PHIL THE METAL MAN

In my tutorial today Rianna was helping me plan out my portfolio. It is important in the portfolio that I demonstrate how the print can be transferred to garments as well as scarfs as I would like to do print design when I leave university. 

Branding was my next think of jobs to do and I went down to laser cutting and I found out metal can not be used on the laser cutters. And get a few samples of sizes and styles for the tag. However I found out the laser is unable to cut the material so I got chatting to Phil "The metal man" about what I could do and I have decided to use perspex that will be sprayed a matching colour. This was not my first choice because I did not want it to look cheap but on reflection this actually seem a better choice because of the weight. The metal could have pulled on the fabric and destroyed the fabric where as this is no longer an issue. 

From here I am going to look at swing tags, take a trip into town and review similar designers and what they have on there's and how I can create what I would like to using the mmu facilities. 

18.4.13 TUTORIAL

Started putting illustrations into InDesign to play with layout and the images are not working when they are larger and with white space around them. It dwarfs the image and that is all I can see.
Try cropping the image really close, crop some of the body out if it brings more to the prints.

The stages the illustrations have gone through to get to the end product I think shows the development of movement in each and takes them further and further away from the human form. I think that makes it less shocking than if you were to see a human falling in a photoshoot. I am able to manipulate the image through my illustration to make them seem more fashion focused than distressed.



Portfolio

Illustration Portfolio
Print Portfolio
Product Design

BASSO & BROOKE

I dont know how I have only just discovered this company but there designs are "right up my street!"
The prints seem disjointed but all work together because of clever choice of colours and shape, there is a small amount of repetition but I think this helps to bring the collection together.
On some designs you only see a very small amount of an image but it is recognisable. The bird print was the best example of this. This has inspired me to be a bit more daring with the designs and mix in different medias rather than just creating using watercolours or my own drawings.
The bright colours grab my attention and are exciting. This has given me a boost that my designs will be desired even though they may be a little wacky and daring with imagery.

11.4.13 TUTORIAL

Got my first leather samples...except they were lucy's so mine are going to be at least a weeks time till I get to actually touch them. The leather is beautiful very soft and smells great!!

Finished off my Spring/Summer 13 collection which is exciting, onto the next with Autumn/Winter 13 14...

Tutorial Notes - 

Happy with how illustrations are going, coming together so now need to start about layout and presentation. Look at websites and Magazines etc for help

Try layering up the images and multiplying the top layer and motion blur the bottom. This will help to create movement.  Distort using the 'warp" and "perspective" tool in photoshop, make them less human. 

I want to put a black streak lines as a background to represent falling. Try fading this out so it doesn't dominate the illustration. 

When scanning in the images do them at a high resolution so that they do not become pixelated if I am going to inlarge them. 

I had a friend who was doing graphic design come up with some logos. But I didnt feel he got to grips with what my brand is. Looking at other designers I have designed to have a signature of "AitchK." 

It looks good, mature and as if there is movement through the letters. 

Next weeks plan - 

Get initial pencil illustrations finished and start to distort and put background on. 

Get going on A/W 13. Have at least 2 prints finished.

Start printing off all the trial and error designs that have got me to the final ones.

Portfolio Tutorial

This are the first boards I mocked together for my print portfolio. My inspiration has come from the boards that I put together for the end of the research and development unit. The presentation is very clean and I think the white space works well to allow the story and concept to show. I have changed some images from the original boards I hung up to make the concept clearer and I feel it is better to have all my own images rather than other people in my portfolio promoting my designs.

Tutorial Noted - These are beginning and end, there needs to be the journey to how I got to where I finished. Looking good tho to start with. 

JOURNAL PLANNING IN MY JOURNAL

So after 7 months of writing it's time to get this all this text into a professional layout.

I have been looking for inspiration of layout through magazines, trend books and website to help create a journal that reflects my own style and demonstrates how my work over the year has developed and I have been able to identify my strengths and where I will be able to fit in professionally once I graduate. By doing this I have been able to translate my own work into layouts I think would work, therefore saving time allowing my time to be spent on other units.

I like crisp clean documents where text can be read easily and followed. I don't want images to overlap and have the edges bled so text can go right up to the line.

9.4.13

It's my last term at uni and last student loan :(

I spent the easter practicing my illustrations. Last term I knuckled down and got organised and realised the only way i'm going to produce good prints is by focusing on one thing. That is why one collection is based around the twin towers. I wanted the illustrations to show off the designs and make sure they tie in with the project. Ive been looking at magazines for inspiration to draw posture and layout.
An advert caught my eye of a model with a silk scarf wrapped around her head.
I first recreated the image using a pencil and then took it into illustrator, I did this to make the illustration less human. Taking away shading and layering I think achieves this. I was able to practice on illustrator and look at other methods to illustrate with a more "modern" style. I don't think this is the direction that I want to go in terms of style. I don't feel that it challenges me enough and my own skill. But from here I can import my drawn illustrations and bring in colour on the computer. The strengths of my work from this week are trial and error of style and presentation. From here I am going to keep illustrating because I want to create an illustrated lookbook but look at more website to get some inspiration of how to make the drawings less life like. In tutorials Alex has advised me to distort and contort the body so it becomes less human, I am going to look at dolls and there small features and see where it takes me.