Update VII

Extra poster design for the Melbourne Festival.


Event: "Double Think"

Update VI

LATEST BRIEF:


Design a poster/fold out pamphlet for one of the exhibitions in the Melbourne Festival.


I have chosen to base my design around "A Different Temporality."

Presented by Monash University Museum of Art (MUMA) in association with Melbourne Festival

A DIFFERENT TEMPORALITY

Aspects of Australian Feminist Art Practice 1975-1985

"A salute to women who contributed to a ground-breaking decade in Australian art, A Different Temporality considers time as subject and metaphor in Australian feminist art practice from 1975 through to 1985.

A period when women artists were agitating for recognition in the broader Australian art community, this was a remarkable time of change both for women and for Australia as a whole. Politically diverse, A Different Temporality unearths the flash points of a powerfully influential period.

Encompassing time-based media such as performance, photography and film, this exhibition is a provocative series of intrusions from a time of uncommon artistic fecundity."

'a different temporality'

[Full Poster Layout]

'a different temporality'

[Close Up]

The  close up above depicts the main imagery of the poster. 

Each aspect of the visual coincides and intertwines to represent the relationship between what the exhibition intends to represent. My intention was to develop an imagery, which is conceptual in nature. The geometric shapes and hands reflect feminism. The hands represent the belief in equality, the want to reach a desired goal and the geometric shape portray the characteristics of feminism; unity and community. It also represents the want of equality for women.

The organic shape portrays a tree trunk. This is meant to represent 'temporality', considering time is an important concept of the exhibition. The rings of the trunk represent this idea intended. 

The leaves and twigs represent 'art.' The way art is expressive, liberating and free flowing.  

Update V

BAM!


LATEST BRIEF:

[awake since 4 a.m.]

It's a fourteen page InDesign document. The objective of this brief is to design a non-fiction book from a list of titles given. 

My book's subject matter is anatomy, going by the title of 'Nexus.'

nexus |ˈneksəs|noun ( pl. same or -uses )a connection or series of connections linking two or more things.
I have explored this brief using a minimalist approach. The purpose of the given title is that it places emphasis on the ideology that anatomy is just a connection of groups and series. The cover itself consists of 5 pages with each letter of the title, with segments of a ribcage/spine (printed on transparency film). This reinforces the concept of connection.
The interior is simplistic in nature, with consistent use of dashed (2pt) line and circles which reinforces  the concepts stated above. These graphic elements also link all the pages together.
The book itself has yet to be put together; it's currently in the process of being done so.
A post of the final product, will be posted.
 

Update IV

So, currently all the NDS students are on break; [including myself, obviously. Heh.]

However, this break feels very little like a break; the constant yearns of my acquaintances, leave me sleepless - quite a dramatic verbal interpretation, but trust me when I state things in such a manner; a ridiculous amount of social interaction deserves an over the top comment. Alas, I shall cease with the somewhat sardonic humor. 

As you have most likely noted, this 'Update' is not orientating around my course and/or work, but rather, it can be defined as a random, out of the blue... digression? More or less? In trying to understand someone's work, you must also learn of the artist. I am definitely not an artist as of yet, but purely for amusement purposes and some form of gratification, this is purely just a ramble based on any factor that draws forth from my mind. 

So, as I stated earlier, I am ridiculously weary. Lethargy is currently at an all time high; slightly melancholic, is it not? I'm attempting getting in my last few days of rest before heading back to NDS, however, I think this will not occur. People seem to have this incessant need of being pervasive and intrusive. Really, it's like mental claustrophobia. I really don't know how to gently tell these people to go away. 

But, hey, if anyone reading this, (which is highly doubtful), you should give me suggestions on how to inform others to leave you be in your own contented isolation. 

So, above, as you can see, is my current state of apathy and lethargy. I think I have made my point.

Have a nice day. 

Update III

Once again, I apologize for the lack of posts. I was on a two week break in Malaysia. Moving on, here is a quick little 'doodle' I was working on whilst stuck in the sweltering heat of Malaysia.

"Te Desidero"

I Miss You.

I was feeling slightly homesick and missing a lovely person.

"Article; Guy Fawkes"

[Imagery + Illustration]

Got a new brief for Illustration. The aim was to develop an illustration that related to an article we received.  

Next week, we have Mid-Term Interviews. Here is just a quick snap shot of SOME of the work that is to be in my folio. Crazy, no?

Update II

Just a few things I've been working on as of late. 

"a"

3D Typography

[Board, Fake Wood Lino, Copper Chain, Dried Blossum Twig, Acrylic.]

As stated above; the brief assigned was for us to develop a pieace of 3D Typography. 

' [&] In Just One Week,"

['so much can change; so much can falter.']

[Watercolor Paper, Board, Marker, Biro, Thread.]

We were to develop a visual representation of one week that passed by. We were to focus on one part of that week and represent in any manner that we wished. I chose to focus on the people and places I saw; the visual component is a 'journal', which includes illustrations and typography.

 The following are just a few close up shots of the final.

"Dear"

[Close Up. I.]

"Adam"

[Close Up. II.]

"Mother"

[Close Up. III.]

"Flinders Street Station"

[Close Up. IV.]

Update.

Here are just a few "W.I.P's" of a current brief I'm working on. 
The objective of the brief is to design 3 business cards for self promotional purposes.
Here is one of the designs I am currently developing. 


Self-Portrait [VECTOR-based]

Basic Line Work

Color Experimentation

Color/Layout Experimentation