Zine|Dyslexicon

Progression and some posters based around Dyslexicon.

dyslexia - dĭs-lĕk'sē-ə

n.
A learning disorder marked by impairment of the ability to recognise and comprehend written words.

lexicon - lĕk'sĭ-kŏn
n., pl., -cons, or -ca
A stock of terms commonly used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary: the lexicon of surrealist art.

dyslexicon - dĭs-lĕk'-sĭ-kŏn
n., pl., -cons, or -ca
A log of terms, expressions, words and sentences which are often confusing, complicated to understand and are not commonly recognised or used in any profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary of frank, unconfined drivel: the dyslexicon of my mind.

FEED_Night|Beautiful_TV

Initial poster design and progression for the next FEED night.

Christmas Card|Tower

Christmas card design based around the BT Tower in Birmingham City Centre. The background image on the snowy image was taken from my office and flipped, as the clouds were the perfect shape and texture to create a snow-covered ground.

24hrs|03.08.10

For the brief, I decided to record one day of my life. Taking data from the 3rd August 2010 and having no particular reason why I chose that date, I noted down the times it took to do certain tasks throughout the day.

As the day went on into night, it was apparent that my day had consisted of much more than physical tasks. Occurances and happenings which would change how I felt about the day had an impact on other aspects of the day, which would continue to have a knock on effect on other aspects of the day. Looking back over the day I realised that I couldn't just illustrate simple 'everyday' tasks, I'd have to break each one of these tasks up into their own respective areas.

I also broke my complete day up into two separate ares: 1) Passive and 2) Active or 1) Conscious 2) Unconscious. Including thoughts and feelings into the day opened up Pandora's Box.

Then of course there was the fact that the world doesn't revolve around me (!) and what was equally as important was the lives of everyone else within that 24hrs. 'Death of a Street Drinker', '11yr olds on the pill' and 'degrading treatment for asylum seekers', were some of the tabloid headlines of that day.

Four days after researching what happened on the day of my data capture, a blog entitled "Love really is greater than death", was printed in the Guardian by Dr Karen Woo. Karen Woo was the British surgeon and medical aid worker who was killed along with nine colleagues in Afghanistan over the weekend bef0re my data capture. Her blog began with the words: "Nothing in life is for sure, nothing that you see today will always be here tomorrow...".

This could not be more relevant to the brief and to what I'm going to attempt to design. Anything could happen in the blink of an eye. Twenty fours hours is a mere blip in our lives, depending on what happens of course. A lot of the time, we'll go through a day without thinking about the last but upon closer inspection, each one is so intricate it's practically impossible to illustrate a complete day.

HOME|Music_Ident#2

Got a bit carried away and created a longer ident for HOMEMusic using the monster and video from the previous music ident.

HOME|Documentary_ident-2

Another documentary ident, although I feel this one is better suited
to the HOME brand.

HOME|Documentary_ident-1

Quite happy with this documentary/nature-style ident although it doesn't quite fit in with the look of my HOME brand. More to follow...

HOME|Documentary_ident

A work in progress...

HOME|Music_ident

An idea I had was to bombard the viewer with the HOME logo to the sound of music. Not sure if I want to add more to this but I think it serves its purpose as it stands although it's sort of lost it's vigor after being uploaded onto eblogger. (audio and visuals aren't the same on low resolution!) The tune's called 'Rocket Soul' by Plump DJs.

Ident sheet below.

HOME|Film_ident/stings

One of my HOME film/movie stings in which the monster from the HOME ident walks past a city centre office block. The photos were originally taken from my workplace.

Ident/stings sheet below, explaining the animation process through shots and audio.

HOME|Film_ident_screens/logo

My HOME Logo (with slogan).

Early screens for an ident created for the 'film/movie' area of the HOME channel.
Much more to follow...

Record Label|CD_album_cover

An album cover for the indie/electro band Ursa Major on the record
label Overtly Covert.

The cover is created from card which folds around the CD.
The CD is then placed into the cover sleeve.

NB. Band and record label are completely fictitious.

Side Project|Pica_Magazine

Early shots of something else I'm working on alongside my FMP. Pica magazine - based around around gaming art and culture.