Monday, 2 March 2015

Greetings From... Initial Planning, Research and Ideas

I began my research by searching for illustrators that created work using vectors within specific typologies or themes to do with cities.

Oleg Beresnev has produced these charming illustrations in specific themes such as animals; animals could be used to represent cities for example the Leeds Owl, and the Manchester Bee.




He has also produced these beautiful illustrations of different countries most striking landmarks, however using landmarks in the postcards we are going to be making could be considered a little too cliche.

Paul Duncan is another illustrator who has uses vectors in his work; I find this colour scheme really complementary and the subject matter doesn't solely focus on architecture. It would be interesting to identify countries/cities by incorporating other elements such as mountains, weather, foliage etc.


There is something so charming about the work of Blex Bolex. He doesn't necessarily use vectors in his work, but his use of colour and shape is beautifully simplistic.





I am interested in the scenes he has created within his illustrations. For example the busy jungle scene; this could be adjusted to become specific to a particular city. Also the bottom image based upon French cuisine; which could also be considered an interesting theme to explore.

Searching for Postcards

I thought it may be a wise idea to have a look for some actual postcards in relation to different cities.

I took a trip to Waterstones and came across some postcards. Some of the themes were in some ways generic for example including stereotypical 'British' themes including London architecture and traditional foods. 
The Parisian postcard caught my interest in terms of subtlety. The colour scheme wasn't the generic red white and blue of the French flag, but muted tones of yellow, green and orange, also including intricate texture. The composition of all of the buildings in a sort of square arrangement differentiated from the usual centre piece of the Eiffel Tower. This is a way that architecture could be used in a less mundane layout.









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