Graphic & Product Innovation BA

2009 - 2010

Alex Kemp

Boxing

London

Boxing London

Sketches of Montague Place.Builidings - my impressions

Boxing

London

Above and next page: Photos on acetate to give the effect of layers of the buildings

Right image: planning for furtherexperimentation.

Next three images are developing print-ing on to acetate and then creating a curve by making a hole and putting a small metal pole through to hold the shape.

Next few pages show several different images on one, two and three acetates which are curved and held in place by a metal rod or black thread.

Bringing together: Choice of paper and how to cut sections to reveal work beneath. Images of the ground reflect historical element of the mudlarks who scavenged for food and treasure in the mud many years ago. Sketched on the right and experimenting with paper below.

Different layers are printed on several different types of paper such as sugar, tracing, wrapping and parcel paper to create different textures just like there are on the ground.

Boxing London - Final Outcome

Visual

Language

Language

Exercises using paper collage. First using white as the

background, then grey and then black.

Process demonstrates the effect of changing the colour of the background.

Visual Language

Different effects created by the positioning on the page of the grey line and red dot.

Differing effects created bydifferent sizes and positions of black rectangles on white background.

Different effect caused by adding ayellow square. Large image shows the effect of reversing the black and white. It seems more three dimensional

Contrast of black and white.

Directional left and right

Transformation of shapes

Weight

Represents a house

Impact

Typography

Typography

Exercises in writing on a grid

Arrangement of letter V bringing the human form to the shape of a star. Next page: arrangement of letters E and L to create the feeling of movement.

Typography exercises for an invitation to a private viewing.

Typography - different sizes and weights and splicing a line of text.

Typgraphy - different weight and size on a larger scale.

Larger scale with black background

Spliced horizontal text mixed with vertical text.

Spliced horizontal text mixed with vertical text.

Mixture of horizonal with vertical text to give a more interesting effect.

Hand-drawn squares and rectangles drawn on layout pad paper and placed on top of one another.

3 hand-drawn pictures placed on top of each other to create the feeling of depth and three dimensional space.

Taxonomy

Green, shiny and matte shells.Weight

SournessDegree of wrapping

Size, weight and texture of surface.

Category of chocolate centres -personal likes on left and hates on right.

Fruits:

Category: type of fruit

taste - sharp to bland

skin - smooth vs pores

feeling - smooth or waxy

Toys:

Category: Smurf, colour and texture

colour detail

Shells

detail rolled or partially rolled origin, texture of surface

Shells

Buttons:

Right image:

Category: fabric and rounded

Bottom image:

Category: number of holes, light reflec-tive quality and size

Drawing Excercises

Creating the image on the right I had to keep the pencil continuously on the paper which was challenging for me because I usually move around from one part of my sketches to another.

For the bottom image I had a limited time task to sketch a camera with my left hand (my usual hand) using a 4B pencil. I sketched the outline first and then created the shadowy effect using arubber to soften the pencil lines.

Drawing Excercises

Bottom right: This is the same exercise, but I had to use my right hand which was very hard for me as I am left-handed. It was an interesting experience made more difficult by the many curved parts of the camera.

Hand

Right image:

I had to sketch this object to fit into a box measuring 4.5 cm X 8 cm which was much smaller than the object. It was also tricky because I had to use charcoal.

Bottom image:

I had to sketch this object without drawing any lines, so using a 4B pencil I concentrated on using shading to contrast the shiney parts of the surface and also to create the soft curves of the outline.

Right image: I created a background by smudging charcoal to give an uneven dark effect Then I used a rubber to create the lines to illustrate a pain tablet pack.

Bottom image: In contrast to the above, I used a thick line black pen on white paper to draw the line detail of the pain tablet pack.

Here, using a fine line pen, I sketched the background objects, but left space for the foreground object.

I looked at and held a hair clip. It was then taken away and I had to sketch it from memory using a 4B pencil.

In my spare time I decided to experiment with my three sketches. I photocopied my sketches and then photocopied them again on top of the copy in a different position to try to create a threedimensional effect and add life to the image.

The next three pages are experiments photocopying the previous two images on top of each other a varying number of times.

Experiments with the bottom image being photocopied in several positions on the same page. Developing the idea further I crumpled up the paper before photocopying it which made the background look like ancient stone.

Right image: I copied the right hand image several times on top of itself, but reduced its size by 10% each time creating a sort of pyramid effect.

Below: I wanted to create the effect of spinning so I kept moving the image round overcopying it several times to create a big swirl.

I thought my sketch looked fierce and I decided to create a longer version by continuously photocopying the sketch from left to right. The result reminds me of barbed wire.

pictogram

(Pictogram)

Pictogram

Right: Experiments with pictograms of family.

Bottom: Four rows of the name Alex.

Opposite page:

Top left: Positive expressions.

Top right: Negative expressions.

Bottom row: The age of 21.

24 Visualising each hour of a day, indicated by Roman numerals, as a pictogram, including the use of rhebus. Final piece on a white A1 board.