How to source images...

There are a number of website across the internet which sell stock imagery. These images are uploaded onto these various websites and are made available for purchase and download for the users own personal use. The users are able to publish their purchased images on their own design without the risk of copyright.

Websites include...

Getty.com, Imagesource.com and istockphoto.com

The images come in different styles, sized and quality. Images of good quality are more expensive as the images with less quality.

Photos From Trip

Below are the three photos that I uploaded onto FlickR from the field trip that we went on.











These photos show a range of design from graffiti art to logo design.
This field trip opened my eyes to the amount of visual design that is seen on the streets. As you walk through Digbeth their are many examples of visual design that I noticed such as, graffiti art, logos, paintings and sculptures.

"Green" Business Card

For this exercise I was asked to design a business card that reflected the companies ethos. The brief was....

A company that makes “green” products requires a set of business card for their sales
team. The card must reflect their company ethos.

The business card......

Photographic case study - 1

Photographic case studies. Above is an album cover of a Dubstep artist called Distance. The album cover uses a photograph as the main focus point. The photograph is of some buildings within a city; the lighting in the photo is very dark though lights in the building have been illuminated which gives a futuristic effect. The top of the building in the middle of the photograph disappears into a bright light, which also gives a futuristic effect. These effects relate to the style of music as the music is produced electronically. The style of the music is known to be dark and moody and I believe that the style of the cover reflects just this. The music is also of a minimal style, consisting mainly of a drumbeat and a bass line. The cover represents this as it a minimal style, simply consisting of two elements, one image and text.

Visualized Words

For this task we were each given a word. I then edited the word so that the word looked how it sounded. A plastic effect was placed on the word to make it look as so it could be stretched. The word was edited though using Adobe Photoshop.

Business Card - Bright Ideas Design

Above is a business card that I designed for a fictional company called, "BrightIdeasDesign." The company was described as a fresh and funky company and our design had to reflect this style.

I decided to use bright colors for the text because it relates to the style of the company, being young and funky. I used a slight reflection on the word design to add a sleek and professional look to the business card.

I decided on using the image of the light bulb as it relates to the words bright and ideas. On the back of the business card the image of the light bulb is bright as if it has been switched on. The meaning behind this is that it relates to when someone gets an idea come to their head.

If i were to make adjustments to this business card I would make the text larger on the back of the card. I would also slightly nudge the text up one or maybe two pixels.

Business Card

Above is a copy of my Business Card.