colour illusion

After colour workshop i wanted to look into different ways of using colour, i really like the illusion the colour and shadows create.

Guinness advert

Good how just a hand can have u glued to the screen for a minute!

Justice - D.A.N.C.E video

Awesome video:

live music for silent films.

Showings of silent films almost always featured live music, starting with the pianist at the first public projection of movies by the Lumière Brothers on December 28, 1895 in Paris.[1] From the beginning, music was recognized as essential, contributing to the atmosphere and giving the audience vital emotional cues (musicians sometimes played on film sets during shooting for similar reasons). Small town and neighborhood movie theaters usually had a pianist. From the mid-teens onward, large city theaters tended to have organists or entire orchestras. Massive theatrical organs such as the famous "mighty Wurlitzer" could simulate some orchestral sounds along with a number of sound effects.

(Wikipedia)

Research project

Animal research

Video for research brief about animals - primary research.

Research brief - Animals - My dog Bonnie - counted ten barks in this clip

Packaging

distinct packaging i came across. Imaginative, strong colourful designs.

Alan fletcher

The Climax, Illustration from "Salome" by Oscar Wilde, 1893

Jeremy Fish

Jeremy fish uses a limited colour palette which is one of the aspects for a brief ive recieved.
I think he has produced some successful outcomes using limited use of colour.

Visuals using type

After receiving an adobe illustrator brief, based on type, we had a session creating visuals/images from type i think this is a perfect example of how to create a piece from type. I found this as i was wondering around the Johnson banks website again.

Sam Flores images

Sam Flores

I like Sam Flore's work, he is an illustrator, check out his blog :

http://samflores-12grain.blogspot.com

He has a very distinct style which i admire, there are so many different things to look at in each of his illustrations.

This is his website:

http://www.samflores.com

Because dogs don't always have it easy

After the PPD session last week, i wished i could have shown some of the images in colour so here's the photography image i chose titled " Because dogs don't always have it easy" it is by Garry Simpson. I think it's an amusing piece and i like it mainly for its entertainment value and the cheekiness of the whole image. I admire the quality and detail in this photograph, and i think the photographer has captured a humorous moment in time that most people wouldn't have even thought of. After all, aren't dogs supposed to have it easy.



Also here are a few more of the images from the same set (same title):

It's amazing what you can do with an envelope.

I was flicking through the newspaper and came across an image that really caught my eye. After a lecture on colour theory this week i have had my eyes opened a lot more to impact colour has on a piece of design work.
I think think this particular image successfully grabbed my attention due to the way colour has been used in the piece. The vibrant red stands out against the blue/grey background, creating a nice visual impact. After studying the piece further i felt myself becoming captivated by the creative paper folding, then i realised the folded pieces were made from the signature item of the Christian aid charity, this being the envelope.
The type along the envelope also interested me, it looked bold and exciting, i couldn't remember seeing a design with an impact like this from the charity before. Trying to remember back to the times when the envelopes had been posted through the letterbox in previous years, i couldn't familiarise myself with previous designs, even the charity's logo.
Curiosity struck me and i started searching the internet to pin point the group/designer that had created this piece. I found at http://www.johnsonbanks.co.uk that the image was a product from a campaign to re-design Christian aid's identity/logo and advertisements.
Compared to the old logo big changes were made. One of the aspects that jumped out at me on the new desgn was the bold "aid", emphasising the charities work for aiding people in developing countries. By making the word aid a dominant feature in the design i think it tells the audience straight away that this is the charities main concern, drawing their attention to try and get the audiences help. Where as the old logo didn't have the same level of impact. The new logo is simple but straight to the point, not over complicated, and i like this about the new design.




I found several other interesting pieces on the Johnson banks website so it is well worth a look, useful for the PPD sessions im sure:

http://www.johnsonbanks.co.uk