Paste Up

Pasted up poster today



pleased with it, think it's impactful
this one is the index

added texture etc due to process

Sketchbook

Compared to my previous sketchbook, I have put more thought into the lay out of this one. I have also utilised the space on the pages more sensibly - previously, I was printing a lot of my digital work very small which wasn't doing it justice. I also learnt to print things out as soon as I do them - otherwise it's easy to forget things.

Final Posters

I have now completed all three of my posters.

Image Processing

Even after digitally manipulating the original vector image in photoshop with the liquify tool, it still wasn't quite 'punk' enough. I decided to physically manipulate it as well. I pasted layers of the image on top of each other and then ripped sections out, using a safety pin as an aid. This was inspired by posters being ripped off of billboards by music fans. the result is messy - there are torn edges everywhere and glue residue. This is fitting as the poster is inspired by a Sex Pistols song, who were known for being destructive and messy.

Contemporary Posters

Bráulio Amado - Bad Studio
     

The chaos of the first poster is balanced with the frame and the typography.
Amado uses a grid in the second poster but still breaks many 'rules' of design - the stretched smiley face, the overlaying of the word 'acid' on the other text. The black flecks give a photocopied- effect. Some may think this is laziness, but it is clear that they were left there intentionally by the designer.

'Imperfections' in the designs indicate independence from corporate bosses - this is design by people who are passionate about it, often for those who have an interest in the arts.


Félicité Landrivon
  

heavily influenced by DIY aesthetics
passion about the musicians represented in the posters is made clear through extensive research - the posters are personal to each gig, none of them following the same format
multi disciplinary - collage, type, illustration
designer uses bitmapping and photocopying to make type and illustrations look lo-fi
grids are employed but overlap is allowed where it benefits the design

Idea Development - Icon

My initial images were a step in the right direction, however they looked bland and a little obvious as they were. I decided to take the same concept, of having the safety pin through my nose, but to create the images differently. Instead of using a traditional camera, I took the images using a flat bed scanner and smushing my face against it. In some of the scans I remained still and in others I moved as it was being taken to produce different results. 

The makeup I chose to do for these shots was messy and quick. Punk makeup was about rebelling against societal beauty norms and I have emulated this by smudging black on my eyes and lips. I used bold strokes of black eyeliner and didn't blend anything to add texture.  The eyebrow shape was inspired by Siouxsie Sioux.

The resulting images have a sense of discomfort and claustrophobia. They look as if they could be close up shots of someone being pushed around in a mosh pit - this links to my research about punk culture. 



These images give me more to work with than my original photographs as they have more organic texture and distortion. I am going to experiment with inverting the images and overlaying them.

Idea Development - Symbol

In my research I came across artwork used to promote God Save The Queen released by the Sex Pistols in 1977. It featured an image of Elizabeth II with a safety pin on her face. 

I had already looked at punk iconography for my first poster, but now needed a way to abstract the idea I was communicating. I looked at the sheet music for the song and created a design based on the opening chords by following the staves and notes. 

Similar to my typography vectors, this has the issue of looking very flat and too clean. It doesn't express the punk ideology which inspired it. I will continue to experiment with the image by processing it in different ways - digitally manipulating, photocopying, collaging etc

Idea Development - Index

I decided to draw a vector illustration of a safety pin, and whilst doing so I noticed that one end of it looked like a letter 'u', and then flipped upside down like an 'n'. This gave me the idea to create some typography from the form of the object itself.


Initial sketch

I had already been experimenting with typography and had been using 'unity' as my word - in my research I had found that post Trump's election, some people had begun wearing safety pins to show solidarity with those persecuted by his government. This also refers to the original use of safety pins, to hold together fabric - to unite it.

Using Illustrator, I created a vector version of my initial sketch. I experimented with different weights, with adding texture in the background and with using the stems of the pin. In was happy with the form of the typography I produced, but over all it looked too clean and flat to be a finished poster.



I had previously been experimenting with metallic typography and decided to apply this same effect to the vector, however my previous metallic type looked very 'fake' and digitalised. I took a high resolution scan of a safety pin and manipulated it in photoshop using the liquify tool to retain the original texture and finish of the metal.



I was pleased with this result because it looks unique and the reduced legibility draws the viewer in by forcing them to look closer.

Crit - EMPTY