V&A museum Visit

well new year, new project and lots to do.
we took a trip up to the Victoria and Albert museum in Kensington, London today, and there was quite as bit to look at. the brief is to design an advertising campaign for the V&A. some of the work they have there is hundreds and thousands years old. but along with their permanent collection they have a new exhibit every few months. at the moment this is the Decode Exhibition.

Digital Type poster No1

took a shot at creating a digital type poster today. think it turned out pretty well.

Hole Punch Typeface by Me

I made the shapes of letters with the remains from a hole punch. i thought the circles arranged into a nice digital looking font. the legibility is questionable but adds to the title "watching words move" the words seem to move because of the high contrast.

My Deviant Art

heres the link to my DA page and also i found out you can create an online portfolio, so i started making one, check it out

Flash Type

check it out --> Bembo's Zoo <--- just click whether you have flash or not and click the letters to see a little animation =]

Speed Painting

another thing that looks interesting to try out at some point. speed painting, starting from scratch in photoshop and using colour palettes and opacity to create the look of a painting using light play.

i found this example by Levente Peterffy. the first link directs you to the tutorial of this painting. it holds some interesting hints and tips if you are also interested in making something like this. i plan to get hold of some software soon and spend a good few hours at my computer playing around with ideas.

Playing with Aperture

we were told to take out a DSLR (Digital Single Lens Reflex) Camera and take some DOF (Depth of Field) shots to experiment for poster backgrounds and general camera knowledge. We were only allowed to use an aperture of 3.5 so i had to get right up close when taking the photos to achieve the correct depth of field, which is basically when you have one thing in focus and then another thing very out of focus and blurred. here are some of my favorite shots.