Tagged: art
Spring
Lately I have been thinking that I want to explore a bit more with type outside of the computer. Often I get so caught up with the digital possibilities that I forget how fun and rewarding making something real with your own two hands can be. I did jewellery design for three years, and I miss the hands on nature of the discipline.
The perfect opportunity hit me a couple of days ago. I am again participating in 7 Vignettes (an Instagram competition/activity where you create a vignette based on a theme for the first seven days of each month) and the word for September 1 was Green. September 1 was also the first day of Spring, so I created the word Spring out of the leaves and flowers of a Jasmine plant.
It was much more difficult than I had anticipated – the curve of each leaf meant that some wouldn’t sit together properly, as you touched one it moved five others and then the wind threw in another challenge. Despite all these things, I am happy with the result. And I really enjoyed creating it.
And now I have this little beauty sitting in front of me while I work.
So excited that Spring is here!
Update: I just found this quote from one of the design greats which makes me feel even better than when I first finished this piece.
“It is important to use your hands. This is what distinguishes you from a cow or a computer operator.”
–Paul Rand
High five Paul Rand. High five.
Kaleidoscope Blooms
Being a designer, I often find graphics during my internet wanderings and think to myself – could I do that? Sometimes the answer is a resounding no, but a lot of the time my curiosity gets the better of me and I try it out. This was the case when I came across the poster for Sydney club night, Swoon.
The guy who runs the night works with a friend, but I found the poster individually and only discovered it was his work after he checked out my tumblr and saw it. His dj name is Roof and his stuff is pretty banging. But it’s his design that really impresses me. Over the past year or so he has developed a very kaleidoscopic style for his dj brand which I find hypnotic and intriguing. After seeing this poster, I decided to try out his style and see what I could come up with.
I have been loving on Peonies recently so I found an image with plenty of bright colour and started playing. I did a couple of versions of this and then moved onto some yellow daffodils The resulting art I turned into headers for my different blogs. I played with the colour of the Wild Things one because the type wasn’t coming up clearly. I’m especially happy with the one for this blog, which you can see at the top of your screen.
Check out Roof’s facebook for more of his design work, and his soundcloud for some dance worthy mixes.
Emma Frizzell 