12/3/12- Continued with research into British music icons of the 1960s through to the present day. Looked at some of the fashion and hair styles that were popular in each decade to work out the audiences they appealed to. I looked at a font style used on a Radio Tymes cover whilst browsing on Google Images and found it to be old fashioned and very much of the style at the time. I will now see how I can put my design into a professional context.
13/3/12- Searched on Google Images and found a generic psychedelic image. It is bright, colourful, kalidescope style pattern that would be seen when looking through one of the tubes. I will now begin to research BME's logo and corporate style. The logo is a record disc that resembles a target in the red, white and blue style used on the Union Jack. The font style is a basic blue colour and looks well placed next to the logo. I like the placement and the writing is sans serif, bold, modern, lower case. I think the letters are curved because it is written in bold and the icon is curved.
19/3/12- Took some photographs of artwork, logos, graphics for the purposes of research to see if anything would be suitable for my poster. I will now draw some rough designs of how the outcome could look. After drawing some sketches, I have been trying to come up with an idea for a poster and planning a layout.
20/3/12- In my assesment of The Beatles artwork by Peter Blake, it's font is made from flowers in all caps. The clothing used in the crowd represents the 1960s with some bright colours used. The style is an older one compared to today's modern standards which works well. I have also researched the British flag the Union Jack making sure it is the correct way up for use as a possible background on my poster. The design idea I have come up with is the British flag faded out in the background and B.M.E written inside staves. In the font examples below, I have found that either Metro or Signature would be a suitable font style to use for B.M.E.
26/3/12- Worked on design in Photoshop with the Union Jack faded out in the background and music notes filled with red, white and blue as their colours using the paint bucket tool. I used the eraser tool and layer masks to remove white background around the notes. Looked at some traditional music staves with treble clef as a way of showing music throughout the decades. This did not work so I decided not to use it.
26/3/12- Worked on design in Photoshop with the Union Jack faded out in the background and music notes filled with red, white and blue as their colours using the paint bucket tool. I used the eraser tool and layer masks to remove white background around the notes. Looked at some traditional music staves with treble clef as a way of showing music throughout the decades. This did not work so I decided not to use it.
Hi Dan,
ReplyDeleteGood research post so far. I like how you have posted a time plan of what you have done each week. You have mentioned that you have used Photoshop to experiment with your designs. Make sure you post any screenshots of your design onto your blog, evaluate the pros and cons of your designs and make sure you comment on how you've used typography and imagery and how whether they work well together or not. You could do this in tomorrow's lesson. See you tomorrow.