If you’re ever feeling unproductive just remember that the logo for the 2012 Olympics cost $600,000 and took two years to finish.
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PPP - Evaluation
NOTE: i’ve just realised my evaluation and exhibition poster posts were put on the wrong tumblr. Sorry!
The year long PPP module has taught me to start documenting the work I do outside of college, and through the PPP blog I have this work in one place. This organisation of documentation is something I will now continue to do with my personal work as I believe it is good practice.
The work I have created for PPP has allowed me to further my knowledge in areas I have not primarily focused on in modules - such as graphic design, with the end of year exhibition poster. I found the designing and producing process of the poster to be difficult, as not only was the poster representing myself or the 30-odd other people in my year, but the entire course. Me and Tom found it challenging to pinpoint the best way to show the course when it covers so many practices, but eventually came to an agreement with Graham on a design. The whole process taught me the importance of initial development, and when working on similar projects in future I will be sure to spend a lot more time in the ‘ideas’ stage rather than trying to perfect one design straight away.
The other work I have done has been quite eclectic. The UV poster ideas were just to get better at illustation and screen printing, but the work I have done with Infinite Swans, Girl Guts and the 'Instagram’ poster has been based around the idea of free or cheap art. I really like the idea of creating art which can be pinned to a wall and taken off by someone who likes it, right clicked and saved when online, or picked up for cheap at a zine fair, and this is something I will continue to work to and expand over summer.
I have sometimes found it difficult to find time for PPP work amidst more hectic modules, especially when working for several modules at once, but I will work towards managing my time better so that I can hopefully have more to show on my PPP blog next year.
further poster development
after graham didn’t like our initial ideas, we decided to go back to development and throwing ideas around. graham told us to make the poster more ‘fun’ so we played around with the idea of fun. we came up with 20 ideas/puns/things we could use for the poster and then narrowed them down. it was an incredibly painful and drawn out process, but an important lesson on development.
lovehearts
after we all agreed on an idea, me and tom began developing the layout. we also spent about 6 hours trying to get a decent enough photo/scan of a loveheart, with shadow, and editing the lettering from it. it was quite ridiculous but we got there in the end.
we had issues with hierarchy at first, and were stumped with what colour to make the exhibition opening line, but after playing around with it a bit more and asking other people’s opinions we decided on a candy pink/red similar to the love heart.
Infinite Swans
Infinite Swans; Haikus on Bowling, love, and other important life chapters.
some of the haikus going into the zine.
LOVE
Denim Beach
You’re a denim beach
whose durable seems are worn
until the crotch splits
Bros
In animal masks
of a yesteryear party
friendly spectres sleep
Magical Mystery Tour
Lay the marble tea
at the foot of the mountain
and take off your clothes
Remember
When we use to spend
half-waking video days
lying in this bed.
Ah good, the sea!
Flowing like rivers
cascading down lonely banks
we became complete
The love aquatic
I spent my whole life
diving for sunken treasure
then I got the bends
LITERATURE
Such character
Richard Brautigan,
the features of your writing
are etched on your face
Having fun with R.D. Laing
How dare you have fun,
Christ died on the cross for you!
Was he having fun?
Rushmore
Clipperboat captain
you are wasting your childhood
married to the sea
Google Earth
Plant electric books
deep within virtual soil
so nothing blossoms
Alice in Chunderland
What are you doing
vomiting on those children?
A mad tea party.
ANIMALS
Wet nose
Lonely childhood dog
your wet nose adventures gone
buried underfoot
Some small regrets
Used to be racist
got a totenkopf tattoo
then I mellowed out
Horseplay
Write horse erotica
about a feral mustang
and divorce your wife
That cat, again
Stupid bloody cat,
you slept on your longest side
now you’re stuck there
FOOD
Parsnip dinner
This parsnip dinner
would taste a whole lot better
without these parsnips
Sorry, Cowboy
You wet my dry lips
but what we had is over
broken coffee cup
Stiff upper lip
Grew this sweet moustache
then got called a paedophile
so I drank a beer.
Fried
This bacon is fried
it took some bad L.S.D.
and saw walls burning
Tide Teeth
Crooked teeth asleep
dream of invisible tides
which awake decay
ADVENTURE
Mr Halloween
Skeletal pumpkin
you come knocking at our door
wearing my daughter
Cup Final
Stoned (Joe/man) playing
handheld football manager
to silent applause
Division of Labour
Lets worship Satan!
You learn ritual magic,
while I murder dad.
A little lost
I am in a room
with lots of transvestite men
is this your party?
Dune Buggy
This sweet dune-buggy
doesn’t have any sweet dunes to surf
just congestion zones.
BOWLING
Strike!
To knock down ten pins
is not really a big deal
unless you fall too.
No bowling
No bowling tonight
it is way past your bed time
stupid unicorn
Fucking/bowling
Put on funny shoes
roll balls down her alley; strike
now let’s go bowling
Slush puppy
One slush puppy please
pink ball, two strikes maybe, then
request nine inch nails.
Cashless Johnny
Put on Johnny Cash
barman’s tired, been a long day
slowly turns it down
Broke Lane Blues
So your lane is broke?
Just like last time; groundhog day.
Scarborough leisure.
We’re closed.
Oh, these guys, again.
They always stay til’ closing
broken lane it is.
i sort of decided it would be nice to make some blacklight/uv posters for a bit.
here’s some inspiration.
infinite swans is a zine i’m currently making with my friend ollie.
it originally started because we both like to write haiku’s, and both like to go bowling, and so we decided to make a zine about bowling haikus. since then we’ve written other things (which aren’t about bowling) so it’s expanded to cover more subjects.
i’ve been working on the design of the zine. the coloured image above was just me playing about with ideas for the cover.
hopefully the zine will be done by july.
slightly too graphic designery for me, but still an engaging way to get a point across.
(Source: overonehundred, via bambiwillow)
