What is Graphic Design?

Some people have a very clear definition of what graphic design is.... i am not one of those people, graphic design to me is a world of opportunities, i believe that absolutely anything can be made/designed under the title of graphic design. from advertising to kitchen knives.









The fundamental principle behind graphic design however to me is communication. generally visually communicating to the public whether that be by designing street signs or shaving into someones head.



The conventional ideas of graphic design have always lead me to dwell upon meaning and concept. i find thinking of the appropriateness of everything very stressful and prefer when designers just do what they like. literally design for designs sake.







I guess if we all carried on just designing what we wanted for ourselves we would all be out of a job

Progress Report [Speaking from experience]

Iv still got quite a bit to do, and really need to learn how to put descent moving text into my frames but i had a go at After Effects today and bloody hell it was confusing lol. For the rest of the night i plan to film 3 more shots and start editing them, hopefully it will all go to plan....... wish me luck and enjoy the video so far:



Since the last installment i have added the animated section which introduces Morrisons, i feel that this runs a lot smoother than jumping straight into stop motion photography. i have also re-shot the free software section and changed the transition idea from removing the text from the screen to removing the text and then putting it back and the text has changed. iv also neatened up some general editing.

Optamash Prime

I was trying to think of some contextual research to put up on my blog and whilst pondering around my room i found Optamash Prime, n i thought who's better than Optamash Prime?

NO ONE THATS WHO!

Today

I have spent all day working on the beginning of this sequence going into Morrisons..... literally all day.... Other than walking in the rain to college to get a tripod. lets see if it was worth it shall we?
any way take a ganda:

Black and White Sucks

My Colour Study...

Amsterdam

Speaking From Exprerience Progress Report 2

This is were i left the editing to work on my Portfolio and Presentation. The Presentation went well i think. errm... enjoy



Since the last installment i have added the introduction, animated hand, and also the section of written text (free software section) this needs to be re-shot and improved on.

LEGO Boulder

This is amazing, and i hope someday i can create something as beautiful haha

Speaking From Experience Progress report for crit

I needed something to show in my crit last week so i sumerised the shots and little editing i had done.... here is the result

Speaking from experience animation dev

This is the full animated sequence which will be played over the top of my video footage, as shown from the test in my previous blog.

Look What i Did! :D

Ok very quick test for my current video project "Speaking From Experience" and looks crappy because it was compressed for youtube. But i was so happy when i figured out how to overlay Animation on top of video that i had to share it with the world :D A-ha (Take on Me) Eat your heart out.

Enjoy...

Dave Mckean

Dave Mckean's Arkham Asylum.

This is a page from Arkham Asylum, Dave Mckean's Illustrations
have depicted the dark night darker than ever before. I love these
illustrations, the vivid reds and greens contrasted with the Moody
dark blue surroundings create an undeniably evil Joker. The
slightest shadows and highlights hinting at the presence of BatMan
but never actually showing him in his full form creates a Mystery
which is lacking in other batman comics, generally due to over
dramatising.

Don Hertzfeldt Bitter Films

One of Many Bitter Films Animations
very very funny but also very strange.

Eagle Vs Shark Apples

Just some cool stop motion about some apples

Taken from Eagle Vs Shark

Search for Inspirado [Speaking From Experience]

Currently i am working on my "Speaking From Experience" Brief and looking at video/animation techniques, i am hoping to incorporate animation with filmed footage and stop motion photography. These are just a few examples of such work that I found on my search for inspirado.

A-ha Take On Me

I would just like to state that in no way do I condone listening to A-ha, I do not like this song but the technique used in the video is something which intrigues me.

Chumbscrubber

Only looking at the 1st couple of minutes (House sequence)

Juno Intro


A Scanner Darkly