Wednesday, 12 May 2010

Susan's House

These are photographs of my final piece for the self directed brief.
I chose to create a book from the lyrics of the Eels song 'Susan's House'.
I wanted to try and catch the essence and emotion of the song but also wanted to really experiment within craft and print using any sort of relevant material and process.
I chose this song because of its contrast between smooth sounding instruments agains the harsh reality of the lyrics and was further inspired by the book written by this artist called 'Things the Grandchildren Should Know'.
I feel this brief has helped my direct my style and fell more confident in how I want to work.
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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.