Pinhole Photography: The Gritty Reboot

OK so we had the dark room rented for just VisCommers last week, after the Photographers were less than happy with us moving in on their turf when we initially started this project weeks ago. We had the option to reatke our pinhole photographs and I'm very glad I did. When we started, there were only 3 of us in so the place was a lot less crowded (the polar opposite to the previous time, when about 35 of us were in the dark room.) I decided to hold the camera for a minute this time, instead of just 30 seconds. Given that it was a sunny day, this meant the images turned out much clearer and very dark. I went to the bridge (or link, whatever pleases you) between the two buildings of the university and took the photographs running along the edges and down the middle of the walkway. Here are the results, for your viewing pleasure.

Pinhole Photography Reboot: Part 2

Event Location

OK so it has been a while since I have uploaded anything, mainly because I have been working on photography projects, etc that take time to upload. Also, some of the stuff I'm workining on is on acetate so scanning it would be difficult (More on that in the future.) I just wanted to include a photograph showing the size of the gazebo that will house our exhibition. The gazebo (found and bought by yours truly) turned out to be way bigger than I had pictured it in my head, which is a good thing, considering the large amount of stuff we want to put in our exhibit now. (Again, something I will outline in greater detail in a future post-today has been a long day.) We set this up in an abandoned corner of the university on the floor just below ours, just for scale's sake. The thing is 3m x 3m and as you can see beside my bearded self on the right there, quite tall. I think this event is going to be a lot better than I initially thought, and that this gazebo was a great find, as it fits in well with our new theme. Stay tuned, fellow designers.

New Logo Designs

OK: this time, everything was done by me, no stealing images off the internet! I went for an ink drop shape, then quickly scribbled it in, deliberately leaving gaps to give it a more stylised look, instead of just being a solid colour. To the right, I left a semicircular shape to look like a reflection on the drop, then added the word 'Bleed' with the paintbrush tool, not using an existing font to again replicate a hand drawn style. I then duplicated the image four times, each time altering the colours to the four CMYK ones, respectively. Although I am not a logo designer, I like how these turned out as a first time effort, as they are simple and effectively show our name in a colourful and eye catching way.

Computer Designed Logos

I'm not really that good at branding, but I thought I would give it a go. After reinventing ourselves as 'Bleed,' Paper Rainbow has a new name and a new overall style. I took the ink splat shapes from the internet, then, using Adobe Illustrator, added text and changed the colours. I thought of using t'Bleed Incorporated' as a possible name, abbreviating Incorporated to 'Inc,' which plays on our use of ink. Although nothing spectacular, I like how these logos turned out as a quick experiment.

Flyer/Poster Design

This is yet another attempt, only this time using the proper logo. I think this would potentially make a graet banner/poster advertising our event, or dust jacket for our publication. I played around with text placement on this one, but found that it worked best at the intersect of the two rainbows.

Proposal Publication

http://www.issuu.com/tooshytoscream/docs/paper-rainbow1

Here is the link to our group proposal. we designed a publication last week, to present our ideas for our tutor and our class. I didn't want to upload this before the presentation, so it would have a full effect when we revealed it in front of everyone. Here is is in all its CMYK glory, for your viewing pleasure.

Paper Rainbow...Literally. (Part 1)

Ok, so I'm not sure where these are going (if anywhere.) But the name of our group 'Paper Rainbow' got me thinking of ways of visualising that name. I had went out to The Paper Mill Shop a few weeks ago and collected pieces of card and paper of every colour available, including all seven colours in the rainbow spectrum. Placing these aagainst white and black backgrounds on my kitchen table, which also gives a nice reflection on its surface, I set fourteen pages (two of every colour) up in creative and visually striking ways. Then, shining a light on them, I experimented with composition and scale, leaving negative space for text. Using the same fonts used in our group's brand name, I began coming up with possible slogans that related either to our name, or our theme. I was thinking of maybe using some of these designs for flyers to promote our event, or as a sort of postcard at the actual exhibition. I have only shown six examples here, but took over one hundred photographs, the majority of which could be adapted into further designs.

Paper Rainbow...Literally. (Part 2)

CMYK T-shirts

I think that these t-shirt designs are pretty cool, although anyone that isn't a graphic designer would be left scratching their heads. I found these when searching for CMYK on the internet, and found a company SupremeBeing that have an entire range of CMYK themed clothing! They have even created characters for each respective letter-the second t-shirt here shows them. Basically, I want these t-shirts, but they are all about £25 each! I love CMYK, but not THAT much!

Pinhole Photography Part 1

If this project has taught me one thing, it is this: I love whoever invented digital photography.

We had to get a tin, some photo paper and a pin, combine them and get a pinhole camera. My tin was fairly shallow so i only exposed my paper for 20 to 35 seconds each. Surprisingly, mine worked, when most people's failed (polar opposite to normality there). I stayed inside when taking mine, partially because I found it easier, as I knew twenty seconds worked inside, partially because my only attempt outside resulted in a solid black page. About 4/6 of these worked, even though in the negatives, they all looked fine. Me? I'm just happy they produced SOMETHING! I enjoyed the process, albeit a long and sometimes infuriating one.

Pinhole Photography Part 2

Setting For Event

This is a gazebo that we are looking at as a possible setting for our event, as it gives off a 'hand made' style look that we are going for with our exhibition. I think that this would be fitting location, as it can be set up anywhere, allowing for versatility in choosing where we will finally set our event up.