Design Workshops

Exploring the different styles of calligraphy, I used a slightly drier brush. This allowed me to make cleaner lines, deciding not to dilute the ink helped me retain the inks natural opaqueness creating a bolder effect on the words. This process was new to me, keeping control of the brush strokes was something I needed to be aware of.

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Crossing over to more of a symbolic description of calligraphy, I began to play around with the the material of the ink. Linking to the Chinese poem 'A tree in blossom' , I attempted to experiment with the versatility of the material.
In calligraphy the weight of the strokes are connected to the overall composition of a piece, with the tree on the left being mostly thin shades of grey it didn't take away from the main section which was the poem on the right. The black section on the bottom right was designed to mimic the poem above, shifting the focus over to the right side of the page.
Overall calligraphy taught me a lot about precision and timing especially when working with mediums like ink.




                                                                                                 

 

 On Tuesday we worked on a motion graphics workshop, step by step showing us how to use various Adobe softwares. In one exercise we created a moving animation of the letters of our names then began to play with moving shapes and making the balls bounce. It opened me up to new possibities of  presenting my work, exploring more with motion graphics.

Inspired by the Chinese poem 'A tree in bloom',  I took the key sections from it and chose to use the last two lines as I felt they made the biggest impact.  I transferred the words onto Illustrator, and used the Apple Chauncery font as it looked feminine and suited the romantic theme of the words. The final words are enlarged as it summarises the underline message of the entire poem. 

Choosing between various materials from black thick cardboard to wood panels I finally went with a thin block of wood with a white layer above it.  This was because in prototyping I was going to use the engraving machine and the contrast of the materials would make the words stand out. 

To make the words fit the material, I used the sawing machine.

I decided to pick out one of the final words from the Chinese poem 'A tree in bloom' as it had a powerful ending that was very visual yet romantic in nature. An interesting thing that was shown on the final product was the jaggedy effect of the font. I felt like it was another way to represent a withering petal (it appeared as if the font itself was withering). If I could improve it, I would add more visuals onto the board of floral shapes maybe.