28.11.13 Final Outcomes.

Hello Again!
So, these are the final, finished outcomes!
God, it feels good to write that.
Thats not to say i haven't enjoyed the project, quite the opposite infact, i think this was the most energetic and productive project i've done in the whole time i've been at uni but with that enjoyment comes satisfaction that its finished.
I decided to go with the text and image layouts as my final as i think its a outcome that shows the most resolution in my work.
The whole project seemed to be about development and resolving problems you've encountered throughout the project, and i think that these demonstrate that well.
I had so many problems throughout the project with layout planning and text placing and font choices that my resolution to all these problems was resolved in these final images.
Im really pleased with how the finals came out, i think the placement of text on each one gives the spot illustration room to breathe and still equals out the page.
The font choice came so late in the project that its a shame i didn't get to put more information about where it came from and show development of choice, but i still don't think that takes away from the fact that it was the perfect choice for the images.
I think after i've had my work back i'll take photos of my portfolio also as i'm really pleased with the whole presentation of all my work.
I spent more time than normal putting together all my work and i think it has shown.
So, yes!
Thats BA7 done and dusted!
It won't go too quiet on the blog, fear not.
I will still be doing work for the stew gallery print sale and also exciting news hopefully to come about an editorial opportunity that's come about!
Update Soon! (but not as soon ;] )

28.11.13 - Artist Research

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Just thought i would pop in another link to the Pinterest page where I've been keeping all my artist research.
Im a bit unsure if its going to get lost in the sea of post but oh well one more wouldn't hurt!

http://www.pinterest.com/hazydayss/ba7/
ARTSIT RESEARCH PAGE

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26.11.13 Font Development

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I'm so rushed for time at the moment so i apologize if these updates seem short but i've been spending some of my time looking into fonts for possible layouts for final outcomes.
My mind was pretty much made up as soon as i started looking that i wanted to find one similiar to my hand writing but more eligible and neater, which is the first one from the line up.
I did also enjoy number 6 as this is quite similar also, but i just cant get my head around the weird "a" in "tales" so that was a no go.
Anyway i have to go
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26.11.13 Further Layout Development

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Quick update,
Noticed after speaking to glen that i was putting the text to close to the edges of the pages, I've brought them in and started to give the images a bit more room to breathe
Still yucky font though isn't it, i need to get a new one...
Update more soon!

26.11.13 Continued Layout Development

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So this morning i quickly adapted some of the spot images i had been working on yesterday and added some layout text on top.

I still think this isn't working well, I'm trying to resolve problems I've encountered throughout the project but this is just one hurdle i can't seem to get over and can't help but waste time making more bad development images!

Annoying.

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25.11.13 Spot Illustrations Colour and Composition Development.

Hello again.
So I've been still working on the more abstract and block colour interpretations of some spot illustrations.
Im really happy with how these outcomes are coming along.
I had a one to one crit with Chris today about how the project is getting to those final stages and what could/needs to be looked into before we hand-in on friday.
Overall the feedback was good, he was happy with how the illustrations were developing into being more graphic and abstract and that i should continue down that route.
We also spoke about how it might be nice to refine some of the outcomes to maybe 3 or 4 colours to really get a cohesive feel to each piece.
I suggested that it might be good for me to go back on what i had decided as my finals and re evaluate them with the more pattern and block colour way of approaching the work, Chris agreed that this would be a good idea if i wanted to, and that to only do this if i had time.
I'm really pleased with how things are going with this project, i'm glad that i have planned out my weeks well so that i'm not rushed or disorganised coming to the ending of the term.
Up above are a range of the ideas that i looked at today.
I think these specific ones still need to be tweaked but hopefully tomorrow i will have something more refined to share.
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23.11.13 - Spot Illustrations Development

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So things are starting to heat up with the end of the project, its Saturday now and as you can tell from the dwindling blog posts, theres been less time spent on development and more organisations and essay work, but the essay has been handed in, and i have figured out the horrible printing problems so now, i have a little bit more time to do some final image development.
I spoke with glyn about doing some collage, spot illustrations ideas with what i already had.
Im liking them a lot at the moment, i was getting a bit sick of looking at all the finals and to be honest with you starting to hate them because i had to look at them so much, so its nice to be playing with a bit of bold block colour.
Update Soon!