Leeds 1st year, outcomes, semester 1

With my second year soon to start, I thought I'd show some first year stuff. Here are some outcomes from semester 1.


a) Envelope project, to send something in the post and get a reply. I asked completely random people about their thoughts on why mankind exists. I only got a couple of replies unfortunately.





b) City book project. A group project...we had a short story of a fictional town which we had to rewrite the text for and illustrate. We wrote the text using hand typeset and embossed rather than inked, and did a series of postcards which went in the page pockets.







...and here is the back of the postcards, which I designed.


c) We did an audio book on alternative/improvised versions of little red riding hood, and each made cd covers/inserts. Here are the templates of mine.







d) For a Christmas panto (small project) we did a puppet show based on a painting. These are my puppet designs.

Layout sheets

Last year I worked mainly in sketchbook. The year before that, whilst at Kingston doing my foundation, I worked mainly on A2 / A3 sheets such as this one. I want to do more of these this coming year.

Secret Art Show submission

So over the summer the plan was to do a few graphics related competition entries. However I got caught up in work and such and ended up just doing the one submission. Here it is. They are 2 cd cover designs, which I submitted to the 'Secret Art Show' in York, which will be running from 7 - 13 November, and aims to raise £10,000 for the Multiple Sclerosis Trust through sales of donated CD cover art donations such as this. The artists are to remain anonymous until the show has ended.

Here's their website.

My pieces are supposed to work together, with the message being cut such that half is on one cd and half on the other, making it difficult to decipher on their own. Computer print, card, foil, elastic bands and staples are used.

cdcover1


cdcover2


cdcover1 mocked up in cd case


close up shot of cdcover2