The finished product of my labor. I’m quite pleased with how  this turned out~
A wip of my mars project web banner~ I’ll do something with the background later, but for now, I think the smooth transition is good enough.
As I’m doing the theme of weddings for the ‘Holidays to Mars’ project, I thought I’d look more into the interesting features about Mars rather than just concentrate my efforts on the facts. My results were oddly fruitful as the planet Mars shared it’s name with one of the Roman Gods. This is because the Romans named the planets they could see in the night sky without the use of a telescope, and even after when other planets were discovered, people continued to use that approach of naming them. In Roman mythology, Mars was the equivalent of the Greek God of war, Ares. The two moons, Phobos and Deimos that orbit it were given names by one of the horses that pulled his chariot and a companion respectively.  The picture above shows a depiction of the Gods, Venus and Mars. Venus was the Goddess of love, beauty, sex, fertility and prosperity. At one point, Mars and Venus had a love affair that, though in Greek mythology was rejected and ridiculed, was accepted as the most complementary couple in Roman mythology. That being said, Mars and Venus’ love can be utilized for the project!
Computers in Graphic Design Si Scott is a full-time artist that lives in the UK. His designs are well crafted and show fluidity despite being 2D. It has a very unique appearance that resembles running ink. The work he has done and been commissioned for is creative and almost always abstract. The art shown on his website is visually inspiring as it is interesting to look at; that is because the amount of detail in the work requires you to pay attention, lest you simply glance and loose the meaning of it. Simply put, it makes you think and requires deduction, which in turn is captivating. This is good, considering that that is exactly what a graphic designer’s job is to do- draw attention. As most of the work is hand-rendered, scanning it in and using programs like Photoshop to clean them is probably the extent of it the work being digital. 

Computers in Graphic Design

Si Scott is a full-time artist that lives in the UK. His designs are well crafted and show fluidity despite being 2D. It has a very unique appearance that resembles running ink. The work he has done and been commissioned for is creative and almost always abstract. The art shown on his website is visually inspiring as it is interesting to look at; that is because the amount of detail in the work requires you to pay attention, lest you simply glance and loose the meaning of it. Simply put, it makes you think and requires deduction, which in turn is captivating. This is good, considering that that is exactly what a graphic designer’s job is to do- draw attention.

As most of the work is hand-rendered, scanning it in and using programs like Photoshop to clean them is probably the extent of it the work being digital. 

This is my Communication of Colour book cover design. I made use of Photoshop’s many filters and my own percision to make the design. The origin of the design was inspired by a piece of work where colour seemed to be emerging from the darkness in a most interesting way. I tried and failed to replicate that image’s effect, but I modified my own image to do something similar, yet different. I personally think it’s a very busy image that takes advantage of colour well.The target audience for the book would be perhaps a more mature audience that have an appreciation for art and colour. As my colour is violet, I had to come up with a theme that would suit it.
Kazimir Malevich was a painter and art theoretician, born in Russia, 1879. He was a pioneer of geometric abstract art and the original creator of the avant-garde Supremacist movement. Originally he explored post-impressionism before moving onto cubism. From that he developed his own cubism-influenced style, which was constructed of floating geometric shapes. This movement was called Suprematism, conveying what he thought was purely artistic feeling rather than visual objects. It was very abstract and the shapes seemed randomly placed on the canvases he made. The use of colour in his work is very saturated and vibrant. The composition of his work could most probably be explain in his book. In my own opinion his work is rather bland. I see the shapes as odd and that it’s harder to relate to than stylized paintings.
A WIP of my Roland’s printing work~
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