Brief 3

The format for this project is a t-shirt, use the digital template provided to produce your final design.

You are required to print out your final design on the template provided on a sheet of A3 paper presented professionally. You are also required to hand in all supporting research and development work.

You are required to produce your review “text” in the format of one word or a short statement (positive or negative) and then illustrate this word or statement. The image and text are to be included in a single design in any size or colour on the front of the t-shirt.

im actually quite excited about this, we can use any medium. ive recently been interested in trying digital painting and this could be the ideal way to practice, photoshop will make it easier to add the text as well.

im also a bit nervous, all of my previous attempts at digital painting have gone pretty badly, i just cant seem to get the hang of it but im going to watch a lot of tutorial videos and i buy the Advanced Photoshop magazine every month, this month has a big section on digital painting so hopefully it will make sense to me this time.

John Ross

We had John Ross in today, he was the guest lecturer. A very interesting and talented guy. He gave out some advice about if you have a hobby or an unrelated talent to art, then use it. if you can bring that into your artwork it gives it an edge that others wont have and it will also give you a signature style.

it reminds me about something brent said at the beginning of the year, he was saying he was obsessed with greek god or something along those lines, a few years ago now i assume, and he used to bring that to his work and people liked it.

Good Typography

 Marian Bantjes is one of my favourite artists, 'click me' is an example of good typography because the font is still legible yet very stylised, it has character.

 Craig Ward is in another of my favourite artists. 'bad typography is everywhere' is something i have pinned on my wall and i think about it everytime i attempt typography. hes used a very clear font, its clear and precise yet very literal, the first time i saw it i didnt see the 'good typogrpahy is everywhere' and it is very true, when you are looking for an example of good typography the amount of really bad type is ridiculous.

I dont know the artist behind this, it came up when i googled craig ward but im fairly certain its not one of his although it does look similar to his style. i like this because its very literal and it makes me want 'candy' as well.

Bad Typography

 I dont even have to explain why this is bad really!, obviously the spacing is a joke. as for the type face chosen i actually think this is one of the only times you could use this and get away with it.

 this is one of the most unprofessional examples of bad type i have ever seen, the spacing is so eclectic and for no apparent reason they have decided to just stick the 'v' under the other letters. I honestly dont know who ok'd this to be the main page of their website but i think somebody needs to sit them down and give them their p45!

This never fails to make me smile, they went through the effort of going on the computer and opening word then writing it but couldnt be bothered lowering the size of the font. it doesnt matter that it is a bad example of typography i suppose because it still gets the message across to the viewer. does that make it good typography in that case? because the aim of it wasnt to be beautiful, the 'maker' wasnt interested in the aesthetics just the message and it does that, no more no less.

Stephen Raw

Today we had a guest lecturer stephen raw. He was very interesting and has done some very beautiful typographical artwork. Although i think his own signature type face is very aesthetically pleasing i also think it can be very illegible, which makes it a piece of ineffective design in my opinion. the type face has its uses but i dont think he can really use it as an all round font, it just doesnt work.

Audrey Kawasaki

i recently found some work by audrey kawasaki and immediately went straight onto heer website to buy prints of her work, she is amazing! as it turns out i cant afford the prints from her but it hasnt stopped me from having her as my wallpaper on both my desktops, i find myself just staring at them, i cant help it. i also use her as inspiration when im painting i like to have a few of my favourite paintings up on one monitor when im painting to inspire me and because it drives me to constantly improve myself, my technique, style and the end finish.

Typography