Chap Magazine:
Blanka:
The first image is really well thought out. I think it's good because you can make out the '60' yet there are a few images involved within the number.
Also, having 'butterfields' dangling down on a necklace in a large space is better, as you can see it clearly, instead of it being involved in the illustrations.
The 'I have a dream' poster also works well, with the chosen colour and layout. The colours are quite pastel colours, conveying the 'dream like' sense. I like how some of the letters have been extended with lines, which makes the eye follow and look at the other illustrations around the page.
The image above I'm not keen on. It is far too busy and difficult to read and understand. However, this maybe the point.
Christine Berrie: Wallpaper Designs
What I like the most about these drawings are how subtle they are. Berrie has used pencil, which creates lines in the colouring in, which looks quite childish, but makes the image look quite fragile and delicate.
The colour in both images are quite limited, in the first image, there is red, blue, yellow (primary colour) and light grey tones giving shade, and in the second image, she has used different violets and reds, and again the neutral grey colour. I think this makes the scene work together and just fit.
Steve Bell: The Guardia
When looking at his illustrations, especially the political ones, you can tell staright away who the cartoon characters are as he has emphasised certain areas that make the person who they are. For example Tony Blair's ears and face shape
They are all quite humourous which I like, and I think the 'happy' bright colours that he uses also have some part to play too.
Card boy:
I think the idea of using boxes to create characters is really simple but really effective and works really well. The characters are really 'cute' and likeable.
The first image is made of ink cartridge packaging, and having different colours slightly changes the character, for instance, pink being more feminine than a blue.
In the second image, the scene in which the character is standing makes you think that it's 'unwanted' and gives the character a homeless feel, which is probably where you would find boxes.
'The Dieline.com': Package design: Rellana Wool
Another image that made me smile was this packaging for wool. The image of the men around the wool is really good, and if anything, makes you want to buy the wool just to keep at home.
Having a variety of different characters for the different coloured wool works well too.
'The Dieline.com': Package design: 'Bins wine'
I found this image on a packaging website, and found it quite humorous. As the designer has taken the wine's name 'bins' and taken photographs of bins and their numbers to identify the specific wine.
Even though bins are seen as unhygenic and dirty, the photographs taken have a certain class and quality to them, especially as they are in black and white.
Blanka: The London Poster
(image on the left)
This design is really simple and easily interpreted. It's basically a London bus, made out of the words 'LONDON'. There is little colour, but this works well. The red and black work well together on a white background. It stands out and the colours are typical of London, as well as blue for the underground.
(image on right)
I really like the typography on this poster. With the red numbers as the background and the bold black 'TAXI!' getting larger in the middle. Which gives the impression of shouting.
The numbers and words are not block colour, but has some areas that look a bit worn out. This makes the poster a bit more gentle and not so hard hitting.
Experimental Jetset: Kagami
After seeing and reading about these posters, I can understand why the designer has chosen the colours, and the reflection.
'Kagami' in Japanese means mirror. The film looks at self-reflection and introspection, so having a mirror image in the poster fits in really well.
Also:
KA= fire, GA= ego, MI= water
So the colours that are used in the poster have a meaning behind them too. Red conveying fire (hot) and blue showing water (cold).
The poster works upside-down as well. Which is quite clever, due to the reflection.
Another part of this poster design that I think works really well is the use of negative space. The face has no detail on it at all. It just shows the shadow of the nose/lips/eyes. And this is really effective. It's as if the face is just emerging out of the paper.
Experimental Jetset: 'Loose Lips Builds Ships' thoughts on democracy, July 2008
I like how in the design, the word 'lips' is not written, it is just purely lips as an image. Very simple and really effective. It gets the mind of the readers thinking more about the poster, and possibly will be better remembered as it is a bit different from other posters.
'Eyes, Lies and Illusion'- Scott Williams and Henrik Kubel:
What I really finid intresting and exciting, is the use of lines, and how they can change the way you see things. For example, if the lines were vertical and diagonal, it would change this image compltely. I like the use of black and white too. Its bold and eye catching.
David Foldvari:
With almost all his illustrations, what I like the most is how he only uses black and white, and uses line to create shading and tones.
In some other images, he uses a hint of colour, but only a really small amount- like the illustration at the bottom 'drung'. Using a small amount of colour on a black and white image automatically makes the audience look at the colour, which emphasises the emotion in the picture perhaps.
Doyle Partners: the new york times
After seeing this image, and the headline, I think the image would work without the headline. It's very clever how they have split the word and changed the 'uni' for di' to create a completely different word and meaning.
Art Noveau: Alphonse Mucha
These type of pieces were mostly used as adverting. To communicate a message. This image is advertising 'JOB' cigarettes.
I really like the art noveau era, and the freeness of the lines, and how the composition of the piece works. For example, the way the letters are placed behind the image. You can still understand the what the word says. Also with the composition, the way the hair is 'wispy' and the smoke from the cigarette 'zig-zags' makes the piece work visaully well. it balances the image out a little, as it comes out the frame.
Oscar Wilson:
The images that Oscar Wilson produces are amazing. The idea of putting image and type together as one is really interesting, and with the colours he has chosen too, the work is exciting and inspiring.
The type itself is warped so that it can fit the shape of the image. But this is what draws the attention of the audience in, making them look harder into actual image to understand what it says.
Client= Supergrass:
The simple reason for why I like these images is the symetry. The illustrations work well too, and with the image in black and white, it really stands out and is very bold.
I also like how the lines are different thicknesses, which change the way it is seen. The thinner lines are veery delicate and there is alot of detail there, in comparison to the thicker lines, where it is simply a thick line outlining a shape.
The P.O.S.T.E.R:
The typerface on this poster is really well thought out. I think the idea of 'folding' a rectangle to create the basic shape of a letterform is really clever and works so well.
Also in this poster, the lines that make the letter what it is, are actually names of artists. Which is also a very interesting and fun way to list the designers on a poster.
Seb Jarnot: Advertising
I really enjoy looking at these series of images that Jarnot has produced. The lines the designer has used to create a sense of movement has worked really well, especially with the image of the body actually taking part in some sort of activity.
The colours used are very limited to one or two, which makes the images stand out even more.
Tovstun:
You can see that when the letters are seperated, that they are part of the same font. They work really well together, and when put into a booklet with the letters bleeding off the page, as seen in the image below, it looks really good and is very eye catching.
Kare:
I like how in the second design piece the designer has used the country's flag and colour in the word. I think it works really well. Also, it is only the first 3 letters that are coloured, if all of the letters were, I don't think it would have worked so well.
Jack Crossing: experiments with typography
These typefaces are really interesing. However, the 'A' and 'B' work beetter seperaretly, but when both ideas are put together to create the letter 'C', I don't think it looks works quite right.
