Stuff i did in week three, 0.1

Developed my current, un humerous posters. I understand that these are roughs, so im stopping myself from developing all three to a finished state (harder than you think, Massey gave me design standards). They definitely need work, fine tuning and just all over general make overs. They aint concise enough. However, Im moving on and finding my funny angle.

week 3, class two

So we have to produce four different (or slightly different posters) at a3 for our interim (yay, critique). Thats easy enough, thumbnailing like a mad cunt gave me a gazillion ideas. But I want to develop one, at least, that is humerous. Humour is a difficult thing to master, and I like a challenge.

Did more stuff, just thought you outta know. Im just thinking more intently about symbol and meaning and how I can more accurately communicate an idea. I think i will appeal to nostalgia, NZ is a pretty nostalgic country.

Week three, we are half way (isnt that thrilling?)

The importance of taglines was relayed to us, and I will do my utmost as a designer to use them both tastefully and cleverly, and in moderation, this I swear on the name of the God of impeccable design. And i will probably avoid black letter fonts like the plague. I want my poster to be more 'visual', with less reliance being on the type, and the moment where the audience 'clicks' with the message to be mainly communicated visually. It was awesome to get some feed back too. I feel as though I am moving in the right direction and will push my parody of the 'Made in NZ' logo further.

Even more stuff i did in week 2

Because the creative process has a map I don't often follow, I had to re-inform myself of the making the familiar unfamiliar stuff and get off me child labour tangent, which i am now revoking and making a grand return to how big chainstores screw the local businesses. Which lead to more research (because when you think you are informed, you really aren't) followed by doing my A5 mockups or whatever they were. They are mainly based on parody.

More stuff I did in week 2

Because I am so decisive, I have been exploring the child labour side of the argument through thumbnailing, whilst doing more research and finding stuff i would like to play off/parody. Watch out monopoly man.

Week 2, looking at that cracked chess peice thing

I guess it was time we got a reminder on meaning and how little things can F*** up your intended one. Which leads me to say: I will try my goddamn hardest to not make something that strongly resembles Nazi propaganda. But otherwise, a lot to think about regarding this making the familiar unfamiliar, BACK TO THE THUMBNAILS!!!

The teaming up thumbnail thingy from week 2

It was good to get into groups and discuss the matter with people who are (for the most part) equally as informed and as interested in chainstores as I am. And more so to get their side of the argument on it too. Still have yet to narrow down on one specific thing to target, but i am struggling to frame a positive argument for chainstores, even after doing a few pages of thumbnails, they are mostly against chainstores. Oh, the joys of thumbnails.

pictures and key words

Today I have discovered the joys of listing key words, identifying major brands in NZ and trying to figure out how I want to frame my argument: For or Against. Its easier to be against chainstores, and I feel morally obligated, especially after all this research.

Just having fun researching the reality of capitalist society, including tracking down stats and graphs from the gov. websites about retail sales in the last quarter and an essay on future retail and urban forms in NZ. Party hard, eh.

Yelling About Voting

Today was useful in that i learnt alot about speaking persuasively, about using the three facets of rhetoric to appeal to a crowd. Even in arguing a point i dont agree with  (ie: not voting). I have finally decided on Chainstores and at the moment i am against it but i will explore both sides. Going with what i instantly think is too easy, so onwards to more research.

The Start

Welcome to the wondrous creative process behind developing a poster, after the lectures today, I have really started researching the two options I was least interested in, ie: voting and megastores. Mainly for the fact I don't really have a set view on them yet and it would be interesting to push myself in a direction i wouldnt normally go. I think chainstores is quite interesting; the effects of captitalism.