Tuesday, 29 October 2013

Layouts, layabouts...or even layer bouts

 
This is a simple but effective design above, evokes the emotion of  making you cry by 'getting the wrong colour...' the graphic is representative and cleverly positioned between the sentence. The text is neatly shaped at the bottom, not too much of it to bore. The logo is obvious and clear but subtle, not over powering. The deep blue back ground with the darker edges draw you eye easily to the text and the graphic which is very well lit showing it's depth.
I think this is an excellent example of design in advertising.
 
 
Zoffany
Below is an interesting picture with a centralised design layout, colours were vivid on the page and eye catching in the magazine. Company name is clear with no unnecessary text on the page.
Kimono Blossom
The colours and the text down the side have created a sense of the style that the company want to portray, I sense an antique, flowery style with a modern injection. 



 

 
 Simple page layout with a clear title and text aligned in a way to read easily and the colours of the pictures are picked out with the page numbers. A good contrast with the pictures and the blue surround although this does not look like a back ground to me, more like windows into the gardens show. I hope this was the effect they were trying to achieve else my critical eye hasn't started developing at all yet!
 
 

 

Monday, 28 October 2013

Task today, re-done...more dynamic?


New improved task for today.
I think the pictures look more together now,
the lettering is a better colour and blends with the developed dynamic composition.  
 
 
 
 
Task 3 done for today...weird white space...no title...lettering too pale..
Not very dynamic I see now.

Tuesday, 22 October 2013

Sunday, 20 October 2013

Tuesday, 8 October 2013

Humpf

It is 2pm and I haven't done a thing...except read briefs (not the knickers kind). I think today I have gone in to what you might call 'brain frazzle'. I am not even sure where to start.....Garden History, Metis Competition entry CV or drawings?

Dog wants a walk...maybe that's a good idea as I have been sitting here since 11am and only started a headache...on the positive side: Yesterday was  a lovely sunny day, as is today, we walked around London to see some interesting open spaces, functional and not so functional, well designed and not so well designed. All in all, twas a good day for me as my presentation on Small Domestic Ancient Roman Gardens went well, including my outfit as (apparently) The Vestal Virgin!

These are my photo shopped pictures that I have started for the Metis Comp, lots to work on but I had fun experimenting with PS an will continue to improve techniques so that I can create an A3 design for my entry.
Plan view with planting positions
 


The white stick things in the middle represent a person and child in scale. I need to work on the colour combinations but as a first attempt I am very pleased with the shape of Alliums.