I Am Me What Shall i Be?

I began this brief by answering various questions about myself. At the time i was in Madeira-Portugal, i went on a Lavada walk where there were thousands leaves scattered across the ground all in beautiful colors, reds, greens, yellows and browns. I was looking back through my answers and one of the answers was a tree, so i decided to collect the leaves and write my answers on them. At the end of the walk we went to a wicker factory where i had a basket made to put them in.

I then went on to create a 3d object out of paper combined with some 3D type. I carried on with my tree theme and created a free standing 3d tree with free standing type to go with it. 

Ship Happens

I was on my way to university the other morning and i saw a tiny little, highly eroded dingy in someone's front garden. On the side in an elegant typeface the boat was named 'ship happens' this made me laugh to myself on the way to uni as i thought about how i could could recreate this in an illustration. 

On that same day i was also reading creative review and came across an advertisement page for a group of designers which i looked further into on www.kariburton.com where i came across designer and illustrator Jonny Voss. A lot of his work is very cartoon style with lots of characters and interesting hand rendered doodles this being one of my favorites. The simplicity is effective and the characters quite quirky and different. 

I then applied this to 'Ship Happens' and created this quick illustration in the style of the Jonny Voss illustration.

Continuing on my identity theme and also in aid of an essay here i brain stormed some of the aspects of design that i appreciate most and also some of the styles i follow myself. The way i have drawn this brain storm says a lot about me in itself, i have drawn around it and the writing 'sits where it fell' It makes the whole  brainstorm a bit more fun and interesting, it also adds a bit of humor to something that could have been quite mundane without. I find that i myself accompany a lot of what i write weather its something quite serious or just general notes with little scribbles, so that writing is not just plain writing, but something quite interesting to look it as well, it draws me into the page and makes me want to read it.

Identity

To begin this academic year we began by thinking about out identity, and self branding. This is important as its going to reflect who we are as graphic designers and more importantly help us achieve our much anticipated work placements. Here is a sketch book entry, of a general overview on some of the aspects i am beginning to consider.