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Research and Artist Interpretation

Artist research for my most recent project, the brief was to design a poster to raise awareness of a health-related issue. I have chosen the subject of drugs and in particular, the drug Ketamine.

I primarily looked at the work of David Arias as I think his industrial and contemporary style would appeal to the 16-25 years age range my campaign is aimed at.

Artist interpretation in the style of Arias, using the subject of Ketamine and it's use as a horse tranquiliser.

Drawing Techniques

Biro and oil pastel still life observations of a skeleton. I especially like the effect of the mixed black and blue biro to give a distorted texture but also a smooth gradient.

Illustrations from primary source photos to link in with my anti-ketamine subject mentioned before, using coffee, watercolour, fineliner and pencil.

Biro illustration (right) and double monoprint (left) for use as a setting for an anti-ketamine campaign. The scratchy and distressed texture is just what I was looking for.

Ink/biro illustration for use in a project brief where I was asked to design a poster to entice young people to study in Manchester. The simple and lively colour scheme gives a positive look to an otherwise mundane part of Manchester (below).

Vector Illustration, Typography and Photography

This is the original idea for an Anti-Ketamine campaign with the development below. I wanted to show the main consequence of using Ketamine, memory loss, in an intriguing way. Using wordplay, simple but lifelike typography and vector graphics I have created a dynamic, original and memorable poster that's witty tone appeals to the target audience (16-25yrs).

I would choose a more suitably dark and mysterious setting if I were to do it again.

Lomography

Personal observational photography project using a Demekin Fisheye film camera with expired 110 films, inspired by the style of analogue, spontaneous and authentic photography known as Lomography.

Puppet making and Photo Etching

Idea for an anti-ketamine campaign poster, using clever wordplay (to highlight the fact that Ketamine's primary use is a horse tranquiliser) and photographed handmade paper horse puppets taking influence from Amy Earles.

The puppets are handmade, firstly drawn with fineliner then scanned and vectorised using Illustrator. I used a scalpel, scissors and paper fasteners to make them.

I then photographed the puppets against a photo-etched background I made earlier.

I think this design offers a humorous but sincere message that will appeal to it's target audience (16-25yrs).

Photography

Personal photography project capturing the beauty of English weather as winter is "broken" into through autumn. I smashed a 1x2 metre mirror and used the rain, leaves, grass and ink to show the colours of the season.