Final Designs....

These are my final submitted designs. The singular ideas work well for bags for life whereas the one with both images on works well as a landscape poster. Due to only being able to screen print one colour, I am to paint on the yellow background to create the natural hand-generated look and to follow that with screen printing the design in black and then taking a brush to fill in the red parts of the image.

The Finishing Post Is In Sight....

First of all. I would like to thank whoever came up with the idea of us blogging as my memory stick corrupt and this blog allowed me to salvage and continue with my project.

The natural style in the way that the silhouettes have been "cut out " has been mentioned on several occasions as a good quality in my design as it reflects the natural culture. I decided to use this for my further development as I have now removed all straight edges to give the print a more authentic look. I also think the idea of  "brush stroking" the background will look effective upon the "bags for life" as it means that the screen prints will not just look like square iron-on transfers and has an air of quality about it.

My initial idea was to have just the image on one side of the bag and the text on the other reading something along the lines of " Uganda Humanist Trust : Fashion Show 2011 " but due to lack of resources and time means that it would be better to incorporate text into the image as that means that my one design would work for both prints and the bag. Understandably, that idea was discarded  almost immediately. But. It had given me a heading. So I then worked upon putting text upon my designs.

As you can see the free African style font that was downloaded and inputted looked cheap and not very professional so I began to seek out new typography and text. So far I have come up with this.

Yes. I know that "Uganda Humanist Trust" isn't very original or particularly exciting but I think it works well. The bright and vibrant solid blocks of colour within the designs make them eye-catching and more positive.The childish handwriting is more relevant as the charity is for the orphaned children.

Another idea which was raised today was that the prints that we will be doing shall be done onto recycled materials e.g. newspapers so that they are all individual and unique and there will not be another one like it in the world.

Not long now...only 3 weeks away until the event unfolds!

Moving On...

The next stage in my development is to experiment with the way that the typography looks with the silohuettes...

I am to also make sure that my supporting folder is up to date with all of my research and developed ideas.

Screen-printing...

This week we have been looking a what merchandise we can edit to sell on at the charity event. We are hoping to get a batch load of "bag for life" bags and screen-printing the selected design onto them to sell on for a few pounds a piece - the proceeds will go to the Ugandan Humanist Schools Trust. I have researched the method of how to screen-print and summarised it via four points.

 Step One :

          Stretch the item out so that it is flat and the ink

              can be applied smoothly.

        Step Two:

              Create a stencil which will expose each colour which

                  you wish to print. Starting at the base colour.

  

               Step Three: 

                   Place the stencil upon the stretched and framed mesh

                       upon the strecthed item. Squirt ink/paint along one end.

                      Step Four:

                         Use a squeegee to drag the colour along. Wait for it to 

                              dry and then follow the steps with the next colour.

                  

                               http://www.ugandahumanistschoolstrust.org/       

                           

Back to Basics...

After a few weeks of developing our individual ideas, it was decided that we were to look at and research things that mean something to us, that inspire us but still have that connection. Music, being one of my favourite things, lead me to thinking about Michael Jackson ( a favoured artist of mine) and all of the charity work he did for the Africans, also, he himself was an African-American. This lead to me thinking specifically about the 1985 hit charity song "We Are The World " which was written by Lionel Richie & Michael Jackson and was performed by a USA supergroup which featured members from many cultures and ethnic backgrounds. I looked in particular at the artwork in which was used on the covers of the singles for the style of the typeface and the imagery.

To see and hear the official single, follow this link :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW_1YAYQK9g

Development continued . . . .

I have already stated that I wished to make a series of sequential posters. I began to develop my ideas last week and then chose on a different/ similar style. Now, I know that sounds absurd, but, I have chosen to go for a more corporate look. The colours have remained the same ( red, black and yellow) and so has the information that is upon the posters. When developing these posters, I am to increase the font size as well as making some adjustments to the arrangments. I am also to incorporate logos of the organisations which are helping support the final event.

Further Development..

This week we each focused on the development of our individual ideas. I have decided to design a sequence of posters. My posters feature a yellow background, a black silhouette and other red features. These are the three colours of the Uganda flag which is relevant and appropriate as the project is aimed to helping the Uganda Humanist School Trust.

http://www.ugandahumanistschoolstrust.org/