Exhibition Day 26.05.2016

Above is a photograph of my double page spread in the A5 Zine booklet. I was very pleased with the printed copies, the print really brings out the colour in my second piece. I also feel that the first piece stands out as its the only piece that was truely bases around text.

From the Left, Miki, Adam, Oli, Harry, Kaine, Katie, Me and Elyse

Above is a group photograph of us stood/sat in front of our enlarged work.

We had a great outcome considering it was the opening night.
Some of the group got the chance to promote the exhibition before the actual set time of 5pm which lured in other viewers.
We got the change to invite family and friends to the opening night which made it a special event that i will remember.

Exhibition Layout

As a group we removed the previous zines from the wall displays and replaced them with our work.

Above is the wall display, there are slightly enlarged copies of our final pieces of work. The bottom row have our names placed underneath the image to the left. 

Here we decided to clip some of our zines in a pattern onto the hanging string. I like this layout as not many of the visitors looked at these specific zine booklets so it just looks like a nice, neat display.

Above is a zoomed out version of the display, the posters have been placed on the wall where there were blank spaces. I think that this layout made it look more professional. 






Kaine produced a video on the day of the exhibition which shows the Nexus Art Cafe and the exhibition space in greater detail.

His video - https://youtu.be/4Pzo6rnlQTY

Also check out his blog - http://kpzine.blogspot.co.uk/

Exhibition Space

As you have most likely seen by the poster, the exhibition was held in a room at the far left of the Nexus Art Cafe located in the Northern Quarter, Manchester. 

The Nexus Art Cafe is a nice sociable area where you can relax and also check out the local pieces or art. The walls leading down towards the cafe are covered in bright colours creating a chilled/lively atmosphere which draws in customers. 

There is several shelves filled with zines and an area to display work on the wall.

We will clear the wall display and present larger copies of work on there instead. 

In the image above is where we will choose to display our zine books and some posters. 

Exhibition Poster

Here is our Final Poster design. 

This poster was designed by our tutor, due to the exhibition being so close she offered to help us out. As a group we chose the name, we wanted it to be similar to design so we had a choice of:
-DEZINE
-DE.ZINE

-D.ZINE

It was created using printing and Photoshop, the ink was rolled out and messed with to produce different textures and patterns.

We wanted the design to be colourful and the name to be vertical so it'd fill the page better. We wanted the name to be bold and the details to be simple. I really like the muted colours as they keep it looking simple.
  

We have placed posters around the college and also in some local areas, we have also shared the event on social media and promoted it by word of mouth. 

Final Outcomes

These are my Two final outcomes that will be going into the Zine Booklet for the Zine Exhibition.

In a previous post/experiment I created my own Typeface which I then scanned into Photoshop. I also scanned in the Sketch I produced of the couple and also the little lino design. This whole piece was created using fine liners and permanent markers which I scanned and arranged in Photoshop to create this final design. I found this was a simple but effective technique as it contrasts with the other final image. 

This design was created using inks and acrylics that I splattered onto cartridge paper. I used the colour scheme from the BMTH design shown in a previous post. I then printed on to the top of the background design and took a photograph and took it into Photoshop to adjust the colours and tones. This overall outcome worked so much better than i thought it would, i thought i would have to touch up sections of the print. I did remove some of the excess ink using Photoshop.

Page Designs

Each Student will have a double page spread with their blog address located some where on the page. These layout designs have been created to try and help decide where the text should go.

 I think that this design would be more effective as the focus hasn't been taken away from the art work which I think the one below may do.

 I like the idea of having a few details about your work displayed on the double page spread.

The blog address displayed at the top means that they have a brief idea of who created the work. 

Lino Design - Development

Above is the lino that I am hoping to use for my final outcome for the Zine Booklet. For development I created this Lino and produced a mixture of prints onto paint splattered backgrounds.

 

 

 

Above are four prints. I thought about the composition of the splatters behind the lino print. The best outcome is the bottom image as there is a large splatter of colour which adjusts the visual weight.

Backgrounds

Here are a selection of possible backgrounds I could use for my final print outcome.

 

 

 

 

 

As you can see I tried some different painting techniques, than I have in previous experiments, which involved me using a sponge and acrylic paint. The sponge left a variety of different textures in the paint which I know will make it difficult to print onto.

 

Development

Here I have drawn a selected lyric in the typeface I created onto a photocopy of the drawing. I used a Sharpie for this and feel that it look rather effective in the background of the image. I would have preferred the drawing to have just been the black outline but this was the first copy that I found.

I will probably reduce the size of the font more as I still feel that it looks rather large in comparison to the drawing.

Background Text

This is what the lyrics will look like for my final image. I may decide to add more lyrics and decrease the size on the font. I am planning to experiment with this idea throughout development. 

Drawing From Photoshop Edit

I started by drawing a simple pencil sketch of the first Photoshop edit, that I completed in a recent post, which I then chose to add extra lines to to show some sort of form/tone. 

I then drew over the pencil sketch in a Fineliner, adding extra lines towards the end of this process. The thickness of lines vary due to the shadowing and tone.

Here I chose to add colour using watercolour pencils. I did this so I could see whether I liked the black and white version or the coloured version. I was able to add more tone when I used colour but I felt that the colours chosen don't really fit in well with the 'True Friend' Lyrics. I preferred the Black and White version as i think it would look effective with the simple black typeface.

My Typeface

This is my typeface I created which was inspired by John Hoyland, a Previous typeface ideas and BMTH-True Friends Lyric Video. I am hoping to use this in one of my responses to True Friends, I will use the font for lyrics in the background. 

Photoshop

This is another Photoshop edit. I posterized the photograph and reduced the noise creating a smoother finish. 
When it comes to producing the final images then i will choose between this edit and the previous one to draw from. I feel that the lighting in the original photograph has effected this edit as the Levels of contrast between black and white are not very strong. This overall doesn't matter as I may be drawing the outline from this edit using a fine liner. I will decide which Photoshop edit looks better.

Photoshop - Secondary Images

I found this image by searching 'holding hands' into Google Images, I wanted two people holding hands (as friends), there needed to be two hands showing of one of the people so I could Photoshop a knife into frame.

This is the knife that I wanted to Photoshop into the image. I found this image by typing 'knife' into Google Images.

This is the final outcome, I like the composition of the Image. I feel that it links clearly to the True Friends Lyric 'True friends stab you in the front' this image shows betrayal, i like the black and white theme. I'm going to develop this in the next stage and create a fine liner sketch as well as a soft watercolour pencil within the fine liner outline.

Lino Prints

Above is the Lino Design I chose to create. Below is the first print I created alongside the Lino.

Above are three prints onto the black background design shown in my previous post. These photographs were taken using flash which meant that the printing ink stood out stronger, the black paper looks grey and the print looks black.

Above is my least favourite outcome as the colours aren't strong or bright enough. The print is weak making it look worse. I clearly didn't apply enough ink to the Lino.

This is similar to the background design above except I applied more ink to the Lino. Colours are still dull. 

Above is another one of my least favourites as the purple acrylic is too thick and dark. There is too much ink on the lino towards the bottom of the print.

These three prints above came out relatively good, I like the colour scheme of the backgrounds and I think that in these prints there is the right amount of ink. I like using the colours Blue, Purple, Red, Orange, Yellow, White and Black as the they relate to the BMTH theme. 

Further Backgrounds

Above are a few more background ideas that I plan on printing onto, I took the splattering idea from a previous background I created but I chose to try this on black paper as well as white. There is a stronger contrast on the white than there is on the black. I think this is because the acrylic has been watered down so I could use the pipette to create the splatters. I really like the zoomed in photographs on the splatters as you are able to see the colours merge together.