'Pure' Progress.

I've really been enjoying this project so far, it's given me the chance to develop my drawing skills and explore ways of working I haven't tried before. I've never been one for illustration, it's not that I don't like it I've just never really had an eye for it, but this project has practically forced me to try it and I've come to find I really like it.

I've been experimenting with illustrating text based on the word 'natural' so it mainly consists of flowers. As I wanted to use text, I felt it was the most suitable way of making it visually interesting.

Below is a sketch I did in my sketchbook which I then scanned and traced over in Illustrator. It's not finished or anything, and I still have to experiment with colour, but it's an idea of what I'm going to be submitting for the competition. 

Don't Panic.

Concept Statement.

Rationale - The underlying principles or beliefs that shape and defines an individuals view on design practice and how it relates to the world.

PURE= Genuine

What is your message?

Be yourself.

What do you mean by this?

In order to be yourself you need to be pure. To be pure you need to be genuine, honest and natural.

Who is your audience?

Teenagers who are still finding themselves/pretending to be something they're not. Art Students specifically interested in Graphic Design/Illustration. Anyone who enters the 'Don't panic' competition.

What will they respond to?

Art & Design - Specifically Illustration.

Magazines

Billboards

What is your content?

Illustrated text. Possibly image.

Define: Pure.

Looking up interpretations of 'pure'.

- Free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter: pure gold; pure water.

- Unmodified by an admixture; simple or homogeneous.

- Of unmixed descent or ancestry.

- Free from foreign or inappropriate elements.

- Clear; free from blemishes.

- Straightforward; Unaffected.

- Abstract or theoretical.

- Without any discordant quality; clear and true.

- Absolute; sheer; utter.

- Being that and nothing else; mere.

- Clean, spotless.

- Untainted with evil; innocent.

- Physically chaste.

- Ceremonially or ritually clean.

- Free of or without guilt.

- Independent of sense or experience.

Welcome Back Brief.

We've been given our new brief and I'm really excited about it. We get to chose between 2 competitions to enter, and our work is actually be going to be submitted to that competition on Monday 2nd March. It's really nice to know that your work is going out there and that people are actually going to see it, rather than it sitting in a plan chest at College.

So, the competition I've chose to enter is the one on the Don't Panic website to design a poster on the word pure.

The Start of OUGD103.

So, we're back from reading week and have started a new module, the Design Practice. After Fred's presentation this morning I'm actually feeling very enthusiastic about this module and am very eager to begin the first brief. 

Here's a quote from Fred's presentation I quite liked and just thought I'd put it up on here as a start to my new blog;

"[Graphic Design is] an ongoing

examination/conversation

between the dynamics of

personal exploration and

professional practice"

- Matt Owens, Volumeone