this will hopefully find a visually pleasing theme which I can use throughout my work. I want there to be a clear link which is consistent throughout all pieces within the promo pack.


PEOPLE TO CONSIDER:
-SAUL BASS POSTER WORK---OLLY MOSS??
-GARRETT/SAVILLE
-BUBBLES/REID
-JAMES WHITE
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Working with camo and colour

working with digital waste

By selecting small areas of a digital waste image and then stretching them out at different angles I was able to find interesting patterns within the design, I  really like the colours which the crossover of the glitch image make. I'd like to continue exploring this in the future.