Poster number 4! Kevin the ghosting Disneyland Paris reemerged finally and actually sent through some images, so I was able to finish the Tower of Terror study.
It was interesting doing this study as this was the first time i was working on designs that featured actual, recognisable type faces and styles. Everything I’ve worked on so far has been hand written or painted type on hand draw signage. But this was lots of art deco straight lines and type which was an interesting change, and also meant that it came together a lot quicker once I’d found that font.
I also had more success printing this week and realised that i really just needed to use a thinner mix of ink because I’m screening such detailed, small lines. So having figured that out, i went back a reprinted some mark Twain prints as i didn’t have much luck with those last week. They’re just drying now.
I also sat down with Mike to discuss how to move forward with the process part of the study. I explained that I’m thinking that i want to make these posters, and then develop some form of lens or prism or matrix to analyse them through in order to create a result from each one, then in turn will become a philosophy of design at the end of the project. But what i want to do i find some examples of other people doing the same thing so i can cherry pick ideas from those studies to build my own. The issue I’ve been having is that I’m not able to find examples of this within Graphic Design. When you search of GD examples of this, you only find articles about ‘How to critique other peoples work” teaching you how to speak to people about their work, not literally how to do it. Mike suggested that i look into other fields of study and see what examples i can find of people doing the same but in literature, science, film or philosophy. This is an interesting idea i hadn’t thought of, as it doesn’t really matter if the other studies I’m referencing are design based, and in actual fact it’s probably more interesting if they aren’t.
The next step is finding those studies…..
He’s sent me a few things to get started with, but now i have the four posters i want to get busy reading and making this prism stage of the project.
