Creating a Brand/Logo

In Steve's lesson we had to create our own brand/logo in our sketchbooks and using the computers. We were originally told to create a mindmap showing what we're passionate about, what makes us unique, and what our strengths are. Then we had to create a short 6 word sentence describing what we do, to help us identify ourselves as a brand. 

Next we started drawing. We first started by creating a logo without taking the pen off the paper. I came up with some simple logos using my initials, and a visual logo featuring someone looking through a camera. I settled on the visual one because it looked better than initials in my opinion and stood out as a logo. 

After this we moved onto the computers and had to create a logo using Adobe Illustrator only using the Helvetica type family. I played around with strokes and effects and in the end came up with this logo which I thought looked impressive. I chose primary colours because they're bold and stand out.

Lastly we moved back to the sketchbooks and had to make a logo which had no text. I decided on the idea of a silhouette in front of a computer to connote post production and design work, then tried to further evaluate my idea and created a logo with a minimalistic figure in front of a camera, whose head acted as the camera lens.

Overall I thought that this task was helpful in me developing my drawing skills and presenting myself as a brand or company.

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein - Sketches

In Steve's lesson we were set the task of going out into Bath and sketching a few locations related to Mary Shelley - the author of Frankenstein. She wrote the book when she was living in Bath so in our groups we went to certain locations related to her residence there. We then had to present these sketches in the form of a map (below). We also had to draw our own Frankenstein which didn't follow any stereotypes. I went with a long haired male monster with a missing eye and two belly buttons.

Symbols & The Library - Penguins

In Interactive we had to learn about symbols and use them in our own Animate document to make an image of penguins. I drew a penguin with the brush and filled it in with the paint bucket, then used the selection tool to draw a box around the penguin to select it. Once selected, I right clicked the penguin and converted it into a symbol. Then, I was able to drag the penguin in from the library onto the stage, so I ended up with 4 penguins. Lastly I drew a background and resized the penguins to give the image perspective.

Drawing Expressions

Today in Interactive Steve gave us the task of drawing a range of expressions. To have some reference, we had to take pictures of us showing these different emotions using Photo Booth, then draw a simple representation of these emotions. I used photoshop to draw with and these are my illustrations: