Inspiration

I have just been searching the internet for other ideas that I could try out or that could inspire me for my final piece.I found a graphic designer's tumblr called Thomas Kronbichler...here is the link to his tumblr blog.

Although not all of his creations inspired me, there are some that I really liked such as the following images.

I like how they don't seem like 2D images as they feel as though they have some texture to them. I also like how they are black and white and due to the intricacy of the design it is balanced by the simple colour palette.

Emulating Saul Bass...

I wanted to try and emulate a Saul Bass poster using Illustrator. This was my (appalling) effort at trying to recreate the image from the 'Anatomy of Murder' film poster. Below is the original image…

Homework Task 4

Experimenting with Adobe Illustrator

I have never used Adobe Illustrator before, so it was completely new to me. When I found the 'Flare tool', I really liked how it looked and the effect it created. During my research to find inspiration of my final piece I have realised that I like the use of circular shapes. I would really like to create something using this as it reminds me a lot of this piece that I saw a couple of weeks ago.

More experimenting with Adobe Illustrator

After watching the you tube video on creating shapes and changes their anchor points. i spent a couple of minutes manipulating some shapes, just so I could get used to doing it. Here is a screen grab of my efforts…

Homework Task 3

I had no idea where to begin with this task. I have had a tiny bit experience with Photoshop, but it was very basic and a very long time ago. Once I had watched the video, I didn't find it too difficult.

Inspiration...

After spending hours trawling the internet for some further inspiration for my final piece I cam across the graphic designer Paul Webb who owns the company 'Webb & Webb'. Here is the website.  

When looking through their work, I found some book designs that they have done for Antique Collectors' Club. Although very simple and only featuring one image each, I really like these book designs especially ones with a monochrome effect.