Friday, 9 January 2015

David Carson- Experimentation


Football Tactics- T Shirt Design


This is my T-Shirt design inspired by a football managers tactics board. I believe this T-Shirt design will be popular amongst young football fans (between the ages of 11-17) because not only is football a very popular sport amongst young people but the PC video game Football Manager is fast becoming one of the most popular Football games in modern society. 

Therefore, I believe that this 'YOUR'E THE BOSS' T-Shirt design will be very popular amongst my target audience and that opinion was shared when I received feedback from my colleagues. By focusing on the tactical side of football in this T-shirt design I believe that I have captured the importance of football managers and tactics in the modern game. 


Friday, 12 December 2014

Artist Studies

Banksy Americans Working Overhead
In this piece Banksy has used stencils and spray paints to create a political message targeted at the Americans. In this image Banksy has created a warning sign a lot like the ones you would see at the side of the road to warn people. However instead of speed restrictions or a zebra crossing Banksy is warning people about the Americans. The image within the warning circle features a helicopter chasing some people and the text below states 'Americans Working Ahead'. Clearly Banksy has used the image of the helicopter and the slogan to promote the popular opinion that Americans are 'war machines'. Finally, Banksy is using this piece to promote a popular political opinion by warning people about the Americans 'working'. 



Thug-For-Life-Bunny-by-Banksy

In this piece Banksy has predominately used spray paints to create a layered image. Banksy has created a comical image as originally he has used white and black spray paints to design a large scale cute rabbit that is smiling. However Banksy has also used pink spray paints to create a second layer on top of the rabbit, this second layer is a t-shirt that says thug for life and this slogan is usually associated with gangsters. This idea of a gangster is promoted by the third layer on the image which is a gold necklace, two rings on his paws and a cigar in his paw. 


In this piece David Carson has created an advertisement for Mazda. The purpose of this advertisement is to promote the fact that Mazda's feature Bose sound systems and clearly this is a good reason to buy a new Mazda. Carson has made the text in this image much larger than the image of the Mazda in the bottom corner in order to promote the importance of these Bose sound systems. 


In this piece Carson has hand drawn the text and then scanned it into the image, I like how he has combined traditional art with the text and more modern art in Photoshop in order to design this advert for an Andy Warhol gallery. Carson has created the quote in the bottom left with Photoshop and he has also copied the image into the document, Therefore, by combining the computer generated text, the image in the document and the text that has been scanned in David Carson has managed to create an advertisement for an Andy Warhol gallery. 

Friday, 5 December 2014

Who Dunnit T- shirt design


This is my Who Dunnit T-Shirt design. As you can see these two designs are different even though both designs are inspired by the same idea. The design above this text was mainly created for the screen printing process, that is why the design above uses two main colours and that is why it is a perfect design for the screen printing process. 

The T-Shirt design below was originally created to put on a t-shirt. Because this design uses a number of different colours to make up the image that will make it more complex for me to put it onto a t-shirt. I was originally inspired by the old Who Dunnit dramas in the 1970s as the victim in these dramas were usually presented lying in a pool of blood as this adds drama to the scene. 


Friday, 28 November 2014

Moodboard- T- shirt ideas

This mood board features the main images and concepts that have inspired my final three t- shirt designs 



Friday, 14 November 2014

Extravagant Balloon Logo


This Extravagant balloon logo was created for a company who sell hot air balloon rides to customers. In this logo I wanted to use bold colours and shapes to promote how fun hot air balloon rides are. 





Finished Piece

I believe that my finished logo accurately captures the enjoyment you can have in a hot air balloon. By using bright colours for the fire and the balloon I believe this logo will help to sell these hot air balloon rides to customers. 

Friday, 7 November 2014

Golden Eagle- Tilt & Shift Blur

Stage 1

My first step for this piece was to add a horizontal tilt and shift blur onto the image of the eagle. I also resized the fade section on the image so the tips of the birds wings are faded. This makes it look like the Eagle is moving at speed.

Stage 2

The second stage of this piece was to add a vertical tilt and shift blur to the Eagle, I believe the use of the vertical tile and shift blur puts the Eagle within a blurred box as this would make it look like the Eagle is travelling at speed. 

Finished Piece

My main inspiration for this piece was how majestic the Eagle looks as it flies through the air, this Eagle is so majestic that it takes all the focus away from the rest of the image. Crucially the use of these two tile and shift blurs really captures the majestic nature of the Golden Eagle within a box, also it manages to blur out the rest of this insignificant image and therefore draw all the attention toward the Eagle.