10.27.2011
Graphic arts
One of our first little tasks.
'Draw an Ouroboros'
Naturally I decided to make mine out of sweet wrappers.
I swear my sketchbook is just full of litter!
I really like the idea of this symbol though.
I think it'd make a cool tattoo.
The Ouroboros (or Uroborus)[1] is an ancient symbol depicting a serpent or dragon eating its own tail. The name originates from within Greek language; οὐρά (oura) meaning "tail" and βόρος (boros) meaning "eating", thus "he who eats the tail".[2] The Ouroboros often represents self-reflexivity or cyclicality, especially in the sense of something constantly re-creating itself, the eternal return, and other things perceived as cycles that begin anew as soon as they end (the mythical phoenix has a similar symbolism)
10.24.2011
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10.17.2011
Truth hidden in verse
I've just revisted a book I was reading a couple of summers ago. 'Catcher in the Rye' . Being the strange creature I am, I underlined random words/sentences as I went. Anything that grabbed my attention.Now looking back on the underlined bits I taken photographs and am going to attempt putting a few together. If you've read the book, you'll know the character Holden Caulfield as a somewhat troubled and discontent narrator.
10.16.2011
10.09.2011
10.06.2011
'You've got mail'
Excuse the scary face and crappy webcam.Much to my excitment, I got 2 letters in the post today. One from my aunty - a cute card and housekeeping donation. The other from Mark containing a pendrive with 3 documentarys/films on: 'No impact man' , 'Catfish' and 'Urban explorers - into the darkness'.
Can't wait to watch the urban exploring one.
This really cheered me up :)
D&AD talk
I went to a talk with the London design comapny GBH yesterday, they're responsible for the design of P
uma's 'clever little bag' and various other branding jobs such as Virgin Galactica, SLS hotels, mamma shelter, Eurostar and loads more. It was such an inspiration to see how simple humorous ideas can be so effective.
Buzz mode! Lets get cracking!
uma's 'clever little bag' and various other branding jobs such as Virgin Galactica, SLS hotels, mamma shelter, Eurostar and loads more. It was such an inspiration to see how simple humorous ideas can be so effective.Buzz mode! Lets get cracking!
10.03.2011
Trippy dreams, inspired mind
After a relaxing weekend at home I've come back to Leeds refreshed and excited.
Having gone over the 'city project' briefs again this morning I am starting to brainstorm ideas about how I'm going to approach this theme. My day off -Thursday should give me chance to do a decent amount of exploration within the city and hopefully spark some ideas and direction.
I emailed a tutor this afternoon about an event happening on Wednesday, D&AD talk with GBH designers.There was only a few tickets left and I've managed to secure one which I am very happy about.
Also for 'Light Night' (arts festival) happening on Friday I've secured a place on 'Her side of the City' audio tour, I'm not 100% what it involves but since as I'm interested in the artist Sophie Calle(French artist who followedstrangers/documented all kinds of detective work) my tutor told me she took part in organising this event, for a select number of people to follow an audio guide whilst participating in other LightNight activities. I'm guessing it gives suggests a number of things to do whilst exploring the city, quirky little projects etc ... I'll have to wait and see.
Besides work I have booked tickets to see Scroobious Pip on November 1st. His new album 'Distraction pieces' is deffinately worth a listen and if you havn't heard him perform before I suggest youtubing 'Rat race - Scroobious Pip' on youtube and pay close attention to his live performance, the man's a genius(and he has a pretty wicked beard).
Watching people like him and Kate Tempest perform makes me keen to get involved in open mic poetry again. As a starting point I should certainly start writing again.
Friday me and Emily went to 'Mad Props' exibition at Mexico - Wharft street.
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