Developing Practice Revised brief.
I've rewritten my proposal for this module to make it more clear and focused. My last proposal was a bit too broad / open ended.What is your work about?
I want to find out how I can re-invent old retrospective processes and use it to make a new comment that is contextually relevant about the present.
What is your area of graphic arts, what is it about this area that most interests you?
I want to develop a greater understanding of the visual processes, language and aesthetic associated with print making, to underpin and compliment my digital skills. I see this as being essential to my ability to work and design in the future.
Who are the practitioners that influence you? How and why?
I am interested in print making and book making: I will need to identify what the classic album covers are and who designed them.
How does the study you are proposing relate to your ambitions beyond graduation?
The study I propose to do will help me by giving me a strong portfolio of work and the ability to use different media.
Define what the theme/question of your study/project will be
Can you capture the essence of album covers using color, pattern and texture? Is it possible to “distil” the visual language of a genre?
For example, an abstract depiction of the Hippie genre could be a sun. Or Black Sabbath's music can be represented by pointy triangles and a little circle can suggest an impending sense of doom.
Schedule
- Decide the EMOTION of a set of album covers
- Try to communicate the same EMOTION with restricted variables e.g. shape/color/texture as form of prints or infographics pieces
- Start doing something (to get myself started) and to be not afraid to make mistakes.
Reading list
- People of print by Macroy Smiuth, Andy Cooke
- The age Of Collage, Contemporary Collage in Modern Art by Silke Krohn and Dennis H. Busch
- Penguin by Design: A cover story 1935- 2005 by Phil Baines
- Sampler Contemporary Music Graphics by Adrain Shaughnessy
- Design after dark, the story of dancefloor style by Cynthia Rose
- Instant art of the Punk Rock Movement Photocopied byTurcotte Miller
- Visble Signs by David Crow
- What is Graphic Design for by Alice Twemlow
