Digital Photography Elective...

These are a few of my favourite images taken so far in my digital photography elective. They are the most recent and basically just rough experiments with lighting etc and getting to know what I'm doing...
Personally my favourite is the 3rd one down. I love the way in which the shadow is cast across the left hand side of the face, creating such a dark and powerful effect fading out to black.

Sophie Calle

I found Calle's book 'Double Game' along my artist book researching travels. She primarily works with photography. I felt that the images within this particular book were quite interestingly linked with my digital photography elective, aswell as the book of 100 brief. I feel she is trying to blur truth, fiction and boundaries together, between what is private and what isn't. E.g what is percieved to be allowed and what isn't.
I find her work interesting but at the same time a little odd...

Deb Rindl

Artist books...
Our latest project is to collect 100 items and encorperate them into a book.
As part of my research I have spent some time looking into artist books and one of my favourites I came across was by the artist Deb Rindl - 'Reguiem for my sister.'
Rindl uses quite a few different techniques in the book. It is bound using the nut and bolt process. I think this has a very unique feel to it and makes it stand out from anything else I have seen. She also experiments with different papers, cards cutting through and sewing into them. A part that particularly moved me was when she used sewing into her work to create meaning saying "We're still connected," then connecting the pages together with a piece of string.
Looking through the artist book made me realise you can create a lot of meaning just by using different media.
I discovered alot of her work is text based...
Here are some images of her work...

Sam Winston

Just found this blog after searching Google images - random way to stumble across it but it's wicked so thought I'd post the link:

http://vacascom.blogspot.com/2007_05_01_archive.html

I particularly like the work of gabriel moreno. Link to work:

http://www.gabrielmoreno.com/

A blog featuring daily selections of contemporary art, photography, illustration, graphic design, music, new media and Bucharest happenings.

Check it!

Beer mat flipping

Beer mat flipping is a recognised sport! ha the things you learn whilst researching projects...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3235091.stm

Obviously i shall have to spend more time in the pub to perfect this...

Southern comfort advert

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=hMNpJUhPVs8

Link to the new southern comfort advert...awesome graphics and photos...

Just found this blog after searching Google images - random way to stumble across it but it's wicked so thought I'd post the link.

http://vacascom.blogspot.com/2007_05_01_archive.html

A blog featuring daily selections of contemporary art, photography, illustration, graphic design, music, new media and Bucharest happenings.

Check it!

Awesome shop

I was recently down in London for a gig and decided to hit the shops while i was there. My favourite place in London for shopping has to be Carnaby Street.
It's full of designer and small upcoming labels that you would find difficult to find on your regular high street.
Whist there, i found the most amazing shop. It's nicely located on the ground floor of lovely Kingly Court which is sandwiched between famous Carnaby Street and Kingly Street.
A small square brimming with unique boutiques and fascinating rare finds.
'Super Superficial' - a clothing store specialists in printed t-shirt and hoody designs.

http://www.carnaby.co.uk/index.cfm
http://supersuperficial.com/

(On the supersuperficial website click onto the 'by artists' link to see the designers online portfolios)

The store collaborate with local and international artists and illustrators on a shared-profit basis, to produce highly original and limited edition garments for men, women and children.

Check it out theres some wicked designs!

http://www.milesdonovan.co.uk/
http://www.adambridgland.co.uk/
http://www.mattjohnstone.co.uk/
http://norasound.com/
http://www.alanheighton.co.uk/

For the love of pigeons...

Work Group Questions...

What were you in the past?
I used to be a fine artist, studying Fine Art and Design at A Level, with an interest in graphic design. However, I was very naive to designers that were out there and their different styles and didn't have a very good understanding of what graphic design was. Art was always a reasonably strong subject at school and college for me and I always wanted to do something with it. I found though that the more I furthered art, the more I became interested in graphics.

What are you now?
I see myself now to be someone still very interested in design. I have progressed to be a first year graphic design student, doing a degree at The College of Art and Design in Leeds. Although I am interested in a lot of design aspects, I have found that I am particularly interested in typography, illustration and digital photography.

What do you intend to become in the future?
I would like to improve my skills using In Design programmes, such as Adobe illustrator and Photoshop, because at the moment I am very much a beginner trying to work them out! I feel that they are holding me and my work back not being able to use them properly. So basically become a computer genius...
If I could I would also like to combine my love for music with design and try to get into designing for music packaging companies or artists.
E.g. For Cd sleeves, Cd's and promo merchandise.
I also find design for magazines to be interesting and creatively inspirational so possibly work for a magazine company?
There are many things I would like to strive to become. Another one would be a web designer, however I realise for this to happen I would have to brush up on my computer skills first!

I found these images on http://www.banksy.co.uk/ Banksy's official website. They are just a couple that i find humoursly clever and quite controversial. I think the reason why I like his work so much is because he is so witty with the subjects that he portrays and clever with the way he produces them. It is also questionable whether his work is art work of grafitti because the majority of it is just spray painted onto walls. I also admire the way that he manages to produce all this work and no one actually really knows who he is!

These two images have been produced by the freelance illustrator and graphic/web designer, Phil Dunne. I came across his works in the March 2007 edition of Computer Arts magazine and checked out his stuff on his website at http://www.lovetherobot.com/ I love the complexity of his work and the way in which he illustrates such emotion with a basic approach.

This is one of many images that i love, produced by the illustrator Si Scott. His work is a great inspiration to me and i think his hand drawn illustrations are beautiful. You can find the majority of his work on his website at
http://www.siscottdesign.com/

http://www.ros-shiers.com/1024by768.html

This is a website I came across for the work of designer called Ros Shiers. The work is of a similar style to other designers that inspire me. Such as the work of Si Scott and my earlier post by Pomme Chan. My favourite image by the artist on her website, is the last design on the portfolio link. That particular image also featured in the Graphik December/January 06-07 issue, which is where I first discovered her work.
However, I do very much like this image called 'The Last Romance.'

I found this image produced by Pomme Chan on her website the other day after coming across her work in Grafik magazine back in 2006. More of her work can be found at www.pommepomme.com