Final Designs

 

For my final designs i decided to have a messy colour feel to it. I didnt want the colours to be in a specific place, but all over the drawings so it has a more exciting feel to it. I think BRIT is a very carefree exciting school with a lot of things going on, i really wanted to present that with the colours and orginisation of it all. I used colours for each sign that relates to where it is leading to, for example i used green for the cantine as it would give a more food friendly feel to it. In the foyer i used a mix of colours as it is the centre of all the departments within the building.

I tried drawing objects and illustrations that related to the sign. I looked at Verhoevens work and how she drew her designs for inspiration. I didnt want things to look too neat, so i decided to go with using a ink quill to draw. I used a sharpie pen for the arrows to make it look more clear, as although i want it to look messy i think having something that looks too messy defeats the point of having signs around the building if the people can read them.

What i found difficult was thinking of designs that would appeal to most people, i didnt want some things to look stereotypical like using a paint brush and pencil to represent VAD, so i decided to be more creative and find something else that doesnt have to represent the department but can show some kinda familiar relation to it.

Looking up different illustrators and ways of doing wayfinding really helped me in how creative i can be. at first i wasnt sure what my limits were but when looking at Great Ormands street hospital i felt that not everything should be taken seriously. 

I think the designs went well and came out how i wanted to, although i think more boldness of colour would help a lot with the designs

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I found an illustrator i really liked, i thought his way of drawing was really unique and had that kind of creative sketchy feel i was looking for in my signs.

i really love his use of colours and how they are splattered about much like Julie Verhoevens work. I thought his use of font and how he mixes it in with the main subject of his drawings was very creative, i think his work will greatly inspire me along with Verhoevens work.

As i wasnt sure how to design signs for other departments around the buildings, like what sort of content and concept drawings i could put towards it. i made a collage of photographs relating to the some of the departments for inspiration. this really helped as it gave me much more of a broader insight on what i can do and what i can include in the signs.

Departments within the new building

1st floor :
Foyer, cantine, technolodgy and textiles

2nd floor:
Art & Design, Mac Suit, Dark room and ICT suite

3rd floor:
Maths, SEN, ICT suite

Now that i know what rooms and deparments will be within the building, it will definately help with creating signs and wayfinding relating to each room

More concept art

 

I decided to more concept artwork but this time to experiment more with colours, and text. I thought it would be nicer to have colours placed where the lines are, but still giving a messy splattered look. I liked my first idea of having swirls as part of the wayfinding, but i think the text here looks more bold and vewiable. so people wont have to look twice when looking at the signs. I will be making signs for other rooms, as i have only been doing them for girls due to the fact it is a simple idea.

 

I believe these two trials look a lot betetr than before. instead of using a brush or sharpie, i use the lid on the ink pot to create this effect. it turned out a lot better than expected and i think the colours i used really compliment each other and you can also see how julie verhoeven has really inspired me. what i found was difficult was that the lid ran out of ink easily, so the ink marks look washed out in some places which is not what i wanted. i will have to find a way to make sure that i can cover up the places where the ink has washed out

sketch trials

i decided to do some more trials using different materials

 

i used a paint brush and ink on the blue one, it hought it turned out okay but too detailed. i wanted a sketchy 10 minute looking job but still creative.

On the red one i used a black sharpie, i dont think it turned out as well as i hoped as you are quite limited when it comes to line drawings especially with a sharpie.
I am going to experiment more with different materials i can use with ink and see how it turns out.

The idea was to create a illustration to represent a department which will be in the building to put on the walls along side the arrows. so there would be a photography arrow with a drawing to accompy it.