In Design workshop follow up

Following the in design workshop I took into consideration everything I learned, using the new skills that I had. To create a magazine layout I would needed to use all of these rules shown above, such as a margin and bleed to make sure that my text and photographs didn't get lost in between the crease of the page or when the magazine was cut to fit. I also needed to create a picture box to place my photographs and text in. when I had more than one box I also needed to make sure that they where evenly spaced, with the same measurements in between each gap, this is called the gutter.

IN DESIGN WORKSHOP

I took part in an In Design workshop to develop my skills in making a professional looking zine. I learned the efficient way of organising folders to make life a lot easier when it comes to creating the zine.

Once all of the files where organised I could move on to creating the layout of the document.

I started by importing the photo onto the document, I wanted to make a poster based on the theme of my zine, so I used one of my own photos.

I then added text and changed the font to fit the style of the zine, and the poster. 

I wanted to create a quick logo for the poster to advertise the company of the festival that I created for the poster. This didn't really work as planned as the text wouldn't sit right on the circle. I had to make lots of adjustments to get it right . 

Here is the final finished poster. 

I also designed a college poster 

over all this workshop helped me to learn new skills, develop my magazine as a whole and improve the layout ideas I originally had for my magazine. By making this poster I was able to learn the basics of In Design, such as spacing, type, and text alignment. 

Collage

Here is my final collage work I made, in the workshop today, I have evaluated my experience and what I learned from the workshop below. I tried to make it in the style of clover robin.

Drawing with collage Preporation

I am going to do a Drawing With Collage workshop soon so I thought I would research some artists who use collage in their work, also It will give me ideas for my work and what I could gain ouut of doing this workshop.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collage

Digital collage

Digital collage is the technique of using computer tools in collage creation to encourage chance associations of disparate visual elements and the subsequent transformation of the visual results through the use of electronic media. It is commonly used in the creation of digital art.

I researched two Types of collage as the artists that I researched used a large variety of media's in their work.

I found this Artist from Pinterest, the original artist is unknown as their web link page was no longer available. The Artist uses digital collage , combining photography with paper textures to create one solid image. I like the way the roses stand out so much, even though the Artist has made them black and white, it creates depth to the image as a whole. The face is only half visible which makes the audience more curious and intrigued by the work, it also suggests the Artist is trying to show the thoughts of the character in the picture. To be more critical about the Artists work I would say that the solid black triangle and the pink moon don't quite work with everything else being black and white, I find that they look a bit out of place and distracting from everything else.

Pinterest link https://uk.pinterest.com/pin/477029785512054741/

What I aim to get out of this workshop
From researching various Artists I have realized that collage could be very relevant to my project theme and I could use this media for my magazine layout. It could make the page more eye catching and bold, drawing the reader in. I want to experiment with different types of collage including digital collage to see what layouts I could achieve.

This Artist works for clothing lines and companies creating layouts to display the clothing items using collage. Here where the original images used.

Website http://www.polyvore.com/asdfhjkl/set?id=64857337

This artist has created a collage for a company called YAY, it was published on style spotter which is a clothing and fashion site. The artist is on tumblr, all links are below.

yay

STYLE SPOTTER

Joined three years ago. 

MHEEEP.TUMBLR.COM

I love the style of the work, it is quite quirky and funky, it really displays the outfit well. the black and white image of the woman works well in contrast with the colour and textures of the background. The Artist has also made a bold white outline around the model, separating the focus from the less important images. Media; paper collage and digital skills to finish.

Here is another example of collage by the same artist, This fits in with my theme really well, and is an effective way of displaying my items for sale.

I found some examples of collage in the magazine that I was inspired by. I possibly could use this technique for displaying my bags and gift shop items.

Silk Screen Workshop

Today I took part in a Silk screen printing workshop, I found the workshop very beneficial as it helped me to critically analyse my design and learn about the process of putting it from the computerized image to the material.
There where many positives and negatives I learned about the work process that I would have to go through in order to create printed items for my magazine. The whole process of printing was fascinating, the fact that you can create a design by hand and print onto almost any material. I enjoyed learning about  all the do's and dont's when it comes to silk screen printing. When I was there I also got to see a lot of other peoples work, many of which where from experienced Print and Textile designers, this gave me a lot of ideas and inspiration for my own work. Every pattern was unique , I even saw some typography prints. Before the workshop I made some designs of my own and printed it onto acetate, I started from drawing a rough sketch then scanning them in onto the computer and editing the image. I got to talk to the workshop leader about my work and manage to get a lot of advice from her, from looking at other peoples prints I noticed that there work was detailed but bold, the lines where very clear and prominent. We where looking at my design and we came to the conclusion that there was still work and development to do, if you look at the design I made below, you will see that the lines are quite thin and they look even thinner when printed onto acetate. For the ink to come through clearly the pattern needs to be very black when it is on the acetate, and the lines need to be a bit thicker to allow more ink through. 

 This is my initial sketch, and below is my final design that I need to develop.

This is the design printed onto acetate.

Bristol Diorama's

Workman digging up chewing gum.

Workmen building on the road.

Workman cutting the grass.

When we where In Bristol we experimented with diorama by putting miniature figures in different places, It was much easier doing it for a second time as before I was just learning where the best places are to place the miniature figures. As I had previously done a diorama workshop I had a stronger idea of what worked and what didn't work so well, also where to angle the camera.

Typography Workshop

I took part in a typography workshop, the task was to find as many letters as you could in the area such as the college and the natural environment. These letters could be made with people, objects or any signs that we see. I found that this made me view my surroundings differently, and It was an interesting task. From looking at examples of artists work such as David Carson it seemed like a simple task, however it turned out to be a challenging task and it was even harder to create words out of the letters that I found. Here are the letters I managed to find.

Here are some of my results from Light Painting workshop.

It was harder than expected to create the letter or shape that I planned to do. Sometimes the movements where too fast for the camera and the picture came out as one big white light instead of lines. I tried to keep my movement short and sharp to get create the most clear picture, I found that the circle worked the best. I also tried to create depth to the picture by moving in and out with the light in the top picture.

Light painting

I took part in a light painting workshop, light painting is where you leave the shutter open on a camera for a longer period of time and use light to create a picture or word by drawing with the light. When the shutter closes it would have captured the lights movements in one still picture. This is an example of light painting by light graffiti artist Sola, she also creates advertisement posters for companies such as Nike. I think that her work is effective and eye catching, I like the way she has painted with the light and the movements she has done in order to create depth to the picture. I could take this technique further and develop an art piece based on renewable energy, such as draw a renewable energy source out of light, I think that the two subjects would link together quite well as renewable energy can provide us with power to light our homes. This could be a powerful photography piece or poster if I can come up with an imaginative idea.

Sola's website:  http://lightbombing.com/




Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso created the first light painting in 1949 he created his drawings with a small electric light in a dark room, it took many trials to get it rights the technology wasn't as advanced as today.

Diorama

Other techniques of creating Diorama art is to do a timelapse of a scene such as a city or beach, this artist has angled the camera and focused the lens in such a way that it makes the people and the objects look miniature. This technique is called tilt shift, here is an example of this. To take this further I could use these skills to show renewable energy for advertising purposes.

Diorama
I took part in a series of workshops that would provide me with ideas for my project. The first workshop was a diorama workshop, we where given a series of artists that used miniature figures and created miniature scenes to produce photography. Artist Slinkachu uses miniature figures and puts them against or on top of life sized objects to distort our perspective of these things and create a scene from the surroundings.