Friday, 18 September 2009



Stanley Donwood is an artist whose work inspired me when I was younger, his style was similar to mine using a more hand drawn scruffy approach to create expressive and violent pieces in which I still appreciate. He worked a lot with Radiohead to create album covers, posters and various other advertising pieces for them, he seemed to find the right style to fit in with their sketchy sounds. His work is a little edgy and much darker. Not as much influence on computer design programs are shown clearly and stick to the traditional hand drawn pieces. Stanley more illustrative making it become more personal as he can express his ideas and views more as he infrequently has to work for corporate companies. I also like his use of colour and space keeping the pieces chaotic and intense giving the sense of confusion and panic. This piece especial creates a lot of emotion around it.
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About Me

Even though Graphic design is visual, I find that a lot of my inspiration comes from music that I listen to. The lyrics or a peculiar arrangement of a song or piece can stir up an emotion and inspire me to think in a different way that can put me in a creative mood. I like music to challenge people and hopefully create something unique and fresh and not just be “good to dance to”. I often work freehand and think there has been a lot of lost beauty since the major influence of the mac, but this is not to say I don’t like using them, I often use them in my work, especially for layout and to touch up or change designs, I just sometimes feel a computer loses some surprising mistakes which can create a new idea and gets you out of the mindset of sticking to one plan and carrying it through. My Design inspiration comes from the likes of "The Why Not Associates", Adrian Shaughnessy and Stanley Donwood. Typography is were I feel my major passion and especially hand made type, which is where my love for the why not associates comes from. I enjoy experimenting with different medias to create new and interesting ways for a typeface and would love to develop this in the near future.