Pen drawing

POP Art?

Another quick drawing, this time with thick marker pens i found this gave off a POP art look, i like it but i dont think it looks like the original, this is because i cut out bits that would ruin the POP art look.

Photoshoppin

Just a quickie

So i put this together on photoshop, just experimenting with different techniques, here i have tried a different type by making the type out of another image and adding a shadow, and the stripes are simply copying parts of the layer and moving them and adjusting the hue.

Response to Zoe more O'Ferril

My Type ;)

so i thought i should try and come up with a type similar to Zoe's work, and this is what i came up with, i stuck to the fairly simple type but with its boldness to catch the viewers eye, which if i do a poster for the Barbers this is quite important as the view wants to know where this is.

Gold Card Print of the Barbers

so i sat down and did a gold card print of the image of the barbers, i have to say im very pleased with how it turned out, even though it doesnt have to much detail i feel this alows the viewer to foucus  on the main part of the print which is the barbers sign.

Barbers

My Local Barbers

So while walking around taking more photos i remembered my Barbers sign and i have to say you dont see enough of these any more, making this actually quite a interesting thing about Badshot Lea and i have to say this is one of the best places you can go in the area, same barber every time so its a really nice atmosphere you get there, so i was thinking my poster could advertise him!

Zoe more O'Ferrall

London Buildings and Type - Zoe More O'Ferrall

I like this aspect of londons buildings and type because its quite comic like with its black and white, each font is similar but slightly different, the boldness of them make them still easy to read but it also helps the words stand out so that the images dont take all of the views attention.

i would personally like to use some of her fonts in my work or create my own similar font.

Out of Reach

Out of Reach - By Oliver Jeffers

I like the detail put into the girl but also how not much detail is put into the ripples, they seem quite basic and as if draw by the child, the mix of the detail and the simplicity (contrasting) is really affective and catches my eye and i could very well use something like this for my poster

Maps

Map of the Earth - by Oliver Jeffers

this also fits in with a previouse project i did but this map of the world done by Oliver Jeffers, is great i love its simplicity. the back ground i like, even though its just a fence it shows the map very clearly and in some ways i feel refers to the world is your oyster, the idea of the worls is just out side your backdoor!

Sunset in Badshot Lea

Sunset at Badshot Lea

This is just a quick photo from down my road, nothing to special just a really nice evening, but i also like the way the telephone wire goes over head. and the slight glare from the sun adds to the picture, i would like to use this image more throughout this project

Possible Colour Pallet

5 Basic colours

I will also be Designing a Logo for my town in this project, these are just 5 basic colours (well the grey being a shade) i may possibly use, i have chosen 2 different greens to represent the Green side of Badshot Lea as it has a lot of fields and other greenery, the orange is for how nice the weather can be, Blue for the pond and clear skys Badshot Lea can have, the grey to show the slightly urbanised side of the Town

Fonts?

Possible Fonts?

Today one of the things i have been looking at for this project are fonts i could use which i feel could be used to represent Badshot Lea, i have gone for fairly 'Old' looking kinds of font as Badshot Lea to me is just a small old farming town, there isnt to much farming now but there used to be, and it has a nice old feel to the small town.

Portsmouth Skyline

Portsmouth Skyline

Taken by Keith Burton

Now im a big fan of Skylines and for a project back at GCSE i did a lineo cut print of Sydney, i think skylines are a great way to show off a town or cites features, unfortunatly Badshot Lea doesnt have any really large noticable features like Sydney, Portsmouth New York, ect.

Thorpe Park

Thorpe Parks Map

Even though this isnt a Town as such they still show the area in a interesting way, and it also has alot of comical things in it as well, the cartoons are eye catching and make people want to look at all of the map to see each interesting and fun cartoon :)



London Poster

This London poster was designed for the New Leaves Studio, a small business selling prints that I co-founded, the A1 Lithograph has proved to be very popular across the globe, you can still buy prints from www.newleavesstudio.com.
But i like this design to represent a town, well in this case city. I like its simplicity but yet includes so much, the kind of paper cut design i think really works with fitting it all together and including key points from the city.

The small town of Badshot Lea

Just the sign if Badshot Lea nothing special :P but will be using it a lot in this project

My Blog

Hey,
This is my new blog which i have put together to gather research and get insperation for my current project which will be about My small Town of Badshot Lea.

Badshot Lea