Postage Stamps

// 23 October, 2008

Posted by Tom Harrison in: Graphic Design, Ravensbourne

 

The first project of the new (academic) year: Postage Stamps.

The project itself is actually a negotiated brief, where we can choose from several different briefs provided by the RSA, and so I chose ‘Postage Stamps’. The idea of the brief is to create six new stamps that create awareness about the environment, and things that are and/or can be done to help the planet and conserve our energy resources. The initial presentation for it was yesterday, and so I’d say we’re a little under half way to the finishing point.

I like the idea I’m going with, but I’m not happy with the stamps design. I think I rushed them. But since the presentation I’ve come up with a new concept to work with, and I’m now currently working on these new designs. I’ve spent the majority of today playing in illustrator working on creating my own vectors for the designs. I’m getting there, but as always, it’s never as easy as it looks.

Five Minutes

// 1 October, 2008

Posted by Tom Harrison in: Art & Drawing

 

An amusing way to spend five minutes

Illustrative Frenzy

// 22 September, 2008

Posted by Tom Harrison in: Art & Drawing

 

I’ve been drawing like crazy this past week. I’m aiming to do a sketch a day and it’s going well. I’m rapidly working my way through my sketchbook and it feels like I’m improving considerably. Especially when it comes to more realistic portraits.

Jellyman Sees All

Pencil Field Fresh Love Kiss Got A Light Heat Wave

Basic Portrait Blonde Hair, Black Dress Gun Girl Hanging  Locks All Smiles

Stock, Ink, Photoshop

// 17 September, 2008

Posted by Tom Harrison in: Graphic Design

 

headphones

Grayscale Version

Inspired Photography

// 13 September, 2008

Posted by Tom Harrison in: Photography

 

I was reading last weeks Independent Saturday Magazine today, and it had an interesting article on a young photographer who goes by the name of Eleanor Hardwick. She’s only 15 and has a rather impressive portfolio of images. Impressed by the ones I saw in the paper, I had a look at her Flickr page and there are hundreds of very nicely composed images, including some very tastefully done Photoshop alterations.

Anyway, reading about it got me thinking more about Photography again. I began to focus quite heavily on music photography, but since there hasn’t been too many gigs that are all that accessabe to me and my camera (the last few ‘bigger’ gigs I’ve taken it too, I’ve had to spend a lot of time and energy convincing the security there to let me keep hold of it), the whole music photography thing has gotten a little quiet. But I’d like to try experimenting with some other things. Portraits and work involving people and models has always intrigued me, as well as trying my hand at some classic black and white work.

Whichever way I go, I’ll hopefully start having some interesting photos to be uploading in the near future.

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