The project which followed was called ‘Little Circus’. The class was given the task of creating various templates, such as: masks, sculptures, drawings, etc. We were to create the templates and visit a primary school to let the children decorate our objects. My group were responsible for the masks and I was chosen to design the clowns. My first template was typical, consisting of afro hair and big teeth. After some research, I made a new design based along the lines of a Victorian clown. The template consists of a triangular hat and a narrower face.
The project which followed was called ‘Little Circus’. The class was given the task of creating various templates, such as: masks, sculptures, drawings, etc. We were to create the templates and visit a primary school to let the children decorate our objects. My group were responsible for the masks and I was chosen to design the clowns. My first template was typical, consisting of afro hair and big teeth. After some research, I made a new design based along the lines of a Victorian clown. The template consists of a triangular hat and a narrower face.
After my research on Sergie Eisenstein, I eventually created my type connotated with his themes and work. I made a constructivist piece based on Alexander Rodchenko’sstyle of work. I did this to keep in context with the communist revolution occuring in Russia. I also made a portrait of Eisenstein’s face using various words that related to him. I found this to be too literal and unable to communicate what I was trying to do, but I find the image charming and somewhat a tribute to his life. Considering that I’m in Illustration now, I decided to draw the type using figures and shapes from his various films and media. I chose the word ‘cinema’ and when translated into Russian spells, кино. I kept to the monochrome theme due to his films being black and white. I also put this image into a cinema screen to make it look more authetic. I made another piece of graphic type based on Robert Indiana’s ‘LOVE’. I did this using the word кино to represent Eisenstein’s love for cinema. I then decided to become more physical by cutting up and photographing unexposed film reel. I shaped the cut-ups into кино and edited it into Photoshop.
What I believe this piece of typography is trying to say is that time passes us by with out us even being aware. The positioning of the type visually portrays this message well in that the word ‘present’ has the smallest letter forms; thus making it the most difficult to read. Depressingly, I’ve noticed that gradually growing older has hastened my sense of time. Childhood seemed so slow and blissful, whereas now I am understanding of the world and I am almost practically concentrating on something at all times. Back to the type though, the message is simple: just as the type itself is. The white space in between all the letters could possibly represent the scale of time, and the letter forms themselves representing our interpretation of how much time we’ve lost. I’ve just confused myself…
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Controversial. An excellent use of visual juxtaposition indeed due to the Facebook logo resembling the cross Jesus was crucified upon. Simplistic in design, yet highly political and full of symbols. Facebook, being a social networking site that has digitally taken over the world, reflects upon the age whence religion ruled the planet. Religion was seen hundreds of years ago as being the dominating force which could control people’s everyday lives. Religion hasn’t been completely abolished obviously, but what this image is communicating is that the internet is the world’s new form of power. Since however the internet does not control people’s lives, maybe what this image is trying to say is that the internet is kicking religion out! Maybe even this image isn’t against religion. It could be perhaps an image which reboots the Christian message, ‘Jesus loves you all.’ What I mean is that religion is keeping up to date with the modern world; in this case, through Facebook. I could write a whole essay about this piece of type. So full of meaning.
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Since I am working on making my own typographic letter forms, I believe it best to look for some inspiration. This hand rendered piece of type is marvellously bold and youthful. The blast of hot pink makes to type look urgent yet playful. The use of perspective also helps gives hint that this is an urgent message being pressed against your eyeballs. What I most admire about this type however is its prominence of syllables. The artist has taken advantage of the fact that the second word, ‘positive’, contains two syllables, so has re-positioned the arrangement. What helps also is that each syllable in the small statement contains four letters, making the type nicely parallel. The words look as though they are being pressed against the outside of an aeroplane’s seat window. Clearly a campaign of some sorts to promote flight safety. For all I know it could have some other meaning.
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These simple line drawings by Saul Steinberg have been compared to the work I have been creating in Illustration. I do agree that there are definite similarities and that they all carry a significant charm to them. I believe Steinberg’s drawings have influenced many modern day children’s book illustrators because I remember seeing images similar in style to these when I was a child. Steinberg’s range of work varies from what I’ve looked at, but these images interest me the most. They look as though they were drawn within 10 seconds. The haste of these drawings delivers the charm and that what I could find influential in my drawings.
I have been given the task to find research on the Russian film director, Sergei Eisenstein, and to create typography in reference of him. Since he’s a film maker, it thought it best to search out videos of his on YouTube. His filmography revolved upon the communist revolution which was occurring in Russia during the early 20th Century. He depicts mainly violence and suffering due to the extreme political turnaround which was wildly affecting the whole country.
His trademark in film making were his montages. These consisted of various shots of objects, scenes and people in order to symbolise various political messages. In this highly iconic scene of his, innocent civilians are depicted being massacred by Tsarist soldiers whilst running down the Odessa Steps. The montage portrayed consists of a mother being shot whilst her baby in a pram hurtles down the steps along with the civilians. Onlookers look on in horror as the baby is helpless amongst the chaos. The close-ups on the people’s faces provide the various shots for the montage, as well as the wide camera shots filming the crowd. The message is clear: The Tsar spare no one. A powerful piece of propaganda indeed.
Nobody plays guitar like this any more… Hail to grunge.
A very interesting way of incorporating unrelated imagery into a photograph; at least I think they’re photographs… The predominant colour in both of these is a sort of light burgundy colour. It creates an interesting pre-night sky, as well as the hazy, ill reflected, sketchy, yellow moon. The burgundy subtly bleeds into the moon’s shape which creates a sort of ‘wild west’ atmosphere. The climates portrayed in these images are no doubt desert-like. Looking closer at the bottom half now, I realise that it is in fact a drawing, not a photograph. The landscape appears very etchy-looking (probably to add to the ‘wild west’ vibe) yet highly accurate; hence why I was deceived into thinking it was a photograph. Now the most out of place thing about these images is the large, creeping, silhouetted creature. The first thing that springs to mind is the animated film, ‘The Iron Giant’. Possibly a reference to that maybe? Regardless, the giant adds a sort of sci-fi/fantasy vibe to both the images. They’d make cool posters advertising a video game of some sort.
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As soon as I saw this, I remembered how beautiful art can be. The simple block colours mixed with the smooth textures really set this piece off! The two figure’s pair of legs come across almost as though they’re floating on air. The relationship between the two figures is shown from their hands meeting. This connection brings a sense of comfort in that they are both happily experiencing whatever surreal is happening. They’re postures are almost dance/ballet-like in that their two free arms and hands are delicately represented - most likely keeping balance. Now obviously the most surreal thing about this image are the two curled up lines of soft wool. The different shades of grey playfully show the depths and curves in which the wool is directed. The wool appears to be engulfing the heads and upper-torsos of the two figures. I like to imagine that the two characters portrayed here are high up in the sky (subtly represented with the mint blue background) and that the wool is keeping them comfy and warm. The wool makes me want to reach out and touch it. What a joyful image!
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