developement

Developing the live brief

Developing an ident and packaging for a band

Through discussion in the classroom, it was suggested that the strongest idea for the ident were these images because they were commented  as being bold. They would also work as an ident because the basic shape of the FM with the swoosh through the middle will still be clear even down to 12pt.

The swoosh is a simplification of an earlier idea which relates to music, the lines and notes on a page.

 The above images were created in illustrator by using image trace and then blending the various paths to create one outlined drawing which would be suitable for a possible laser cut file.

I used the below photographic images to create the portraits.

I developed the portraits further to fit the plan for my box set cut out, the idea is that I will fit four CD's with printed covers into a box design along with a t-shirt.

I've also further developed the T-shirt idea by drawing into a large print made with image traced portraits, scanned back into Illustrator and then added more layers of abstract shapes and text to match the outside of the box

I've tried to match the look and feel of the T-shirt design with the CD covers. The ident "FM" work in just black and are easily identifiable when reduced to a small size.

I've also added these symbols to denote which CD belongs to which peace of text in the slip cover

Final Designs

Live brief final designs

CD Case final Designs

Making the CD Case on the Zund

I've used foambourd for the final product and spray to fix the polypropelene in place

experimentation

Creative Typography

The following letters were created in photoshop using various parts of photographs, manipulated into shapes using the liquify tool. Parts of the shape were erased to reveal the structure of the letter beneath.

I experimented with ink splatters to create shapes which could then be used as a base to create letters for the live brief.

Idents and ligatures

The following are a group of experiments to discover how ligatures are made with a view to designing an album cover for a band

Research

Live Brief for an award certifiacte

Some examples of posters which can be used to influence my design choices as far as layout or style

Company idents and ligatures

We've been asked to come up with ideas for designs for a cd cover for the band of our choice including a band ident

The following are a few ways in which designers use letters to form a company ident

Letters can also be joined together to make one pleasing form, they should be easy to read and be distinguishable and legible as separate letters but also come together as a single form.

Band Ident and CD packaging project

Classic rock and psychodelic rock artwork styles and how they've informed styles through the decades from the 1960s until today.

The early hippy imagery and movement was largely political and was spurred on by the anti vietnamese war movement as illustrated by the peace symbols. You can also see that the artwork is constructed in an anarchic way by the use of graffiti

Moving into the mid to late 70's the album artwork becomes ever more fantastical, bands like The Grateful Dead and Fleetwood Mac used the artwork that we recognise today and still use today.

To the left Joss Stone's Album cover makes use of the ligature and idents from above. The J and T are joined and the S appears to continue across from one side to the other.  The Souls sessions cover has the same fantastical feel as the earlier artwork but the swirls and typeographic effects were obviously made in Illustrator as vectors.























Below the Isle of White Festival still uses fonts and styles which are strongly reminiscent of 70's psychedelia.
In the case of the Pink Floyd and U2 posters the type forms itself around the illustrations.