Wednesday 29 April 2009

BELOW ARE A FEW IMAGES OF MY PORTFOLIO AND A SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE BRIEFS FROM THE END OF MY FIRST YEAR ON THE GRAPHIC ARTS DEGREE COURSE AT LIVERPOOL JMU.
BOOK ILLUSTRATIONS BRIEF
FOR THIS BRIEF WE WERE ASKED TO READ 4 SHORT STORIES OVER EASTER AND RESEARCH OUR FAVOURITE ONE FROM THE 4. AND THEN CREATE 3 - 5 ILLUSTRATIONS BASED ON OUR CHOSEN STORY. WE COULD WORK IN EITHER COLOUR OR B&W, TO NOT RESORT TO CLICHE OR OBVIOUS IMAGERY AND TO NOT BE RESTRICTED BY THE PERIOD. THE STORIES INCLUDED: THE CLOAK BY NIKOLAI GOGOL, SREDNI VASHTAR BY SAKI, THE QUEEN OF SPADES BY PUSHKIN OR THE SNOW QUEEN BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN. I CHOSE TO ILLUSTRATE SREDNI VASHTAR OVER 4 IMAGES.


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INTERACTION BRIEF
FOR THIS BRIEF WE WERE ASKED TO RESEARCH EXAMPLES OF INTERACTIVE DESIGN. WE WERE GIVEN A RANDOM SET OF WORDS TO COMBINE AS A NAME AND A SUBJECT - A COMPANY BRAND, POLITICAL PARTY OR ART MOVEMENT. OUR FINAL OUTCOME HAD TO BE REPRESENTED IN ONE OF THE FOLLOWING WAYS: PACKAGING, POSTER CAMPAIGN, POP UP BOOK, ANIMATED VIDEO SEQUENCE OR A FLASH INTERACTIVE PIECE. I DESIGNED 4 SETS OF GREETINGS CARDS YOU MADE YOURSELF BASED ON A CITY YOU LIVED OR WERE ON HOLIDAY IN. THE PIECES IN EACH PACKAGE INCLUDED FAMOUS LANDMARKS AND LETTERING FROM EACH CITY. WHAT CITIES DID I INCLUDE? - BEIJING, BUENOS AIRES, NEW YORK AND LONDON.



SEQUENCE AND STRUCTURE
WE WERE ASKED TO RECORD SOUNDS OVER A 24 HOUR PERIOD AND INTERPRET IT VISUALLY INTO A BOOK BASED ON THE ANALYSIS OF MY RESEARCH ON THE ILLUSTRATOR PAUL DAVIS.





DECADES BRIEF
WE WERE GIVEN A DECADE OF THE 20TH CENTURY TO RESEARCH AND A FAMOUS PERSON FROM THE ERA. MINE WAS THE 1960'S AND ALFRED HITCHCOCK. AFTER DEVELOPING IDEAS IN SKETCHBOOKS WE THEN HAD TO CREATE A GRAPHIC SHORT OR NARRATIVE IMAGE SEQUENCE THAT WOULD REPRESENT THIS PERSON. THE STORYBOARD HAD TO INCLUDE EXAMPLES OF MOMENT TO MOMENT, ACTION TO ACTION, SUBJECT TO SUBJECT, SCENE TO SCENE, ASPECT TO ASPECT OR NON SEQUITER.. THE FORMAT COULD BE DRAWN, PHOTOGRAPHIC, PAINTED, COMPUTER GENERATED, COLLAGE, MIXED MEDIA ETC.







ARTIST AND OBJECT BRIEF
WE WERE GIVEN A RANDOM ARTIST AND OBJECT AND WERE ASKED TO CREATE A GRAPHIC RESPONSE TO THE COLLISION OF THE ARTIST AND THE OBJECT. MINE WAS THE ARTIST MARC QUINN AND WHEELBARROW. THE FULL BLOG WITH PICTURES AND EXPLANATION OF CONCLUSION FOR THIS PROJECT CAN BE FOUND HERE: http://kevinquinnbarrow.blogspot.com/