Sandy Denny: The Making

Online magazine on the making of Sandy Denny:the collection vinyl covers. Have a look.

click on the centre of the image to full screen.

Open publication

Skate night

Front 180

Front 180

monster ollie

kickflip over barrier

360 flip

hardflip

frontside noseslide

ollie over barrier

pop shuvit tailgrab

Sandy Denny

current project, most development work will be on here. we are producing a vinyl box set for the singer/songwriter Sandy Denny.

http://lostartofsandybeef.tumblr.com/

Puer Aeternus

A few logo designs for a new zine in production called Puer Aeturnus.

Casting Hoes 2

Casting Hoes

Done on illustrator using vector graphics. Think work still needs to be done on it,but atleast its a start.

plenty more to come...

Glitch

This brief involved me taking an existing magazine spread looking at the grid system used and then re designing it based on the word 'Glitch'

The spread i had chosen was about being under pressure and stress,so i decided to make it worse for the reader by making it unreadable therefore creating more stress,ha..

6IX Magazine

For this brief i produced a 42 page magazine, which included the articles and layouts. all images excluding the cover and contents are the artists work.

6IX website

For this brief we had to take the research on the six designers or design collectives we found, and produce a website on them.This is the first website i've made, and due to me not putting it onto dreamweaver yet i cant get the working thing on my blog. so here are a few screen shots for you lucky people...

The middle cube links you back to the home page

If you hover over an image the artists name appears

Click on the artist to bring up a page on them

6 Degrees of separation:ANTOINE & MANUEL

Antoine and Manuel are a French duo that has been making work together for at least 10 years. The designers have worked on a wide range of projects from complex illustration to very experimental typography where they are not shy on using colour. An example of their experimental ability is shown in almost every piece of their work, inkblots; scrawls; geometric constructions, complex patterns and backgrounds are used throughout. A prime example of this is shown in the work they created for AOL. It’s as if they wanted to create something frightening yet thought provoking.

Antoine is the colourist and Manuel is the layout artist, together they have created posters, wallpapers, furniture and typographical compositions.
One of my favourite selections of work created by the duo is for the National Choreographic Centre Tour(CCNT) The theme and layout stays consistent throughout. However, the illustrations; designs and colours surrounding the typefaces are more provocative than the last. Each has an intriguing organic feel to them. The colours used emphasise this. The illustrations within the pieces compliment the typeface brilliantly.
Antoine and Manuel can be compared to the work of Dani Klauser(shown below) as they both use a subtle underlying grid to keep a sense of order.

6 Degrees of separation: STAYNICE

Staynice are an experimental typography group from the Netherlands that produces clean cut bold handmade typefaces that mostly seem to revolve around the surrounding illustrations. Bold contrasting colours are used throughout their work as well as underlying grids similar to Dani Klauser. Vector graphic patterns and geometric shapes are frequently used; this is possibly to divert the viewer attention to certain objectives within the piece.

Every element within their pieces are taken into account and each plays a role in completing the work as a whole, for example the background comes into play with the foreground type, both complementing each other.

6 Degrees of separation:MARK SIMONSON

Mark Simonson started as a graphic designer and illustrator in 1976 and in the early part of his carer as an art director for a number of magazines. He comments ‘I frequently did lettering as part of my design projects I worked on. This was always my favourite part, so in 2000 I opened my own shop specialising in lettering and typography.’ Simonson has created an abundance of good fonts many with hand written or art deco influences including felt tip roman, mostra and lakeside. He now has over 100 fonts on the market with more to come.

Simonson produces lettering as well as fonts. He expresses they are two very different components. His lettering consists of typefaces that seem flow naturally from one letter to the next complimenting each as it appears on the page. His ability to hand draw lettering and converting it electronically is shown clearly in his in logos.