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Experiments

Tuesday, September 27th, 2011

Adjusting and experimenting the pixel dimensions I created the below image:

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I then played with shape and scale

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When I was at the Emerge exhibtion I came across work by Jamie Reid, who created “mashed-up” data file images. Taking this as inspiration, I took a Jpeg of one of my letterpress scans and open it in a text editer I then replaced the õ to a letter F, using the cmd F function.

This was the result

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D&AD illustration inbook award

Monday, May 23rd, 2011

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The brief was to CREATE AN ILLUSTRATED INTERPRETATION OF A MUSICAL TRACK THAT IS EXPERIENCED BY THE VIEWER IN AN UNCONVENTIONAL AND PIONEERING WAY.

I chose 2 Kraftwerk tracks, computer world and radio-activity.

I created a simple program that reacted to user interactions via a microphone input. I filmed the program reacting to the interactions of the 2 tracks and illustrated each frame, placing the designs onto products such as wallpaper, ties and mugs. My entry won an d&ad inbook student award.

click on the images to view my entry.

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Kraftwerk mapping sequences

Monday, May 23rd, 2011

The idea came from analogue distorted patterns. Trying to reflect electronic/anlogue/data/computers etc.

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Film sequences created by playing tracks to flash program. The flash program responds to a microphone input. Blocks flash black/white flash on/off according to amplitude/microphone detection. Sequence and timing is determined by microphone.

Click on image to view Kraftwerk “intermission” movie


Click on image to view Kraftwerk “pocket-calculator” movie


I then drew out each frame from the recording and created a mapping sequence.

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Intermission mapping sequence

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As part of the brief was to incorporate fan interaction. I asked fans of kraftwerk to listen to tracks and recorded their interaction with the microphne whilst listening to the kraftwerk tracks, I then mapped the frames and placed the mapped pattern onto ties, mugs, and items that could be used for promotion.

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To illustrate the pocket calculator track, I printed each frame, trying to match pattern frequencies.

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Calculating the frequency of frames

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I then matched the frequency of the frames to the size, thus the higher number of frame repeats the bigger the frame.

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this got a big complicated at times – my desk

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I then experimented with composition, using a photocopier to play, distort scale, invert and cut and paste.

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Application photos

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011

The full room set-up

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Close-ups

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pattern appliation

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011

Once I had established a method for the illustration and created a pattern, I started to think about how the illustrations could be used for promotion and their application.
My idea was to incorporate the patterns onto items and objects, and create a room set-up to demonstrate this. The idea being that a fan could create their own pattern and then get this printed onto a product.

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This image is a sketch of the room layout I planned.

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First task=wallpaper. I drew out each frame of the song “intermission” and then placed it onto wallpaper strips. This image show a test made-up of a3 pages.

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Once the test was complete I then got the sequence printed onto wallpaper.

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Some close-ups of the printed wallpaper

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Design used for Mug

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Frames from Pocket calculator sequence

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