FMP, GT: Rug tufting workshop

This was pretty enjoyable actually, from what I recall. At first it was a little tricky, due to the amount of pressure in steering the gun the correct way, but it was quite the experience. I’ve never done rug tufting before, but it was similar to handling a sewing machine. Now, that I can handle.

Broad: Development: Layout, pt1

Deciding on the publications layout has always been a challenge. I decided for this one, that I would just place boxes indicating where I wanted the images first, and see where it goes from there. I wasn’t too sure, as the overall document would be image based. I didn’t want to worry about the type

Broad: Development, Duotone pt2.

Following on from the experimentation, I started to play around even more with the other illustrations created from the monotype. I found that a lot of the illustrations, were difficult to work with at first, for example, where the lines were quite thin on a few of them, it was very hard to see what

Broad: Development: Editing images– Duotone, pt 1

When it came to using duotone, I found it tricky. I never knew what kind of result i would get in the end, but as I started to just explore the settings, I found myself becoming very intrigued by the different results I was receiving. Just to note, I decided that my colour scheme would

Broad: Illustration development, pt3

Part 3…! I rather liked these drawings, not only were they an improved development, but I wasn’t too fussed about getting it quite perfect. The boldness of the thick lines really help make the lines smooth and flowing.

Broad: Illustration development, pt2

Following on from the previous post, I tried to rethink about the concept behind my gif images used with the first two posts. As simple as they were, I thought I was try to approach the illustrations in a way that avoided abstract or pattern. I think the pattern idea might be better for the