Artist Anaylsis (Visual): Simon Walker

Simon Walker's work

This piece of work created by Simon Walker is very simple - which is why I like it. I like that only one colour has been used, the layout is simple, the writing it attractive and the way that he has drawn objects similar to the letter which are similar to what the typography says.

This piece of work looks like it has been made using screen-printing. As I am not in college at the moment because it is the summer holidays, I have no access to those materials. Thus, I used watercolour paint instead. When I return to college I will do another response to this piece of work using screen printing.

I think that the watercolour paint worked well with this design as it made the typography bold .I think that screen-printing will work a lot more effectively compared to watercolour paint because it will give the same effect that it has done in this piece of work - it is bold, but the letters are not completely covered in bold black colour.

My response

By creating this piece of work, I have realized that using simple typography designs and techniques makes the design stand out and look sophisticated.

Artist Anaylsis (Visual): Juliaon Roels

Juliaon Roels's work

My visual analysis

I wanted to visually analyse this piece of work as I think it is a very nice children's illustration. I particularly like the lines and colour scheme. The lines are quite messy which is what I really like about them and the colours are very similar to each other; they aren't too bright, nor too dark.

In the original image, it looks like the materials used to make it were watercolour paints - I wanted to use a different material. I chose Illustrator to help improve my skills with it and to see what the outcome would be like and if it works well.

I think that Illustrator did work well with this piece of work because I like the effect that it gives the image - the lines are a lot messier than the original image, although I think that it works better with watercolour paint in the original image rather than Illustrator.

I would like to respond to this piece of work in watercolour paint to see the difference that it shows in materials and which material works best for this image.

Artist Analysis (Visual): Unknown




Artist's work

I found this piece of work on Pinterest and decided to do a response to it because it caught my eye. I like the simplicity of it and the way the text has been made to fit inside the shape of the whale. The artist has used only two colours, which is an aspect that I admire with a range of works as I think that it always makes the design stand out more. The fact that a lot of different typography designs have been used in the one design is not something that I usually like but I think that it works very well in this design and it helped me to practice creating different typography.
It looks as though this design was created by a design software such as Illustrator, however, I decided to visually analyse this using coloured pencils. My anticipations were that it would be a very effective material for this design as the colours aren't too bold and bright, although I think that my judgments were wrong in this case. The design doesn't stand out as much as it should, it doesn't look professional and the typography doesn't look good.


My response

My typography hasn't been drawn very well because I was more focused on getting the correct size of it so that it would fit inside the whale-like shape rather than how it actually looked. To make my next design more successful, I will focus equally on the typography and how it is laid out.

By creating this piece of work I learned that designs look much better when using bolder coloured materials such as gouache paint, acrylic paint and Illustrator. For my next typography design, I will use one or several of these materials to enhance my design.