Presentation document deadline

Today at 16:00 we have been told to submit our presentation documents. The details were provided by an email from Jonny Hannah, a few days ago:

presentation 

document hand-in

friday the 18th may 4pm

all paper documents must be handed in

at the hatch, ground floor, jm building

all blogs must be completed by then,

then the link emailed to

peter.lloyd@solent.ac.uk

& alexiantpc@yahoo.gr

Any Now I am Done! And what better way to celebrate than:

CV

Conclusion

I find it a bit strange to write a conclusion right now, as I have not technically finished the project. I am still missing two designs and I have only printed 4 of the designs, but only as tests.

 

Partialially completed FMP, click on the image to make it larger.

This is only a rough picture of what my FMP will look like, however imagine the line work being black or a dark grey. The background designs will only be one colour, and at the moment based on my experience with the tests I am leaning towards the pale blue/green of the science poster. It is a bit surreal and disappointing to be concluding the presentation document, without having a real FMP to show.

As far as this whole journey has gone so far I feel  that it has been really topsy turvey. The project started of with my attention being on the Bargate Exhibition (here) and our self promotion project (here). I was a bit slow on choosing my topic. But once I had chosen to create a series of posters all relating to human creations I felt positive and keen to get going. Late on I had to refine my plan of creating 10 A1 posters to 6 instead, due to time constraints. The fact that I lost about 4 weeks to sickness and family problems over Easter really put me in a tight spot. It frustrated me deeply that for this my final major project I was unable to devote my full attention. When I got sick just before Easter and was so lucid from all the medication I was on I swore to myself that I would work diligently over Easter to catch up. I had not planned on my family phoning my up to say that my grandmother was dying and that her psychotic oldest daughter was causing problems for everyone. Once I got back and got into work mode I have enjoyed myself. The act of creation and seeing the final outcomes (even if it only was the prints) has been incredibly satisfying, and in the process of me playing catch up I feel I have gained a better understanding of my limits and how to push time.

The many guest speakers we have had have been very informative (especially ones such as Fig Taylor from the Association of Illustrators) (here)  and helped me gain a better upstanding of where I could fit into the industry once I leave university. Others have proven to be less helpful such as John Hegely's (here), though very interesting and entertaining. Ultimately the talks aside from the tutors practical advise to do with the course and degree show have to me proven to be a bit of a distracting. That is to say that I would still go if I could do this all over, I just remember thing it was a bit strange we had so many in such a busy period of work.

To me the presentation document was always a trek uphill. Having first decided to do a blog, abandon it shortly afterwards, then create a book and finally going back to a blog I feel that it has been a very varied journey. While I was angry that I had to redo my book, I was happy that I could still incorporate elements of it into the blog. At the end of the day creating the blog was fun and once I got over my crippling fear of typing (joke) I thought it went rather well. The PD has helped me structure my thoughts more coherently, and give me a better overview of my goings on. The most helpful element it gave to me was the ability to look back and reflect on how much time it has taken me to do a certain body of work, which in turn has helped me plan my future work much more accurately.

and to keep you interested have some uplifting music :)

 

Tijuana Taxi

What I plan to do now in terms of FMP is to continue creating the two remaining posters, get a quick test print of each. Once this is done I can go in and get the finals made and then it is just a question of hanging up the work. I am confident that I can get this done on time if I really work at it, like I have in the past 4 weeks, but I cannot state with certainty that it will come out how I am hoping it will (ah the mystery that is print making). If I pass this course I hope to go on to do a masters in Illustration. If I am able to do that, it opens up a world of new job oppertunities in Denmark, but also gives me another year to hone my skills. I dont feel ready to leave education just yet, soon, but not just yet. I was hoping to continue with the course here at Southampton Solent University, but unfortunately I have been told that they will not be offering a masters of illustration next year.

All in all I have had some good times with this projcet, John Hegley and his guitar Steve, to watching Derek on the turntables and all the random fun that happens in the studios. I will be sad once all this is over, but at the same time I am quite happy to leave all the stress behind. Once the FMP is done I can see myself keeping the blog going, but more for my own amusement and to act as a sort of visual diary beyong the scopes of my FMP.

Bibliography

Bibliography in choronological order:

John Hegley - http://www.dialogue.firstdirect.com/images/presenters/john_hegley_large.jpg. Image accessed on May 4th 2012.

Bruce Ingman - http://www.walker.co.uk/walkerdam/getimage.aspx?class=person&id=2448&size=powerpoint. Image accessed on May 4th 2012

The Pencil - http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?um=1&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=ivy&sa=N&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&channel=s&biw=1212&bih=898&tbm=isch&tbnid=94WdPInZ1Pk2mM:&imgrefurl=http://www.philnel.com/2010/09/04/more-metafiction/&docid=3b0aXsr_KPwk4M&imgurl=http://www.philnel.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/pencil.jpeg&w=400&h=400&ei=2bCoT8SiHsfi4QSwrdm8CQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=137&vpy=147&dur=1266&hovh=225&hovw=225&tx=99&ty=111&sig=114379483659796957402&page=1&tbnh=160&tbnw=160&start=0&ndsp=22&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0,i:72. Image accessed on May 4th 2012

The Pencil Sketch - https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_wFx5CROtMcIU5FYiXP5CsGPo1NVqG9iLdrWT2xlSFHCs4cOpGJYTk1kl2D_mpz3ddsQ33EnbmFHBHT1JOI6DVMKnDT-W5cV0evslf6yPUfzxq6HlC8Be6gSmR5AlxKMAmRZ4XpEDvbB8/s640/Ingman.jpg.  Image accessed on May 4th 2012

Bill Bailey - Das Hokey cokey - http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=tD5P7RsC9TI. video accessed on February 19th 2012 

Paul Osborne pilgrimage - http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/customer-media/product-gallery/0540012009/ref=cm_ciu_pdp_images_0?ie=UTF8&index=0.  Image accessed on February 15th 2012

Ten largest wars -  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War#Ten_largest_wars_.28by_death_toll.29. Image accessed on February 28th 2012

Kitchener Poster - http://www.iwmshop.org.uk/images/prod_12784.jpg. Image accessed on February 28th 2012

Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima -  http://buffalopost.net/wp-content/uploads/IwoJima1.jpg. Image accessed on February 27th 2012

Charles Shearer - http://displayhca.blogspot.co.uk/2010/12/master-print-maker-charles-shearer.html. Image accessed on March 9th 2012

Charles Shearer Bird Box Blue -  http://www.emmamason.co.uk/item.php?id=949&m=#view. Image accessed on March 9th 2012

Battleship Bismarck - http://www.wrecksite.eu/img/wrecks/zz_bismarck_escorted.jpg. Image accessed on March 5th 2012

Titan class ICBM - http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/Tucson05_TitanICBM.jpg.  Image accessed on March 5th 2012

Spitfire - http://www.pieway.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Supermarine-Spitfire.jpg.  Image accessed on March 7th 2012

Hublle Space Telescope - http://blogs.voanews.com/science-world/files/2011/09/hubble1.jpg. Image accessed on March 9th 2012

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"Paperwork: the potential of paper in graphic design". By Nancy Williams. 1993 

"The packaging and design templates sourcebook". By Luke Herriot. 2007


Johann Chan's Twitter account - http://twitter.com/#!/johannchan. Image accessed on March 23rd 2012

Fig Taylor -  http://www.theaoi.com/news/personnel/fig01.jpg. Image accessed on March 20th 2012

Joe Brand -  http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/resources/images/1521848/?type=display. Image accessed on March 20th 2012

Takashi Murakami "Who's Afraid of Red, Yellow, Blue and Death" -  https://gagosian.vaesite.com/__data/5a2ef9ec5e7867c39d5b006f717f50a2.jpg. Image accessed on March 18th 2012

Takashi Murakami "Reversal DNA" -  http://www.artnet.com/artwork/426200368/424612322/takashi-murakami-reversal-dna.html. Image accessed on March 18th 2012

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Tozzy Bridger - http://aa2a.biz/mod/profile/icondirect.php?lastcache=1321973080&username=tozzy&size=large. Image accessed on April 26th 2012

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Gears and Cogs - https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFq4BTNUOZsISCS1PZNFCXosCU3ELIcS9-J4vTaI08aX4VNOh1P-SdyJnCv2-ki6cxMztZt-hXxbBzU6Mog2LaJ0QHxQM-K7kZtIz6pPEbGgHCL3rfHAiPZNh1Orchio_KfqITwy4gDrQ/s1600/gears.png. Image accessed on May 5th 2012

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Printing - entertainment poster

Today I went into the print room to test my Entertainment poster design prints. I was surprised to see the print room more or less empty at 10:00 in this the last week before our hand in (keeping in mind that we still have 2 weeks hanging time). I was happy that the print room was empty as I had 4 A1 screens to make (because I want to try printing my Industry poster as well) which essentially fills up the drying cupboard. However the screens were prepared and coated swiftly. Remembering Charles Shearer's comments of trying different colours and inks I wanted to try this poster using some of luminous ink we have in the print room. Below are the results:

my entertainment poster

I do enjoy the look of this ink, as it gives the print a retro/neon feel, something that happily coincided with the poster being about entertainment. I dont think I will use it as a base for the final prints I will hopefully do next week, because

A. the light colour of the foreground prints ink does not cover up the background effectively, meaning that some of the rougher elements of the yellow image bleeds through. 

B. From a distance a lot of the detail is lost due to the bright nature of the yellow

I also printed the industry poster again, in the same colours as that above, to see whether the lines work well with a properly cleaned screen.

My redone industry poster 

 This print came out much more successfully than the first version did (here). I am pleased now that I have 4/6 posters done. I am still missing a little bit of research for my Peace and Theology posters, but my presentation document is coming along nicely and I have the majority of the posters. I still have a lot of work to do, but I fell that I can get it done, as long as I keep pacing myself.