Below I will insert some prints from the Disasters of War series and some of his other prints too.
Tuesday 30 September 2014
Non - Narrative Illustration - Goya
As my concept is 'Murder' I looked at an artist called Francisco De Goya, or just Goya. Goya was a Spanish painter and print maker. I decided to look at him because his work is really dark and he once created a print series called Disasters of War and these prints were seen as a protest against the violence of war. The prints are rather graphic, showing the death of war, this is part of the reason I chose to look at his work. I really like the dark background of his prints but I also really love prints themselves. I think they give such a nice effect ad I think if you try hard enough can create something really effective by using different materials and tools to mark make on the surface. The series can be split into 3 different stages, prints 1 - 47 focus n war incidents and shows conflicts on soldiers and civilians. prints 48 - 64 show the famine that Madrid had been caught up in and the last 17 prints reflect the hierarchy. As my concept is Murder I think this artist and this series fits quite well. I also think that because my target audience is older teenagers and adults this is an appropriate artist to look at without it being offensive.
Below I will insert some prints from the Disasters of War series and some of his other prints too.
Below I will insert some prints from the Disasters of War series and some of his other prints too.
Friday 26 September 2014
Non - Narrative Illustration - Fashion Editorial Illustration
I have decided to create a Fashion Editorial Illustration, I found online a site where it tells me what Nick Caves fashion sense is. He is well known as a man who wears a dark, tailored suit with no tie, his top buttons of a white shirt undone and sicked back hair. He also rolls his shirt up to above his elbows which apparently is where no man would ever wear their shirt. This gives me perfect imagery for my illustration and I am really looking forward to drawing it.
Here are some images of his attire.
I also looked at male fashion illustrations to give me some idea of how the profession of a fashion illustrator works. The images were really helpful and I now have a better understanding of how a fashion illustration should look.
Here are some examples of what I found.
Non - Narrative Illustration - Vinyl Packaging
I found a website online where it tells me all of the measurements needed for 12" Vinyl Packaging. This is going to be really helpful when I come to create my packaging. http://www.piratespress.com/cms/12-inch
The image above is an example of the templates you can download from that website I linked. It is a screen shot of the PC screen because the image size was too big to upload.
I have also been looking at different way of creating vinyl packaging, I found a few interpretations of a vinyl cover, the first being just the simple one side slit sleeve with a hole cut out of the front, a single slit sleeve with no hole (most common), a one where is a top slit sleeve at the back and a book at the front, I really like this idea, I feel like you could write song lyrics on the different pages like you do in CD inserts. There was also a concertina style cover where it was able to hold 3 vinyls and it opens out in a zigzag shape which I thought looked really cool and lastly I found one in a box which I think is a cool idea. After looking at these designs I feel like it would be really awesome to create something a little bit different rather than create the simple side / top slit sleeve, I think, depending on the illustration I do for the album, I will consider which style would be best for what I design. I would rather create the design then work it around a vinyl sleeve than pick a vinyl sleeve and work an illustration around that, this is just in case I change my mind on the style of packaging I want to produce.
I also looked at some of the most famous album art works which I like the style of. The purpose of this was to just grab some inspiration of simplistic album artwork and to analyse and think about how the artist has created the design.
The artwork for The Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd was designed by George Hardie. They had a few different designs to choose from but they decided that the prism was the best to choose. There were 3 aspects the band wanted to be shown through the album art and that was stage lighting, the lyrics to the album and the fact they wanted it ''simple and bold''. This is probably one of the most famous album covers of all time and I like it because it is in fact simple and bold and I really like the black background.
This is also one of the most well known albu covers in music. It was designed by Peter Saville who has history of designing posters. The image is radio waves from The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Astronomy. Saville simply inverted the colours of the sound wave and printede it onto textured card for the album. And since then this art work has been iconic even outside of the music industry. I really like this because of the contrast between the black and white. I also really like the line, it has a texture and it looks really nice.
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This obscene title came from 2 Sex Pistols fans who would always say it to each other and it means to stop talking rubbish. They had to start removing or toning down their public posters because of the cover. The cover was designed by Jamie Reid. He states that he sees punk as an art form therefore the pop phenomenon was not what interested hi. His designed were mostly anti-establishment and complicated and after the release of this album punk bands started using the ransom-not lettering a lot more. When I see a design like this I immediately think Punk. I associate this type of art with punk music and bands and I really like it. I'm not too keen on the colours of this cover but the text is what draws me in.
This has to be Nirvana's most famous album, mostly due to it's album cover. When watching a show about water births Kurt Cobain said that's when he came up with the idea of this. Robert Fishers hired a photographer to go to a pool for babies and take pictures. The baby on the cover is called Spencer Elden and he was the son of the photographers friend. There was some concern about this image as you can see the boys circumcised penis and an alternative cover was mentioned where there wouldn't be a penis visible but Kurt said no and said that he would accept if there was a sticker covering the penis saying "if you're offended by this, you must be a closest pedophile.'' I think the imagery is awesome for this album but I don't think it is as good as some of the rest. I don't get much inspiration from this.
The image above is an example of the templates you can download from that website I linked. It is a screen shot of the PC screen because the image size was too big to upload.
I have also been looking at different way of creating vinyl packaging, I found a few interpretations of a vinyl cover, the first being just the simple one side slit sleeve with a hole cut out of the front, a single slit sleeve with no hole (most common), a one where is a top slit sleeve at the back and a book at the front, I really like this idea, I feel like you could write song lyrics on the different pages like you do in CD inserts. There was also a concertina style cover where it was able to hold 3 vinyls and it opens out in a zigzag shape which I thought looked really cool and lastly I found one in a box which I think is a cool idea. After looking at these designs I feel like it would be really awesome to create something a little bit different rather than create the simple side / top slit sleeve, I think, depending on the illustration I do for the album, I will consider which style would be best for what I design. I would rather create the design then work it around a vinyl sleeve than pick a vinyl sleeve and work an illustration around that, this is just in case I change my mind on the style of packaging I want to produce.
I also looked at some of the most famous album art works which I like the style of. The purpose of this was to just grab some inspiration of simplistic album artwork and to analyse and think about how the artist has created the design.
The front cover of this consisted of a photograph of The Clash's bassist smashing his bass on stage at The Palladium in New York. The photographer of the image, Pennie Smith, refused to let them use this image as she wasn't fully happy with the result with it being out of focus but that was until graphic designer Ray Lowry said it would make a good album cover and then the photograph was named the best rock and roll photograph of all time. The album cover was designed by Ray and is a homage of Elvis Presley's self titled album. I have mixed feelings about this because I like the photograph but the fact that this is a homage puts me off a little.
This obscene title came from 2 Sex Pistols fans who would always say it to each other and it means to stop talking rubbish. They had to start removing or toning down their public posters because of the cover. The cover was designed by Jamie Reid. He states that he sees punk as an art form therefore the pop phenomenon was not what interested hi. His designed were mostly anti-establishment and complicated and after the release of this album punk bands started using the ransom-not lettering a lot more. When I see a design like this I immediately think Punk. I associate this type of art with punk music and bands and I really like it. I'm not too keen on the colours of this cover but the text is what draws me in.
This is Blur's 'best of' album and it was created by Juian Opie and the original painting can be found in the National Portrait Gallery in London and this album has some similarities to Queens Hot Space.
I really like this album cover, the colours that have been used are really effective and resemble pop art. The stencil like portraits also resemble pop art and it gives the album a real simple look but it is also really effective and has became one of the most famous album artworks.
Non - Narrative Illustration - Nick Cave - Advertising
As part of my brief I also have to create an advertising poster. I researched existing Nick Cave posters and I will insert the images and talk about them below.
These are my favourite Nick Cave posters that I found online. I really like the style of all of these. I like the use of colours in (1), the text font is also really effective and they layout works well also. (3) has really nice composition, it is very simple but I really like it, the colours are awesome as well, they fit together perfectly and the style of the image is very nice. (2) is my favourite I think. I like the big text and how there is a border around the content of the poster. The broken colour effect is really good as well, I think it gives the poster a really unique look and the style of the portrait is really effective. The last one is where I am going to get some inspiration from for my designs, (4) looks like it is advertising the Murder Ballads album and I really like the idea. There is a lot of symbolism and the painting is really cool. I'm not, however, too keen on the text font.
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These are my favourite Nick Cave posters that I found online. I really like the style of all of these. I like the use of colours in (1), the text font is also really effective and they layout works well also. (3) has really nice composition, it is very simple but I really like it, the colours are awesome as well, they fit together perfectly and the style of the image is very nice. (2) is my favourite I think. I like the big text and how there is a border around the content of the poster. The broken colour effect is really good as well, I think it gives the poster a really unique look and the style of the portrait is really effective. The last one is where I am going to get some inspiration from for my designs, (4) looks like it is advertising the Murder Ballads album and I really like the idea. There is a lot of symbolism and the painting is really cool. I'm not, however, too keen on the text font.
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Non - Narrative Illustration - Nick Cave - A Product
I have to create a product based around the album and artist I have chosen. I can choose from the following products; Apparel, Home Wear, Ceramics, Greetings Cards, Stationary and Toys. I have looked at Nick Cave existing merchandise and accessories and I will add pictures below and talk a bit more about them.
Apparel
Apparel is basically just 'clothing' and I have found a lot of merchandise t-shirts of Nick Cave.
The two t-shirt below are form the same website (http://www.bathroomwall.co.uk/store/images/t-shirts/man-cave-White-optimized.png) And I really like the style of them. Stencil art work is really good for t-shirts as the design is very simple and in the long run it would cost less to mass produce as there won't be multiple colours which need to be printed.
The t-shirt below and to the left are probably some of the worst t-shirt designs I've ever came across. I hate t-shirts that only use a small amount of space on the front for a little low quality image. I don't think many people would but these and I definitely think they would pay a little extra for a more aesthetically pleasing item of clothing.
This is a hat/cap design from the same website as the two t-shirts above (http://www.cafepress.co.uk/+nick-cave+gifts) and I have the same feelings about this as I do about the shirts. I think the design is really bad and I wouldn't think about designing anything for this particular style of hat because it's not really in fashion anymore, I would choose a woolen hat or a beanie as they are more trendy now and more people would buy it. I think the style of beanie where there is a small embroidered logo on the front band of the hat looks really good and will sell more as these are becoming a trendy thing with older teenagers and young adults.
http://shop.nickcave.com/nick-cave-the-bad-seeds/merchandise.html
The website above shows a lot of simple merchandise similar to the first two t-shirts I spoke about. Most have limited colour, which as I said would be cheaper to produce but there are also a few t-shirts with vibrant colour which I think more people would go towards buying as they look more interesting and I will attach a picture of this below.
Homeware
I also found some homeware merchandise of Nick Cave and I will talk about thee below.
This is an ornament which you can hang, probably made as a Christmas Tree decoration. I really like this design. I like the minimal colours and the stencil design. The colours work really well together also, I think the red makes the image pop and it works really well in a circle shape. These would be good to make a bunch of and sell them at Christmas time. A good way to make a bit extra money.
This is a sticker label that you can stick to beer bottles or any other object you wish. It is the same style as the image above therefore I really like the design. I don't think a sticker would be very expensive to produce so a more complicated design could also be used to create this. These could be good to mass produce and sell on a stall or internet shop.
This is a thermo flask and I don't like the design at all. I think it looks very unaesthetic and the image has been warped due to the shape of the flask. I think a better image could have been used for this but I also think a different product could have worked better, I don't know many people who would want to buy a Nick Cave flask.
This is my favourite home wear product I have seen. I think the design works really well and so does the composition. I like the white border around image, I think it looks very pop art like. I think a lot of people would buy this product because it good for decoration purposes for bedrooms / studios etc. This may be on the more pricey side to produce but I think a lot of people would purchase these.
Ceramics
Some Nick Cave designs have been produced onto ceramics, unfortunately I could only find mugs but design can basically be put onto anything ceramic.
I hate this. This is the kind of merchandise ceramics that I wonder why people would buy it. I find it unpleasant to look at and I think it has been designed really badly. I suppose that if someone was a huge fan of Nick Cave they would buy this just to say they have it but I don't think anyone would buy this because it's nice to look at.
However, on the same website as the image above (http://www.cafepress.co.uk/+nick-cave+gifts) They also have these designs which I think are so much better. The patterns are really nicely designed and the colours work really well and they look awesome as a series of mugs which I think is great marketing because when I first seen them I thought about if I was to buy one I would probably get more than one as they look good in a set.
I also found these two mugs which I think look really nice. I like the simplicity of them and the design on the first one is awesome. The artwork is very unusual but it fits so well.
1) http://shop.nickcave.com/view-all/black-mark-ryden-design-bad-seed-mug.html
2) http://shop.nickcave.com/view-all/black-bad-seed-mug.html
Greetings Cards
I couldn't find greetings cards with Nick Cave designs on but I did find Postcards which are pretty similar and could be produced into cards.
Apparel
Apparel is basically just 'clothing' and I have found a lot of merchandise t-shirts of Nick Cave.
The two t-shirt below are form the same website (http://www.bathroomwall.co.uk/store/images/t-shirts/man-cave-White-optimized.png) And I really like the style of them. Stencil art work is really good for t-shirts as the design is very simple and in the long run it would cost less to mass produce as there won't be multiple colours which need to be printed.
The t-shirt below and to the left are probably some of the worst t-shirt designs I've ever came across. I hate t-shirts that only use a small amount of space on the front for a little low quality image. I don't think many people would but these and I definitely think they would pay a little extra for a more aesthetically pleasing item of clothing.
This is a hat/cap design from the same website as the two t-shirts above (http://www.cafepress.co.uk/+nick-cave+gifts) and I have the same feelings about this as I do about the shirts. I think the design is really bad and I wouldn't think about designing anything for this particular style of hat because it's not really in fashion anymore, I would choose a woolen hat or a beanie as they are more trendy now and more people would buy it. I think the style of beanie where there is a small embroidered logo on the front band of the hat looks really good and will sell more as these are becoming a trendy thing with older teenagers and young adults.
http://shop.nickcave.com/nick-cave-the-bad-seeds/merchandise.html
The website above shows a lot of simple merchandise similar to the first two t-shirts I spoke about. Most have limited colour, which as I said would be cheaper to produce but there are also a few t-shirts with vibrant colour which I think more people would go towards buying as they look more interesting and I will attach a picture of this below.
Homeware
I also found some homeware merchandise of Nick Cave and I will talk about thee below.
This is a sticker label that you can stick to beer bottles or any other object you wish. It is the same style as the image above therefore I really like the design. I don't think a sticker would be very expensive to produce so a more complicated design could also be used to create this. These could be good to mass produce and sell on a stall or internet shop.
This is a thermo flask and I don't like the design at all. I think it looks very unaesthetic and the image has been warped due to the shape of the flask. I think a better image could have been used for this but I also think a different product could have worked better, I don't know many people who would want to buy a Nick Cave flask.
This is my favourite home wear product I have seen. I think the design works really well and so does the composition. I like the white border around image, I think it looks very pop art like. I think a lot of people would buy this product because it good for decoration purposes for bedrooms / studios etc. This may be on the more pricey side to produce but I think a lot of people would purchase these.
Ceramics
Some Nick Cave designs have been produced onto ceramics, unfortunately I could only find mugs but design can basically be put onto anything ceramic.
I hate this. This is the kind of merchandise ceramics that I wonder why people would buy it. I find it unpleasant to look at and I think it has been designed really badly. I suppose that if someone was a huge fan of Nick Cave they would buy this just to say they have it but I don't think anyone would buy this because it's nice to look at.
However, on the same website as the image above (http://www.cafepress.co.uk/+nick-cave+gifts) They also have these designs which I think are so much better. The patterns are really nicely designed and the colours work really well and they look awesome as a series of mugs which I think is great marketing because when I first seen them I thought about if I was to buy one I would probably get more than one as they look good in a set.
I also found these two mugs which I think look really nice. I like the simplicity of them and the design on the first one is awesome. The artwork is very unusual but it fits so well.
1) http://shop.nickcave.com/view-all/black-mark-ryden-design-bad-seed-mug.html
2) http://shop.nickcave.com/view-all/black-bad-seed-mug.html
Greetings Cards
I couldn't find greetings cards with Nick Cave designs on but I did find Postcards which are pretty similar and could be produced into cards.
Stationary
I couldn't find any Nick Cave stationary but it could be produced. The name of him or his album could be printed onto the side of a pen or pencil and onto a ruler. I think with this product I would be very limited as to what I could print onto because my target audience is older teenagers to adults, not many of them would want to buy stationary, in my opinion, they would want to buy other things like t-shirts and home wear.
Toys
I also don't think toys would be a good product either because I would associate toys with younger children and that is not my target audience therefore this product would not work.
Non - Narrative Illustration - Nick Cave - Fashion / Interview Editorial
I struggled at first to understand what fashion / interview editorial illustration was but with a little bit of guidance I think I now understand. My idea of what they are is an illustration of an object, product or person to accompany an article / interview in a magazine. I have decided to go for the fashion editorial illustration because it's not something I've ever thought about illustrating before so it could be a good challenge for me to try out. As I couldn't find any Nick Cave specific editorials I thought I would just research the term itself. I found some example of fashion illustration editorials in a magazine called Company. This magazine has a lot of illustrated images attached to their articles and I think this looks so good as part of a magazine spread. I will attach some photos below of the magazine. I also found a lot of fashion illustrations on Pinterest which I will link below too. I thought these images would be very helpful for me to understand fashion illustration and it shows many different styles of drawing which can give me some inspiration when I come to create my own illustration.
http://www.pinterest.com/1auren/fashion-illustration-editorials/
This link is awesome for anyone interested in fashion illustration and for anyone on my course who has also chosen the fashion editorial.
Company Magazine
When I come to draw up my fashion editorial illustration I will look at the fashion of Nick Cave and existing illustrations of mens fashion. I think this is going to be a fun challenge for me and I hope I do it as well as I am hoping!
http://www.pinterest.com/1auren/fashion-illustration-editorials/
This link is awesome for anyone interested in fashion illustration and for anyone on my course who has also chosen the fashion editorial.
Company Magazine
When I come to draw up my fashion editorial illustration I will look at the fashion of Nick Cave and existing illustrations of mens fashion. I think this is going to be a fun challenge for me and I hope I do it as well as I am hoping!
Non - Narrative Illustration - Nick Cave - CD and Vinyl Packaging
After researching 4 albums and looking into their songs and the stories behind them I have decided to go with Murder Ballads by Nick Cave. I have chosen this one because the stories behind the songs really drew me into the album and made me listen whilst the others I thought were not as strong. I like the idea of creating art work around the theme of murder, I think I will find this quite exciting and fun. I am willing to experiment with media quite a bit in this project as I already have a few ideas I would like to try out. I have also decided that my target audience will be 16+, the reason for this being that the album is branded with Parental Advisory so the album and therefore the artwork will only be suitable for people above 18 or 16 with parental consent. However other age restrictions may apply if people where to buy this album.
I really like the style of this vinyl cove. The colours are really simple yet very effective. I like the use of photography and the over exposed brick wall behind him and the text colour works really well with the image. I also really like the use of lower case letters in the album title, using I find this really annoying and unprofessional but I think it suits the style really well.
This is the vinyl cover for the album I have chosen, Murder Ballads. Like I previously said in my other post, I don't understand this artwork and I think it looks really unorganised and the font looks out of place. I don't like the use of the red text over the blue background, I don't think the colours go well so close together. I am hoping that I can come up with some ideas which I like the look of better than the original.
This is another vinyl from Nick Cave and I like this one a lot better than the last. I like the black background and the colourful painted flowers. I really like the texture of the flowers, it looks realistic and the contrast between the background and the bright flowers is really nice and it works really well. I like the use of the black background so I' thinking maybe that can be something I can take forward as inspiration for my vinyl packaging.
I looked at CD covers as well but they were obviously just the same artwork as the vinyl. (I will attach some photos). I think I will enjoy creating the packaging for a vinyl more than a CD because I have a small passion for vinyl, I love their size, sound and packaging. When it comes to me creating my vinyl packaging I will research different types of vinyl packaging, such as the simple sleeve or a book or something that unfolds, there are probably loads to look at and get inspiration from. I also thought that it would be a little more expensive to produce vinyl covers rather than CD covers considering the size difference but in my opinion it would be worth it.
I have now researched more into the artist by looking at existing album arts, merchandise, posters etc. Just so I can have some idea of what is already out there and hopefully I will succeed in making my ideas just as good. Not all of the products listed below are specifically for the album Murder Ballads but I think researching his full selection of merchandise would be better than just a few products of one album.
CD / Vinyl Packaging
I think I am leaning towards creating the packaging for a vinyl record. I looked at already existing vinyls that Nick Cave has released and the can be seen below.
This cover is one of my favourites. I love artwork like this, the use of two opposite shades and the isolation of the image in the centre of the cover is really effective. There's a sense of emptiness and I really like that. I also really like the style of the vinyl record itself, the black centre circle looks really good against the white record. Also, white records are just plain beautiful anyway!
I looked at CD covers as well but they were obviously just the same artwork as the vinyl. (I will attach some photos). I think I will enjoy creating the packaging for a vinyl more than a CD because I have a small passion for vinyl, I love their size, sound and packaging. When it comes to me creating my vinyl packaging I will research different types of vinyl packaging, such as the simple sleeve or a book or something that unfolds, there are probably loads to look at and get inspiration from. I also thought that it would be a little more expensive to produce vinyl covers rather than CD covers considering the size difference but in my opinion it would be worth it.
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