Web tests

Open publication - Free publishing - More posters

More logo progress

I tested more ideas and names for the logo in the hope that I would find something perfect but really struggling to get it write.  I may just have to chose the best one and go with it and just see what I can do from there. 

Poster considerations

We had a Crit with Fred to kick start us on a brief we hadn't quite arrived with yet even though it is just a couple of weeks to the deadline. It was an interesting crit and not exactly what I expected but I did find it really useful as I realised it took me going back to basics to get me back on track again. It was interesting to see the importance of really analysing why you are doing a brief and what you plan to get out of it.  I think with this brief inparticular I am really excited about getting started so it was easy enough for me to work out why.
It was also good to focus on 'the problem' Which each brief proposes for us to solve as designers.  Again something we learnt right at the start of the course but something which is easily over looked when it comes to just getting work done so you are busy.

I really want to make the most of this brief and I feel this is a good starting point for me to get there.

Fred mentioned about really over exaggerating with how many visual explorations you need.  It is important to start big and then windle it down so that you end up with somehting perfect. Rather than thinking of 2 things and expanding on them.

It also got me thinking about my other briefs and where I should be going with them.  Specifically with the brief I am collaborating on with Arthur.  We really need to sit down and ask why we are doing it and what all the problems are we need to solve and then just go crazy with concepts and visual exploration.

adding colour to hand drawn type

Open publication - Free publishing - More drawn

hand drawn type

After finding the perfect layout for the text I then printed that off and hand drew the type adding a little personality as I went along.  I really enjoyed finding a balance between digital and hand drawn and I feel this was a good way to do that.

I think the fonts I chose work really well as hand drawn type the added little details help make it the one off I wanted. I am now going to scan this back in sot hat I can add some colour and play around with the composition.

Digital process rejoice

Open publication - Free publishing - More digital

rejoice in our sufferings visual process

Open publication - Free publishing - More always

don't worry visual process

Open publication - Free publishing - More dont

Logo spread the word

I think my first initial thoughts for the name of the company who sell the posters is quite cheesy but its as though my mind took a blank moment when I was trying to think outside the box.  Rather than thinking anymore about it I just cracked on to find out how it could look best as a logo by doodling my heart out. 

Still not quite there yet but I will keep going and hopefully it will be perfect! I find it hard to settle with something unless I have to. And also I keep just writing it over and over again in a very similar way so I think if I break from it then it may improve. 

Initial visualisation for posters

Initial visualisation of poster concepts based around 3 specific passages.  'let the water be filled with living things and let birds fly in the air above the earth'.  'Can anyone of you by worrying add a single hour to your life' and 'Love is patient and kind'.  I have also started looking into idea for the passage 'We also rejoice in a sufferings because these sufferings produce patience, character and hope.' and then as you saw previously to this post I posted designs for the passage 'be joyful always'  

It would be interesting to look into image with these passages but I don;t know if infact I would be over complicating the brief by adding an extra element.  I may see how designs go and work out whether or not it is suitable. 

I really like the idea of spending a lot of time over each poster. I think this helps in  creating something people want to purchase as the designer has actually put in the effort to create something completely original.  In the image to the left above I have started to go into more detail about how the 'love is patient' poster could look.  Focussing on the concept being patience - I want to have to test my patience to design the poster.

I think the image on the right is interesting as I think the range of hand drawn type faces work well together. Although I just did this quickly during a briefing and it is not based on a passage (although it easily could be) I think it is perfectly suited to the style of poster I want to create.  Especially with it being type based.

Posters - initial.

Poster design - initial ideas.  

I have started by hand drawing the words 'be joyful always'  Which is just a simple passage I found in Romans in the bible.  This is just the start of the kind of posters I want to be creating to bring design which is based on christian ethics for everyone back into the design market.  Although this is not perfect I do like the idea of hand drawn simple work which is fun and which is really based on just type and colour.  

Type based posters

Title.  Bible based concept posters.

Create a range of type based posters focussing on passages from the bible which encourage rather than preach to a non-christian audience.
The aim is to put the bible back into a positive light and show that there is more to it than just conversion.
There have been many attempts previously to make christian design modern but more often or not it goes wrong and falls into the bracket of 'cheesy'.

I need to investigate into why this happens and how I am going to be able to do it differently so that people actually want to look and enjoy it whilst understanding the importance of the message.

I am going to create 5 posters which can be produced in a number of colours and across the range of posters, greetings cards, post cards, t-shirts/hoodies and bus stop boards/bill boards.

By focusing on well crafted type design I should be able to hit the nail on the head by simply creating something which has been well thought out.

Colour is important, as is the choice of passage.

Deadline for concepts - 4th November.
ultimate Deadline - 12th December.