Scanned in a variety of artwork ranging from screen prints, painting and monoprints.
Transferred all the prints into black and white. This was to focus the audiences attention on the type and acts as a homage to the usual monochromatic colour scheme used from its origins.
Adjusted and manipulated the images using Photoshop.
Increased contrast and exposure to define the marks.
Cropped and enlarged sections of interesting textures.
Digital Collage:
Manual Collage:
Used the photocopy scanner in black and white. By adjusting the scale on the photocopier I was able to enlarge specific areas. The lack of quality aims to communicate the manual, organic and craft orientated approach to manual design.
A2:
Working manually was slightly alien since predominantly working on mac throughout the course. To begin with I found it hard to commit to a decision as I'm so used to having digital tools to rely on if I made a mistake. However I realise that working manually I was able to have confidence in my natural instinct and adapted on the spot to make a composition work, rather than conforming to a strict grid structure.
I explored quality of line and shape by using a scalpel for clean lines and ripping for a natural organic line.
Contrasting tones and textures throughout all 4 compositions
Scanned at a high quality to allow us to enlarge and crop certain areas
Using the photocopier instead of the scanner allowed me to save on time and printing cost.
Overlaid digital typesetting onto the collages ready for digital print:
Reflection -
In order to fulfil the plethora of techniques and processes that we proposed in the brief, we have decided to explore a process a day for half a day. This will allow us to balance our time between briefs whilst still gaining more visuals and inspiring new ideas.
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