Final Show

Just started putting together my final exhibition, starting to look good, just need to apply a few final touches. My orighinal intention was to create my own space, sort of an installation, but I quickly dismissed the idea and finished with a clean, sleek, sophisticated space. Everything about it says Graphic Design. Maybe I will go back to some of my earlier ideas during summer.

A1 Sketchbook

I have been working on A1 quite a lot throughout this projet, due to me working in print so had a lot of large sheets. So I decided to make a very large sketchbook with it all. My tutor later sugested the idea of a flip board, which I really liked. As this would allow my audience to engage with the skecthbook very easily, allowing them to literally throw the pages over.

Final Desings

These are my final designs, finally finished. They took me well over a week to process in total, they were very time consuming. It was worth it in the end though. I guess this is the way I love to work, quite obsessively. I find it calming.

Right back to processing my final designs

The idea of Coda Trace

Rather than just get my imagery printed directly from my designs and put straight onto a screen I decided to use the technique of coda trace. I wasn't originally familiar with this tecnique of print, so I found it interesting nad quite informative. I lliterally traced around imagery and then painted it onto the matte side using acrylic paint. I used the lightbox aswell in order to assure it was all completly opaque. Apparantley coda trace is the best tecnique to use when  putting imagery onto a screen, as you get a sharper image. This then gets put onto a screen, the same way as using the acetate, (which is originally what I would do), creating a negative of my image.

The unintention of creating a design

I created a design earlier on repersesenting 'envy', almost by accident and really liked it. There was just something about it that caught my eye. So I went back and attempted to repeat the idea with each of the sins. I dont feel that the result was halve as successful as the first design. They didn't hold the same quality. But I guess thats it, it was the unintention of creating a design that created the outcome, not knowing what I would end up with, the excitment of it. So to force this was naive really. But I suppose the results are quite interesting and hold all the qualities of a good design so I am pleased. My original was a one off, which just makes it  even more inntersting I find.

Greed

Sloth

Wrath

Pride

Lust

Lust

Gluttony

Final Designs

Preparing my Designs ready to Print

I simply took off selected layers using Photoshop showing the digital prints which will be printed digitally in A3. I will print out at least 4 of each as this will give me some leway when printing, as quite often I have found print isn't very predictable.

I have then shown the layers removed (right,) which I will then print onto the digital prints. I will print each layer individually. I will get each layer put onto a screen and screenprint each layer on individually.

                                       

 

 

 

The beauty of design

I created this design almost by accident. I quite simply uploaded the painting I had selected to reperesent the sin staright onto my design and this is literally how it fell. I cant take any credit for it, as I didnt actually do anything. But I think that is the beauty of design, not knowing what you will end up with, (printmaking). I think it is just a really powerful design.

I simply took off layers about 'lust' and put on layers about 'envy', without adjusting anything and this is what I ended up with.

Se7en Final Designs

I continued to put my designs together. I am really pleased with the result. Each design stands alone, reperesenting each sin, however still hold the personality of print; all being so similar but so different.

I am going to continue with the idea of combining digital with print, inspired by Lino Manocci. If my idea, goes to plan and everything is a success I should end up with an interesting set of designs. But print isn't very reliable, neither predictable, so I dont know what I will end up with really. My idea is to allow these designs to stand on there own, however then take off a few selected layers using Photoshop, and print all remaining digiatlly on A3. I will then screen print the layers removed onto the digital A3 prints.

I honestly dont know what I will end up with but am anxious to find out. I think it could go either way, disastorous or brilliant and I really dont know which.

 I dont know whether the print will sit with the digital print? Whether they will compliment eachother? How they will work together?

Lust

Gluttony

Greed

Pride

Sloth

Wrath

Continueing to illustrate ideas

Just continueing to put ideas together in order to develop a final piece. I think using some imagery within my designs will bring the idea together. The imagery will hopefully contribute to each design and create some personality as each design individually is so similar, however  hold different information. Hopefully the image, the word and the defination is enough information, to reperesent each sin. I have allowed the image to become part of my design rather than presenting it in its own right, which hopefully will allow it to reperesent the sin rather than the painting itself.

Original

 

Halve tone

Right I am now going to analyse all developments so far and work out what to do now. I'm thinking that I need some kind of imagery within my designs, something to symbolise the sin, but what do you draw to reperesent sins. Hmmmm, well sins are abstract in themselves, so maybe I could use imagery to reperesent each sin rather than first hand drawings.

Paintings, I think this would be a great choice and would work with each sin well. Theres a lot in painting. I will begin to research painting and select appropiate paintings to reperesent each sin. Painting is quite broad so I think I will research contemporary all the way to traditional. This will allow me to select the best images to use within my designs.

Lust

Botticelli

- Quite a religious painting -links to sexual desire outside of marriage (lawful paternership in the eyes of God)
- The expression of the painting, both the application of paint nad the facial expressions

- Everything about this traditional painting says Lust, from the colour, the mood, the imagery

Gluttony

Joel Peter Witkin

Female King, New Mexico, 1997

- A man who quite clearly is a victim of over indulgence, which links directly to the sin.

- An obese man

- Perfectly symbolises the Sin

Envy

Albert Durer,

Adam and Eve 1507

- To be envious, tempted by something better - Link to the Tempter of Eden; upon this occasion our first parents fell.

- Temptation of God, maybe a test

- Perfect representation of the sin, due to the great link with Gods children.

Greed

Andy Warhol

Green Coca Cola bottles 1962

- Consumerism (Advertisement and money)

- Mass Production, which his work clearly reperesents, even his technique Silkscreen

- Warhol's work was about the mass produced world of plenty, his name and his signature

Wrath

Francis Bacon

Study after Valazquezs portrait of Pope innocent

- Anger, hatred

- Belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong.

- Makes me feel nervous

- Expressive ( mainly due to the marks and brush strokes)

Pride

Hans Holben

The younger portrait of Henry V111 1539-40

- Vanity (Rich colours and clothes)

- A feeling of self respect and personal worth

- Satisfaction with your achievments

- Everything about thtis painting says pride, even his posture

Sloth

Joe Ouko Lohtola,

Untitled 1997

I know my original take was to research paintings and use paintings within my designs, but I came across this photograph whilst flicking through a book called 'Disgusting Bodies' and think everything about it says sloth. So I decided on using it.The man in the photograph seems as if he is wasting away, maybe this reperesents his lifestyle.

I will now begin to use these images within each design. Hopefully I will finish with 7 inividual designs, one to reperesent each sin.

Illustrating Ideas

Just experimenting really. Trying to develop a final design which will be repeated throughout each sin, as my final piece.

Envy

Continueing with the idea with all of the 7 deadly sins.

Envy; Greens