Katy Lemay, Michelle Thompson and David Fullarton

The work of Katy Lemay stands out to me because of the mix media techniques used within the piece. I then went on to look at the works of Michelle Tompson, and really liked this work also. I like the use of photography, typography and different techniques used. I think this is a good way to present imagery, and take a photography one step further. David Fullarton is another artist who uses this mix media combination to create a textured image that stand out.

Katy developed an overwhelming passion for illustration while completing her Bachelor of Graphic Design at the University of Quebec in Montreal. It was also during that time that Katy created her unique style

Katy Lemay

Katy developed an overwhelming passion for illustration while completing her Bachelor of Graphic Design at the University of Quebec in Montreal. It was also during that time that Katy created her unique style.vvvv

Katy Lemay's work is really great because of the playful combination of photography and illustrations. The use of children in the pieces reminds of a children's book, and the bright colours used look like it appeals to children as well. I like the use of black and white photography upon the colourful drawings and painting.

Katy developed an overwhelming passion for illustration while completing her Bachelor of Graphic Design at the University of Quebec in Montreal. It was also during that time that Katy created her unique style.

Source: http://www.agoodson.com/katy-lemay/

Michelle Tompson

Michelle Thompson is an illustrator, but also creates a range of mixed media pieces which combine photography, books, scraps and other materials. Thompson's client list includes BBC, The Guardian and Reebok. The photography used by Thompson appears more older film photography which she has re-used and transformed into a modern creation. A lot of her work have meanings behind it which she has produced for campaigns such as bullying or divorce. I like that she has used her talent to create campaigns, and used old photography and transformed it into something new.

Source: http://www.michelle-thompson.com/

David Fullarton

David Fullarton uses a mix of materials to create humorous pieces which have been produced for a range of clients. I like the layering in the work, as you can see the use of graph paper, illustration and various other types of paper which have been placed together to create a bigger image. I find the work interesting to look at, as it's colourful, but not too bold. The humour within the pieces also adds to my interest in the work.

Source: http://www.davidfullarton.com/ 

Inspired by Katy Lemay, Michelle Thompson and David Fullarton I created my own collages. I used various techniques for each, but the outcome is fairly good. As this was a pratice with this technique I didn't spend a lot of time creating the pieces, with more time I could make the designs more interesting using different types of paper like the artists I had researched. I used photography from newspapers and photography of myself and images I had taken myself to create the collage, then laid them on various types of paper such as graph paper and lined paper. In some of the images I used hand-written text do add diversity to the image, but for some of them I used type text cut outs from newspaper which I liked. Tracing paper was also used because I liked the transparency of the material, add a layer to the image, but because I had slight scrunched it up it was textured, appealing to the sense of touch.

David Fullarton uses graph paper, coloured paper, text, drawings, etc. in his work, and this looks great because there is a range of layers that come together on the piece. My work the layers are less interesting because I different experiments with a wide range of materials. In the future if I do this technique again I will use a range of materials, because the layered effect makes the image more eye-catching. I noticed that Fullarton's work has an humorous element to it, and wanted to try and bring that through in some of the pieces I create. "DJ Politics" linked to the latest political events in the News, and I wanted to add the funny side of it. I found this image, and the way the hands were positioned related to a DJ and I thought I would play on this idea. 

This image uses photography from my Lana Del Rey inspired "Floral Queen" photo shoot. I edited some of the photos to alter the colour, then printed them and laid them on a bigger black and white photography that I had taken from the same photography shoot. I used various materials on this piece, taking my time to create work that related to the artists I have researched allowing me practice with this technique. Tracing paper, coloured card, pen, paint, lined paper and graph paper were used to create this piece, and I think the range of materials brought out the layers a lot more. I am more happy with this piece than the others, because I think it appeals to the sense of sight but also touch because I layered images. Although, there is not a humorous fun elements to the piece I think it goes well with the type photographs taken.

Graphics Retail Project: Net Surface Designs

Net Surface Designs

Below are my next surface designs. I hand created each of them then made it into a box. Under each different design is a little description of the medium I used, and whether or not I believe it is successful. Under some it make state my influence of this design, and some designs were influence my the work of other artists. There are some which I think worked really well, and I am likely to go on and make this into a surface design for my packaging.

Vertical Collaging

The designs below was inspired by artist Clark Goolsby. He does a lot of collaging work and I really like it because it is quite unusual. Goolsby created a piece entitled, 'Vertical Hold', which inspired my surface design below. I cut vertical stripes out of a magazine, then laid them like how I did below. I like this design, because it gave a collage effect, but it is quite organised. The bright colours, relate to the fancy dress boutique, because it is a fun themed shop.

Collaging

For the pattern below I cut out images and letters from a newspaper, then stuck them onto the net of the box. I like collaging and think the design works well, for the fun themed fancy dress boutique. If I continue with collaging, I would need to take my own photographs, so I can ensure images are relevant to my shop.

Drawing
For the pattern below I used black ink pen, to do various sketches on the surface deisng. I drew a range of little picutres images, as I wanted it to be random. I like the little drawings, but I am not sure whether all of them are suited for the fun theme of the fancy dress boutique.

Typography

For the pattern below I cut out a range of sentences, letters and words of different sizes, typefaces and fonts. I used newspaper designs, because I like the effective it creates. With more newspaper cut out designs on the surface area, I think it would look better, because at the moment it is rather empty.

Mixed Material

For the pattern below I got a range of material and put them together. A piece of card, sheet of patterned tissues paper, bubble wrap and cloth which I bleached and painted, make up this surface design. I like this because this allows consumers to touch, as well as see, bringing in another one of our five senses. The different textures, makes each side of the box individual.

Drawing Faces

For the pattern below I cut faces out of a newspaper, and used fine liner pen to draw clothes, and accessories on them. I did this, because my shop is a fancy dress shop, if the surface design of the box is fun and quirky then it could work better with the theme of the shop. If I was to further experiments I would photograph my own subjects, and draw different costumes on each of them.

Typography Project: Photographing Rhi

PHOTOGRAPHING RHI

Original image

Black and White image

Collaging image

Collaging image with a collaged newspaper background

Adding typography to the collages

I wanted to use photography in my typographic poster, so I photographed Rhi here. I played around with the images, so create different effects. The first image is the original, I then went on to converting it to black and white. After I tried collaging the image. I experimented with adding a newspaper collage to the background of the image to see how that would look. I like the effect of collaging the image, and I think it worked quite well so I added the "word vomit" typography I created to it. I was able to edit this all in Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Lightroom. The end product looks good, but I think collaging the photography can be distracting from the typography, and make the piece look to busy.