A Fistful of Tracks

This is probably my favourite project so far. The brief was to create a compilation CD of 15 tracks on a theme of our choosing, and then design and manufacture the packaging and poster/booklet to accompany it. As a fan of westerns and the music of Ennio Morricone, I decided to base my CD around themes from the American west. Having visited that area of America three times in the past, I already had a library of several thousand photos to work with. Editing the images and creating the sleeve/booklet was incredibly rewarding, so much so that I intend to focus on working with photography in future projects.

Fur-der

This was a collaboration between me and Lucy. Our brief was to produce a poster or short film with a strong anti-fur message, with the intention of submitting our outcome to the annual Design Against Fur competition from the Fur Free Alliance. After realising that the 'Vampire Blood' bought from the fancy-dress shop had a tendency to permanently stain skin, we used a concoction of poster paint, pva glue, ribena and coffee granules.....that looked nothing like blood. Anyway, we ended up producing these three furbedacious photographic posters. With obligatory awful puns.

For the Journey

A piece for some sort of Lloyds TSB advertising imagery competition (it was so long ago, I can barely remember the title/brief). What I DO remember is that I had this whole idea to do a poster based around the theme of 'Working Together', with images of human-towers (like Spanish Castellers), only to have my idea STOLEN by Halifax for their major marketing campaign a few weeks later (EDIT: so that I don't get sued, admittedly it was more like a strange coincidence). So I drew this image (charcoal and pastel) with the title 'Flexibility'. I think the polygon-thing was supposed to represent a solution that could morph to solve any problem or something. I didn't win. 

Sketchbook Scans 2

More sketchbook pages, this time from the University of Brighton Open Day Poster project (shown below in an older post).

Sketchbook Scans 1

I've decided to post some of the preparatory sketchbook pages for a couple of projects I completed last term, just to provide a glimpse into my thought process and development of ideas. These were for the Credit Crunch poster project (shown in a previous post below). More recent work is on the way...

The Tower

Blargh. Here are some experimental drawings for my latest project, which focusses on sequence and narrative. The theme is "The Tower", and these images relate to chambers within a colossal alien relic. I was attempting to try out new ways of working, moving away from fineliner for a while, into the terrifying realm of charcoal and paint.

Back from the Dead

Wow, I can't believe it's been three months since I last posted something! Argh, that's shameful. Oh well, here are a couple of recent pieces, which are the final outcomes for the last two projects I've been set. The top one is based on the theme of the "credit crunch", and the bottom one is my submission for the University of Brighton open day poster.

Right, now that I'm back in Brighton and (supposedly) working hard again, I'll try to update this more often!