FMP start

For my Final Major project I have decided to focus on a magazine. From the research I have done so far, I came up with my project proposal.

Further research will require me to look into other graphic magazines such as 'Web Designer', Time magazine, DG magazine, Daze and Confused, Creative review, and many  more.

weather project

For the weather project, we were to think of something or someone that we saw or encountered everyday. It could be a scene or an object, I chose to first photograph my duvet in different shapes in the morning. Every day, I wake up and this is something I see first thing in the morning. It makes some unique shapes with the folds and bends of the material fabric. I made a contact sheet of these images and chose a couple of images that I could manipulate. I focussed on the flowing shapes that lead the eye. If one studies the images, many shapes, objects and animals can be created within it. 

I collected some images from the internet of animals that connect to the weather for example penguins because they live in a cold environment. 

3 in 2 projects - alphabet

The final project I decided to do out of the six is the alphabet of our own. This project required our intelligence and creativity to think of a new way to present the alphabet. I decided to use my photography skills again and photograph an alphabet out of hands as a shadow. Using these letters I created words such as my name with the shadow letters on the computer to show how they work as the alphabet.

3 in 2 projects - photography

For the photography project as part of the 3 in 2, we were to pick a word and take a series of photographs based on hat particular word. I chose the word CONTACT. I worked with a range of objects and people, most images were not posed, though some were purposely designed to the theme. 

3 in 2 projects- irony

For the first choice of the six projects I chose to do the irony project. This entitled me to be creative and witty and think of brands and logos to alter on photoshop. At first, I decided to go for a big company that is seen multiple times in anyones daily life, Tesco. 

I then came up with another idea of manipulating tube signs in London, to represent what they really are. 

data translate

For the next week, we extended the mapping project by taking another approach of translating data. With the choice of using the theme from the previous mapping project, we were to collect a range of data that was unique and had not been done before. We then made the data into a graphical piece displaying the information we collected. 

Aiming for a personal approach, I decided to focus on my ipod and the music I listen to frequently. I collected some data of numbers and times that the music and lyrics came in. My final idea was to display the times before the lyrics came in, of the songs that I listen to most. To do this I went through a number of songs and wrote down the time in which the lyrics came in, then took a note of the first few words of the song. My final piece was displaying the time in the form of a line and writing the lyrics after. This idea finalised in a range of lines of different sizes, followed by limited words at the end. 

mapping project

For the first week back from Christmas, we were given a brief to create a map in our own form. I chose to focus on a body map to create a unique map of my own. I started off by doing some research of body maps and rebelled against most of the maps I found, creating a whole new idea. I took some photographs based on some photographers I know of who focus on the body. Robert Mapplethorpe and Bill Brandt are examples of this. I took some photographs based on these photographers and edited them on photoshop. I then manipulated the photos by putting images of maps on top of the photos, I used relevant maps. One of my female models is from Cyprus therefore I placed a map of Cyprus on a photo of her body.