Monday, 30 March 2015

Typography and events

For the poster brief, we wanted to make educational posters that inspired young minds. We thought about KS1 students but realised that the language was too restrictive, so we looked into KS2 students. The posters would be hung in the classroom, so we looked up reading books that were recommended on the KS2 reading list. We each took an author and chose a quote from their books.

we looked at colour palettes and this one caught our eye.

we linked up on various social sites to communicate ideas and the process. (Facebook on left, Pinterest on right). It was quick and easy to show ideas and get reviews on our draft designs.
https://www.pinterest.com/aimeesullivan24/typographic-poster-project/ (5)

Here’s an example if the inspirational posters that we liked the typography or design.

Emily Clout made us our own logos to be used on our own pieces of work, but are similar to be used in a collaborative way.

Emily Rodgers

emily turner

Aimee Sullivan

emily clout

mine

Together they make a pastel circle to show unity, but with the different colours and styles to symbolise uniqueness and differences between people.

The posters in a classroom scene and our unveiling of them to the children...

Saturday, 28 March 2015

Bristol Shake

I’ve put some prints in for the Bristol Shake comic fair this April.
I bought cellophane bags to put them in and hand lettered labels for prices and contact details.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1069071606440060/ (6)

posters for £6

i designed some postcards with coloured backgrounds to sell in packs.

I had difficulties arise as i hadn’t scanned the images in as high a resolution as i thought i had - they were printing out pixilated. So I rescanned them and printed the postcards off without a background. Needless to say, technology really doesn’t like me.

Postcard set of 4 A5 size, £3.50

original sketches from Antwerp sketchbook

other animal observations from the zoo

some of the monkeys

Because the animals moved so much, it was hard to draw accurate sketches, so it forced me to make them into character and use their actions to develop them.

I’ve had a lot a positive feedback from online, on Facebook (above) and Instagram(below). I’ve had requests to produce prints for gifts as well.

Wednesday, 25 March 2015

Promotional work from thirds years

The Crow Cross press

I thought that the paper cut outs were interactive, playful, and had informative facts that made them educational. It reminded me of Horrible Histories. They were printed on thick card which would give them durability, however the thinness of some of the cut out areas a small pieces lower the life span of the product and make it more liable to wear and tear.

Emelye Grace. (7)
She made garden flash cards, with different plant and birds to identify. There was also a seed kit, stickers and her CV. All the paper was printed on eco or sustainable sourced paper.

Becky Lees. http://beckyleesillustration.weebly.com/ (8)(9)
She designed a colouring book which had buildings and other scenes to colour. The paper was thick and simply made with staples. She also had promotional bunting and business cards.

Jodie Thomas.

She had business cards which looked smart as they had a black piece of card sandwiched in between two white pieces. She created a Make-your-own bird house, with a net of the house to cut out and graphic wildlife birds to hang from the bottom.. The net was set on thick, plastic coated card, unlike the model which was ordinary print paper. She had boxes with bird feed inside, which had a nice close and shape to the lid,, on brown card.

Zanna Goldhawk - Papio press. (10) (11)
She had a range of materials to offer: badges, postcards, notebooks, jewellery. Although she has a good start already with her co-owned project, Papio press, it would have been different if she had broken away from that and created something that didn't look as though it was made to be sold through that store.

Alex -

bags, teeshirts and postcards. The colours of the teeshirts and inks contrast well with each other and make them easy to wear.

Monday, 16 March 2015

Carnival book, Poetry anthology

for the UOG Creative writing, they collaborated in an Anthology and had a competition for illustrations in the book.

I drew them in ink and sent them the scanned pictures through email. It was a really nice project as i got sent the poems, read them and these where what i thought of after. I had initially sent them two pictures, and they loved my dancer and asked for more pictures. Its in a bound book and looks very professional.