Sunday, 7 May 2017
Friday, 5 May 2017
PPP 2- STUDIO BRIEF 2 - Binding
Binding
At the start of the year for 504 a large range of binding techniques where experimented with in a workshop, each have their own benefits. After experimenting and creates these earlier in the year this knowledge can therefore be used to inform and be applied the design decision for this aspect of the zine.
The aim of the zine is to send out many different copies of the final outcome cheaply and fast to the contributes along with future networkers or anyone i aim to working with in the future as a form of self promotion (to inform about my practise) but also to show the other designers work and their opinons on the subject matter rather than as a sold book that would be bought which will reflect in the cheap nature of the final outcome. Zines are created cheaply as to be send out as much as possible without a large budget therefor the binding method aims to fit with this cost. As there are 22 contributors these means once finally printing the zines will be need to be bound fast and effectively, this is a strong/stable method which will not take as long as the binding for the 504 project therefore a faster method will be selected
In the workshop i learnt that the cheapest and fastest method of binding is saddle stitch, this attached the pages together so the they booklet can be open full bleed whilst also working for any number of pages. For this zine this method will be selected to reflect the cheap, quick production nature of zine manufacture process.
At the start of the year for 504 a large range of binding techniques where experimented with in a workshop, each have their own benefits. After experimenting and creates these earlier in the year this knowledge can therefore be used to inform and be applied the design decision for this aspect of the zine.
The aim of the zine is to send out many different copies of the final outcome cheaply and fast to the contributes along with future networkers or anyone i aim to working with in the future as a form of self promotion (to inform about my practise) but also to show the other designers work and their opinons on the subject matter rather than as a sold book that would be bought which will reflect in the cheap nature of the final outcome. Zines are created cheaply as to be send out as much as possible without a large budget therefor the binding method aims to fit with this cost. As there are 22 contributors these means once finally printing the zines will be need to be bound fast and effectively, this is a strong/stable method which will not take as long as the binding for the 504 project therefore a faster method will be selected
In the workshop i learnt that the cheapest and fastest method of binding is saddle stitch, this attached the pages together so the they booklet can be open full bleed whilst also working for any number of pages. For this zine this method will be selected to reflect the cheap, quick production nature of zine manufacture process.
Thursday, 4 May 2017
PPP- STUDIO BRIEF 2- Zine Summer Project
The aim of the zine is to create booklet to sent to the artists, to give away and to personally keep to enhance my practise and to use a guide yet surround the print cost and legal issues around the use of the imager content of the current zine make this unachievable. I do have permission to distribute the imagery of the artists work, even with the instagram sourced link there is still a few issues around this are therefor to avoid malpractise this zine a personal copy.
Also whilst create this zine and after the print i've still receiving a wide range of replied for artists surround the issue i want to include in the final copy, the aim is to included as many different responses as possible to give a overall informative view. It's not a finish zine yet, and the more responses i can get the more informative the final outcome will be, due this is the brief will be carried on over summer as a personal project.
Zines are originally printed cheaply, using photocopied or cheap printiner as they aimed to be made for no profit and sold for a cheap as possible, therefor the a cheaper DIY printing method reflect this represent the nature of the document whilst also allowing it to be send out to all the respondent without costing over £140, (currently it costs £7 and issue to print and i would need to print over 20 just for the contributors). After the footprint talk this riso printing could be a means to produce the book, this is cheaper on a mass scale or screen printing could be done, this is as screenprinint works out cheaper whilst also setting a more personal nature to the piece.
Due to these issues the brief will be continued over summer and the zine re-design to remove any issues around imagery content, i also feel the imagery content distracts slightly for the zine purpose, it's about typography so it should express this.
I've discussed earlier sending out the print to the contributors instead of the final zine due to the above issues, this will be done this week as a thank you with a note explaining that the zine will be sent out after fine tuning of the design. This is as i do want to send the final thing to the artist as a form of self promotion and currently the only piece i've created is the cover, but after it has been re-designer to be purely typographical to reflect my work/style. The aim is to re-write by hand all the quotes in a style inspired by the artist but this will take extensive time, due to the content length.
This final zine will be kept as a personal guide, a inspirational piece for both it's visually and content use as to inform my future practise next year. The response will be used to inform the design, for each quote the piece will be designed in the method/process preferred by the artist. This will also be a good way to develop my typographical skills in medium i can share showing my professional connections and use in my portfolio to reflect slight industry knowlegde. I'm over all happy with this final piece for personal use yet feel it can be taken forward more and has more potential, therefore this is my aim over summer.
Zines are originally printed cheaply, using photocopied or cheap printiner as they aimed to be made for no profit and sold for a cheap as possible, therefor the a cheaper DIY printing method reflect this represent the nature of the document whilst also allowing it to be send out to all the respondent without costing over £140, (currently it costs £7 and issue to print and i would need to print over 20 just for the contributors). After the footprint talk this riso printing could be a means to produce the book, this is cheaper on a mass scale or screen printing could be done, this is as screenprinint works out cheaper whilst also setting a more personal nature to the piece.
Due to these issues the brief will be continued over summer and the zine re-design to remove any issues around imagery content, i also feel the imagery content distracts slightly for the zine purpose, it's about typography so it should express this.
I've discussed earlier sending out the print to the contributors instead of the final zine due to the above issues, this will be done this week as a thank you with a note explaining that the zine will be sent out after fine tuning of the design. This is as i do want to send the final thing to the artist as a form of self promotion and currently the only piece i've created is the cover, but after it has been re-designer to be purely typographical to reflect my work/style. The aim is to re-write by hand all the quotes in a style inspired by the artist but this will take extensive time, due to the content length.
This final zine will be kept as a personal guide, a inspirational piece for both it's visually and content use as to inform my future practise next year. The response will be used to inform the design, for each quote the piece will be designed in the method/process preferred by the artist. This will also be a good way to develop my typographical skills in medium i can share showing my professional connections and use in my portfolio to reflect slight industry knowlegde. I'm over all happy with this final piece for personal use yet feel it can be taken forward more and has more potential, therefore this is my aim over summer.
PPP 2- STUDIO BRIEF 2 - Screen Print Cover
Screen Print Cover
Screen print was decided as the process of production for the zine cover, this is as to add a manual aspect to the production of the zine to reflect the content mediums and theme. Over the year i've had a love hate relationship with this print medium, this is as works easily for the book cover type at the start of the year yet failed massively for the first poster production yet after practise worked for the second attempt therefor using this medium will also help develop my confidence with this technique.
After the first poster attempt i learnt that this process should not be rushed, i tried to rush the production of the poster before going home for easter and gave myself a day to complete the process of 4 different layers which in retropect was too shorter space. Having learnt from this failed attempt i finally created a successful screenprint last week for the deadline after taking my time and simplifying the design to removed the issues (the solid background, the broken screen, the too thick ink, the out of date glow in the dark ink) i managed to produce a effective poster that looked as aimed i feel that use screen print will also allow me to become more successful with the medium. THE MORE I PRINT THE BETTER I WILL GET, LEARN FOR THE PAST ISSUES.
things learnt from past screen printing fail -
-don't add to much detail
-don't made the design fill an A3 pages this is heard to equally pull though, leaves ink in the screen which then dries or over leaks
-keep the layers simple
-drawn over the laser jet printed design in back pen if it's not printed probably before exposing the
screen
-wet the screen straight after exposure
-measure the paint to medium ratio better
-wait for the screens to dry before changing colour
Stock relating the the colour of the content/images inside the puplication was order but due to the bank holiday has not arrived in time for submission. As this cannot be used existing GFSmith stock from past project and a range of coloured purchased will be used instead. A wide range of unqiue experiments will be conducted with different coloured inks combined with different stock to find the best possible combination as due as leanring this year i've realized the different color stock and the inks will react differently to the paper so creating not the intended colours . Due to this a range of prints will allow for "happy accidents' where the intended colours work better but also incase the intent colour scheme reacts differently, then the most successful will be used for the cover and the other tests will be sent out to the contributors.
The use of the different stock and colour combination is so that the final prints are all unique, this is so the artists receive a one of print as a thank you rather than just one of many other contributors will have.
This is a chance to explore the how screenprinting works on different stocks of paper, as specialized shiny stock is being used as well, whilst being a chance to experiment with different colour palettes.
first layers -
-WORKS MORE ACCURATELY ON MATT STOCK
-SHINY FINISH ADDS AESTHETICAL QUILATY, MORE INTERESTING MOR UNIQUE
In the talk from Oslo we learnt about how colours look strange when compared to the different background and surround colours, these print have shown this massively. The top layer of print is the same for all the light pink prints yet most of these prints looks completely different to each other, this link to the subject of her talk.
After studying the selection of final prints the final cover design has been selected as the shiny pale blue stock background combined with the orange and white print, this due the stocks uniqueness when contrasted with the matt flat colour of the print highlights the visually quality of the print adding to the over all effect, creates a visually interesting piece reflect the typographical work inside the zine. Whilst the strong contrasting colour scheme causes attention to be drawn to the typographical element design as the white ink stand outs visually compared to the colourful background allowing the type to be clear and legible. Some of the other design which include the pink ink colour scheme slightly reflect a more 'feminine' tone once combined with the decorative type where the zine aims to be gender no specific. Also as the print isn't perfect this better reflect the medium used to produce the print, portaries the manual aspect effectively whilst adding to the design aesthetically by seeming more personal/hand made.
final cover-
Screen print was decided as the process of production for the zine cover, this is as to add a manual aspect to the production of the zine to reflect the content mediums and theme. Over the year i've had a love hate relationship with this print medium, this is as works easily for the book cover type at the start of the year yet failed massively for the first poster production yet after practise worked for the second attempt therefor using this medium will also help develop my confidence with this technique.
After the first poster attempt i learnt that this process should not be rushed, i tried to rush the production of the poster before going home for easter and gave myself a day to complete the process of 4 different layers which in retropect was too shorter space. Having learnt from this failed attempt i finally created a successful screenprint last week for the deadline after taking my time and simplifying the design to removed the issues (the solid background, the broken screen, the too thick ink, the out of date glow in the dark ink) i managed to produce a effective poster that looked as aimed i feel that use screen print will also allow me to become more successful with the medium. THE MORE I PRINT THE BETTER I WILL GET, LEARN FOR THE PAST ISSUES.
things learnt from past screen printing fail -
-don't add to much detail
-don't made the design fill an A3 pages this is heard to equally pull though, leaves ink in the screen which then dries or over leaks
-keep the layers simple
-drawn over the laser jet printed design in back pen if it's not printed probably before exposing the
screen
-wet the screen straight after exposure
-measure the paint to medium ratio better
-wait for the screens to dry before changing colour
Stock relating the the colour of the content/images inside the puplication was order but due to the bank holiday has not arrived in time for submission. As this cannot be used existing GFSmith stock from past project and a range of coloured purchased will be used instead. A wide range of unqiue experiments will be conducted with different coloured inks combined with different stock to find the best possible combination as due as leanring this year i've realized the different color stock and the inks will react differently to the paper so creating not the intended colours . Due to this a range of prints will allow for "happy accidents' where the intended colours work better but also incase the intent colour scheme reacts differently, then the most successful will be used for the cover and the other tests will be sent out to the contributors.
The use of the different stock and colour combination is so that the final prints are all unique, this is so the artists receive a one of print as a thank you rather than just one of many other contributors will have.
This is a chance to explore the how screenprinting works on different stocks of paper, as specialized shiny stock is being used as well, whilst being a chance to experiment with different colour palettes.
first layers -
-WORKS MORE ACCURATELY ON MATT STOCK
-SHINY FINISH ADDS AESTHETICAL QUILATY, MORE INTERESTING MOR UNIQUE
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| experimented with mixing inks on the screen whilst printing |
In the talk from Oslo we learnt about how colours look strange when compared to the different background and surround colours, these print have shown this massively. The top layer of print is the same for all the light pink prints yet most of these prints looks completely different to each other, this link to the subject of her talk.
After studying the selection of final prints the final cover design has been selected as the shiny pale blue stock background combined with the orange and white print, this due the stocks uniqueness when contrasted with the matt flat colour of the print highlights the visually quality of the print adding to the over all effect, creates a visually interesting piece reflect the typographical work inside the zine. Whilst the strong contrasting colour scheme causes attention to be drawn to the typographical element design as the white ink stand outs visually compared to the colourful background allowing the type to be clear and legible. Some of the other design which include the pink ink colour scheme slightly reflect a more 'feminine' tone once combined with the decorative type where the zine aims to be gender no specific. Also as the print isn't perfect this better reflect the medium used to produce the print, portaries the manual aspect effectively whilst adding to the design aesthetically by seeming more personal/hand made.
Tuesday, 2 May 2017
PPP 2- STUDIO BRIEF 2 - Zine Print 1
One of the main aspect i learnt last year was that often after printing issues with the final copy of the print arise, evet pages get cut down to short, a page over lapes ect but usually there are issues therefor as there still is a drop in available tomorrow the print will be analysed and changes made so the final print can be as accurate as possible.
This was the print for this brief, as its close to the deadline this should be the final but after the print there is a few issue that should be fixed by tomorrow for drop in if possible so it can be reprinted. This is as another response has been gained so 2 more artists can be added and so the page where the over lined text can be corrected.
new response -
'I came to lettering from art, not as a designer. I have been drawing a lot since I was little and one day I realized I really liked drawing letters. That's why pencil and a piece of paper will always be my partners in type. I like to sketch everything out by hand, even though I own a graphic tablet. I rather trace my letters on paper first, before i do it in Illustrator. My most favourite tool is paint, especially aquarelle paint (or watercolour). But it's probably because i've been attending art classes since i was a child. And i still paint artworks a lot as a form of meditation, even though the work that pays my bills is mostly graphic-design based.' - Magdalena Konečná
add back the abbey sly page aswell. THE MORE RESPONSES THE BETTER
FEEDBACK- also the pages where the images overlap the centre should be changed as there it's not readable
on the overlap due. change these layouts-
change some of the hand text, looks like its not the same thickness or weight therefore need to be more similar, changes made-
cover is slightly pixelated-
CHNAGE TO DIFFERENT IMAGE, BIGGER SIZE LESS PIXELATED-
dan lee page looks like it had printed weird due to textured image, change this image -
CHANGE -
text over ran
This was the print for this brief, as its close to the deadline this should be the final but after the print there is a few issue that should be fixed by tomorrow for drop in if possible so it can be reprinted. This is as another response has been gained so 2 more artists can be added and so the page where the over lined text can be corrected.
new response -
'I came to lettering from art, not as a designer. I have been drawing a lot since I was little and one day I realized I really liked drawing letters. That's why pencil and a piece of paper will always be my partners in type. I like to sketch everything out by hand, even though I own a graphic tablet. I rather trace my letters on paper first, before i do it in Illustrator. My most favourite tool is paint, especially aquarelle paint (or watercolour). But it's probably because i've been attending art classes since i was a child. And i still paint artworks a lot as a form of meditation, even though the work that pays my bills is mostly graphic-design based.' - Magdalena Konečná
add back the abbey sly page aswell. THE MORE RESPONSES THE BETTER
FEEDBACK- also the pages where the images overlap the centre should be changed as there it's not readable
on the overlap due. change these layouts-
change some of the hand text, looks like its not the same thickness or weight therefore need to be more similar, changes made-
cover is slightly pixelated-
CHNAGE TO DIFFERENT IMAGE, BIGGER SIZE LESS PIXELATED-
dan lee page looks like it had printed weird due to textured image, change this image -
CHANGE -
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