WORDS AND IMAGES IN GRAPHIC DESIGN
DATE: JUNE 2018
MEDIUM: ACRYLIC PAINT, ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR, PHOTOSHOP
THIS IS MY FAVOURITE PIECE OF WORK THAT I HAVE CREATED, AS IT IS THE TYPE OF GRAPHIC DESIGN THAT I AM MOST INTERESTED IN, AS WELL AS WANT TO DO IN THE FUTURE. I WANT TO FOCUS ON CREATING WORK IN THE GRAPHIC DESIGN FIELD THAT I WILL BE ABLE TO ADVERTISE AND SHOW PUBLICLY.
THE FIRST STEPS OF MAKING THIS WAS TO FIND WORDS FROM NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES TO CREATE OUR OWN PERSONALISED POEM.
AFTER THAT, WE STARTED LOOKING AT DIFFERENT
ARTISTS SUCH AS SAUL BASS, LESTER BEALL,
AND MORE, TO GET INSPIRATION FOR OUR OWN PIECES.
OUR FINAL OUTCOME WAS TO MAKE A SERIES OF WORK TO BE PUT UP IN THE TRAIN STATION, TO PROMOTE AND DISPLAY OUR PERSONALISED POEMS. MY POEM WAS ABOUT BEING EQUAL AND COMING TOGETHER TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER DESPITE THE SIGNIFICANT WORLD CHANGES.
MY FINAL OUTCOME, WAS MAINLY INSPIRED BY LESTER BEALL'S WORK AS HIS WORK IS STRAIGHTFORWARD, BY PICKING THE KEY IDEAS OF HIS MESSAGES. I USED THE FOUR KEY SYMBOLS OF MY POEM, A QUESTION MARK, EXCLAMATION MARK, EQUAL SIGN AND THE NUMBER ONE, AS THEY ALL HAVE ITS OWN RAGING MESSAGE AS WELL AS SYMBOLISING THE IDEA OF MY POEM. I USED RED, WHITE AND BLACK FOR THOSE SYMBOLS AS THEY ARE COLOURS THAT STAND OUT VERY WELL. THE USE OF BACKGROUND COLOURS, RED, WHITE, BROWN, GREEN AND BLUE ALL SYMBOLISE AND SHAPE MY POEM WELL, AS WELL AS CONTRAST EACH OTHER.