Visual research

More visual research into promotional literature from the Baltic Mill in Newcastle. After discussing with Mitch we have agreed on the clean clinical look with a hand rendered image twist. This will create a look that has richness and essence and at the same time the hand rendered illustration will show the fun and interactivity of the institution.

I suppose it also gives the idea of parent and child, clean, legible type = parent and hand rendered red and blue illustration = child.

Branding and website's

This is the kinda of visual we want to be aiming for, clean and professional means its legible and easy to understand. We want to add colour and images to bring out the fun element of our client.

























This is the current BME website and also the madame tussauds website, i have no intention of design a site but i feel that the visual representation is present on the sites.

These two websites for me are cluttered and give off a look of a template. I understand they work and maybe are on the safe side but they just don't represent the client and what the experience is well enough.

So after deciding on our rationale i decided to look at the website of similar tourist and entertainment institutions. I felt that the website of the BME was something that could be re-worked to look more cutting edge and professional. This approach then could be used for the other material and promotion.

DVD interface's

These are DVD screen grabs of interfaces that have been designed by Eye Chart. All the above DVD interfaces have a strong visual connection to the subject matter. This is something i would like to recreate with my DVD interface.

My friend... Dan jones

this is Dan Jones awesome stop motion and motion graphics. check his website here.

DVD packaging

Final crit work.

All of the below information has influenced my design decision's in some form or manor. I have tagged the most relevant stuff under the tag 'final crit'.

BOY81

Black + White + Sick.

Sorsapukki

Nice and simple very legible illustration's again a similar look to want i intend to create for my motion graphic.

Happypets

This work has a hand rendered feel that i would like to recreate for the design direction of my motion graphic which appeal to my audience. check out happypets.ch

Kate Morros

This work has the feel and look that i intend to create for my motion graphic. It appeals to the "MTV Generation" and at the same time links in with my concept 'taking it back'. Very similar look to the 80's hip hop flyer that first inspired me.

ABOVE part 4

ABOVE part 3

ABOVE part 2

ABOVE

Some one I've been looking at for inspiration is ABOVE. His work seems to be more restrictive than most other graffiti artist's resulting in a more traditional look to his typography. The type is much more ledigble because of this and result's in a clearer message.

Nice digital media.

LOOK AT THIS HORSE

Action figure

Brilliant Production and Post Production. See the web site here. ACTION FIGURE

Futuristic Advertising

Nike True City Full Trailer - Official HD Version from NikeSportswear on Vimeo.

A good look into other digital design work and media, this is the future of advertising.

MTV intro's screens

MTV intro's screens

MTV intro's screens

MTV intro's screens

Pars

No reference really apart from the awesome font at the beginning that says tim and barry and temps 'PARS R US' tee, I hope my par game aint week bruv! haha

Awsome 3d book stop motion

dvd menu title 3

at first this looks promising it has good use of texture's,pace and movementnt of the key frames but then it goes horrible wrong with the photo's.

dvd menu title 2

dvd menu title

Moving image research

Good use of a 3d perspective and images moving to a beat or time line. Not sure about the naff daft punk cover of teachers over it though.

Mike Giant & 123Klan

123klan -



















Mike Giant- Really good reference for the hand drawn type i will be doing.

More visual research

More early hand drawn hip hop flyers and hip hop paraphernalia, which could be used as reference in my work. Maybe could also use graffiti in the development of work as it is a essential part to hip hop.

All photo's taken at the Urbis in Manchester.

123klan

------> http://www.123klan.com/v2/ <----- This is the kind of thing i want to be going for.

Visual research

This video shows good uses of moving image and a visual theme. The animation was done by 123Klan, i will look further into there work to see if i can take influence.

Visual research

Really like the black and white and half tone. Could be something i put into my work.

Hydro 74

This guy keep busy.... i think the work is amazing, brilliant attention to detail. Although i really like this style i feel that this kind of clean, clinical look will not add up with my idea. I will be taking influence from this though in the form of how simple vector based shapes can be composed together.

MTV logos

Many MTV logo's from over the years, i will use this to my advantage and take inspiration and ideas to add to my own.

MTV- Ident

Top design direction

Exhibition board for the entrance of 'Home Grown' a uk hip hop exhibition at the Urbis in Manchester, UK.





































Various t-shirt design's found on the web, the type of type used has a feel of early hip hop but at the same time is modern and popular.



















This flyer, taken from a book called 'Art & Sound Of The Bristol Underground' is done by FLX and was drawn around 1985. It was for a Underground illegal party where the early sounds of hip hop were played.

I decided i would like my final animation to invloves this kind of direction taking influences from early hip hop and hand drawn visuals rather than the modern 'bling' and 'Gangstar' hip hop look, which is associated with most of today rap artist's.

Deadline

good way of seeing how a motion graphic is created and planned out.

Not digital....

Not digital but i like the layout.

Top 10 research

Research -

http://www.spitefulcritic.com/2010/01/the-top-10-rappers-of-the-decade/

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100105132833AAzea6j

http://rateyourmusic.com/list/roc_a_fella7/top_20_rappers_of_all_time/

http://bassmusicblog.com/terry-hooligans-top-10-rappers-of-all-time

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Top+10+Rappers

Another top 10 idea

I found this 100 top quotes from the TV series 'the wire'. Thought it could be broken down into to top 10 and played with typographically, maybe using type as images. The atheistic would have to match the theme of crime or thriller, similar to the white noise trailer i have posted on this blog and the se7en trailer we saw in collage.