Visual Communications

By the end of the visual communications introduction this week I have become more aware of the different areas that make up visual communications - graphic design, illustration, and animation. I am also more aware of the uses of each different area, e.g. Illustration is used lots for children's books and graphic design is used for creating packaging.

I have been inspired by Sagmeister and Walsh's work which explored how text can be put on the body. I liked how they managed to create the impression of 2D flat text on a 3D surface.

I particularly enjoyed trying out illustration. Thinking about grounds and colour schemes, as well as using single line to draw with was interesting. Also it made me more confident to draw with ink and fine liner without having a pencil line guide first.

These are my finished pieces for the Visual Communications area: