gallery programme

A couple of gallery programme guides used for Arnolfini's youth event 'Breaking out'

Jack

Cezanne and binocular vision

The previous friday I visited a local open studio talk in a design studio in Bristol. 

The talk was gradual and had allowed listeners to interpret a concept of how visual, digital communication systems and devices alike could be changed to influence a natural sense of depth as our human eyes should naturally interpret the world.

What I try to explain by this, from what I have interpreted by the head of research John Jupe of perceptual technologies who had led the talk, was that motion blur and effects such as depth of field do not exist through out eyes. 

We observe a small depth of field in photography (common e.g macro lens) to represent the unseeable, but as pronounced by Perceptual Technologies, it is merely a representation of peripheral vision.

How would we discard representation?

How could we remove artificial depth?

The use of vision space described my perceptual technologies is to represent natural peripheral vision from within a 3-D environment, projected onto a 2-D plane. E.g, a first person shooter game engine projects onto the television screen electronically, the depth of field is limited as a sense of space between objects unclear. The eye has to observe the distance of objects in relation with each other, whereas in the real world, our eyes can adjust to understand space by creating concentration on a particular point of focus, and leaving the unecassary objects from within peripheral vision.

Cezanne, as well Picasso have been known to vigorously experiment with this concept of natural sight from within imagery; or rather techniques to create greater three dimensional imagery. The use of distortion has been influenced by perceptual technologies and their modern take on alternative vision. vision space.

Perceptual technologies devised an effect as 'ExpD', which is illustrated by perceptual technologies on their webpage. The use of this ExpD effect simulates this desired effect of distortion to represent depth, a more so natural response to three dimensional space on entertainment programs, and many others.

Well inspired.

certainly a website to visit for examples and other extended details 

http://www.perceptual-technologies.com/

Jack  

Cartoon illustrator work

Just looking at a few images and trying to illustrate them as I would do in pencil. Shame the file size is small hence the poor resolution but I am pretty happy with the development of some of my illustrator vector work.

Just creating this minimalist form allows me to think differently about the composition of shapes, in particular through different layers. Attentions to detail, or what is necessary. The list continues with this interest in the efficiency of minimalism and similar 'no styles'

Jack

funny cartoon man

Just a funky man made on illustrator.

Been mostly working on some web site design work recently so excuse the slow posts! working on a little mural though so really enjoying progressing through these projects.

Jack!

Cafe Graphic 2.0

Just playing with a couple of adobe tools to create a slick cafe graphic.

Im on my way to printing off my mock up menu, so much more to designing than working on the PC/Mac. I used to believe by committing myself to the adobe range of tools that i could master the design process. I have found that it isn't simply like that at all. Design is a lifestyle of work, where the mind needs to find that taste and interest in visual solution.

Its more than working on screen.

Jack

Playing with hand made photoshop brushes

Such great fun with some experimental photoshop work. Bit unusual for a stance painting outcome, but I really enjoy the hair textures! I scanned my hand drawn ink and paint works onto the PC, to create my own custom brushes.

Jack

logo and imagery at Skate Cafe

photographs taken at the Harbourside in Bristol. The use of imagery has become a greater interest in the practical use of combinations of photo and typography. The circular shape of the logo is interrupted with triangles and other geometrical shapes, as well as the use of text to present the title of the Cafe company.

Growing an interest in creating mock leaflets and menus, will continue my research and skill developments to create a graphic production to the best of my skill level.

Jack