PROJECT 1: Graphics Pathway Interest Page

After passing my assessment of the Exploratory Stage, I opted to take the Graphics Pathway. To start this stage off, we were given a simple project for the first week to run alongside the Big Draw project in drawing week. The task was to create a square shaped image, 180mm in size, that reflected a particular interest in the world of Graphics that meant something to us. Having a major interest in typography and branding, I wanted to create something that reflected the importance of recognisable branding and how it mixes with typography to create a very large part of graphics.

Using an image of the Moon I had developed into a wallpaper a few months ago (as my surname is Moon) I decided to incorporate that into my design to pose as the branding theme. This mini project exercised the ability to experiment with different ways to express a message/theme through a brief that had many restrictions (such as size, layout, etc.)

Experimenting with written typography and digital touch-ups, I produced the above image in an attempt to express my interest in both typography and branding. The typefont was created in Illustrator after selecting it from an idea I had drawn out by hand in my sketchbook. This showed me the importance of creating quick sketches by hand that can then be digitised to create the final outcome. I also drew out the "love heart" to express the importance of emotion in art and how it can affect people and how graphics can be used to commercialise this effect art has to a globally recognised scale. With the "loveheart" I wanted to keep the hand-drawn aesthetic so just used a scan of the page I drew it on and placed it into the entirely digitally produced piece.