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When looking back on all the learning outcomes of this unit, I can reflect upon would I want as a designer. To communicate my personal design style, I tried to be consistent and have a reliable set style. This required me to do a lot of research into design that I found compelling or that fit me. I found that illustrative styles or styles that mixed with traditional art mediums spoke to me a lot. However, I feel some aspects of my style could not be found in existing media. Such as, one major factor that surprised me, which was my innate love of golden hour lighting. It is a consistent factor in nearly all the digital experiments and activities. I believe that this came from a very personal place where that time of day is often a time that I sit and reflect on my situation. I often play music or read a book during this time. It makes me feel calm and happy. Intrinsically I have associated the colours of golden hour with my ideal perceived situated self. It is interesting to discover this about myself during the unit this semester. As the colour scheme was incorporated so heavily into my design for this assignment and given what those colours mean to me, I have discovered that my design intentions is to infuse a bit of personalized happiness into people’s days. Therefore, I hope that in my future career I can continue to use the positive memories I have, such as golden hour, to send positive and consistent messaging to any viewers, my peers or prospective employees. I really enjoyed illustrating the avatar and hopefully will be able to continue to develop my illustrative abilities as well.

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Uploaded to Pinterest by Oliwia can be found at https://www.pinterest.com.au/pin/982769949905864206/

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Uploaded to Pinterest by Lost Tribe Travel titled 'When the light hits just right' can be found at https://www.pinterest.com.au/pin/982769949905864204/

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Photography done by mnadi on Flickr can be found at https://www.pinterest.com.au/pin/982769949905910790/ on Pinterest 

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'Like a scene from Mars' photography from nbc news found on Pinterest at https://www.pinterest.com.au/pin/982769949905910750/

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Photograph by Abby Capalbo found on pinterest at pinterest.com.au/pin/982769949905910794/

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Photograph uploaded to Pinterest by Holly Bond found at https://www.pinterest.com.au/pin/982769949905910758/

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Posted by Fine Art America on Pinterest at https://www.pinterest.com.au/pin/982769949905910748/

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Photography 'Tree shadow on a dirt road' Found on Pinterest by Teddy Rawpixel at https://www.pinterest.com.au/pin/982769949905910802/ 

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Photo found on Pinterest at Ana Paula https://www.pinterest.com.au/apaullasnts/_created/

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My thoughts as a designer focuses on the human experience. I feel as if I am built of my experiences and the emotions that I have felt throughout my life. Hence, I have decided to create a map showing my emotional growth throughout my life. Using a personal illustrative aesthetic developed through research and iteration to create an avatar of myself that portrays who I am through gestalt theories. Keeping the soft rounded shapes was essential for the overall friendly/ soft tone as the circular form is known for this. The organic irregular shapes also give a sense of movement which represents two of my key word’s positivity and fun.

The layered shapes that build dimension within the avatar show, not only my colour scheme but also nods to topographical maps adding another layer of cohesiveness to the self-map.

Originally, I had many plans to incorporate the emotional timeline into a graph. However, when building the graph, with a background and the x and y axis it looked too rigid, and I felt it didn’t connect to any of my keywords. Instead, I looked at the environment around me presently, using Brisbane as an inspiration I created the curved shape that resembles the Brisbane River. Not only does this add another layer to the map but the water aspect also encompasses where I grew up, which was by the beach on the Sunshine Coast. Even with the contrasting colours the curved shape of the emotional map creates cohesion with shapes used to build the avatar. The curved shape is also more fluid better representing the capacity of emotions to change drastically over time.

I aimed to create a self-map that would represent who I am as a person and a designer. My target audience, which includes my peers and prospective employers are all artists of some kind. I wanted to leave an impression of uniqueness and give them a comprehensive understanding of who I am.

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Digital Translation of the line, form and colour exercise using Adobe Fresco.

The use of a new digital tool allowed me to improve on how I want to express the words using line, form and colour. However, practice would definitely be needed to improve upon my skills using this tool so the lines don't look as messy.

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Physical experimentations of line, form and colour

I chose these words in this activity to try and have a wide variety of colours, shapes and lines. This activity was interesting to express how I picture each word and how others seemed to relate words and form/ line/ colour very similarly.

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Vincent Van Gogh painting "A Starry Starry Night"

This famous classic painting has always been a favourite of mine. I love the swirling movement created by the curves in the sky and tree. The contrast between the sun, stars and the deep blue of the night sky is timeless. I love this piece as much as I am intrigued by the artist himself. The interesting story behind this piece is were I find a connection. Especially to my key word of dedication. Van Gogh never knew that his paintings would become priceless artefacts but he remained dedicated to his passion, even when plagued by mental health issues. Vincent Van Gogh also had his very unique style for the time, revealing his own unique knowledge of art.

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Digital Art designed by Daria Cherniackova found on https://www.behance.net/gallery/126127881/Summer-Chillers-Landscape-Creator-byDaria-Cherniackova

This is an example of flat design, which is a way of using vector graphics to create simple but appealing compositions. Flat design speaks to me because of its clean, simple look but this design particularly caught my eye because of the cohesive colour palette and the curved, soft lines.

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Digital Art by Natalie Foss found at https://natalieff.tumblr.com

This illustration immediately spoke to me, with the bold warm colours contrasting with the cool tones. The patterns on the shapes add so much dimension and interest. It is a beautiful take on flat portrait design. Shows a unique sense of style. This piece relates to my key word, determined, because of its distinctness. As the look and feel of the piece are a result of the artist being dedicated to one particular aesthetic.
This links to another key word of mine which is knowledge. To create such skilled work the artist must have practiced my many years and discovered her individual way of making art. This is the level of knowledge I would like to be at some day.

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Photography by Alina Câmpean found on https://www.behance.net/imalinawbu

This style of photography is very calming. I noticed in a lot of my one second a day photos that many were of the sunset or sunrise. I am attracted to the soft, golden lighting of photographs like this. I find in real life that 'golden hour' is my favourite time of day. I often pause to reflect or play music at this time and just take in the lighting. Hence why much of my inspiration is drawn from the contrast between light and dark, exactly like this point in time, the cusp between day and night.
As this type of photography reminds me intrinsically of some of favourite memories. As such, I get a feeling of kindness and fun, especially I think the colours in this photo (yellows, oranges, beiges, creams) to those words. To me this photo seems soft and happy, linking to another word which is positivity.

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Mixed media designed by June Digan found at https://www.junedigann.com

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This artwork connects to me via its colour palette, the use of curved forms and the use of traditional media. Having experience and using traditional medias myself I have much respect and understand the determination it takes to reach this level of cohesiveness in a piece of artwork. One of my key words is dedication and this piece exemplifies the level of dedication that I wish to achieve. The topic of this piece, the bright/ playful colour scheme and the curved forms all express positively, fun and kindness. Overall this composition is very approachable and epitomises all that I aspire to achieve within my own work.

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Digital Illustration by Clod illustrateur found at https://www.behance.net/clodvbc60

This piece brings forth my key word of fun. The minimal colour palette allows the focus to fall on the line work. Which is highly expressive and dynamic. A combination of curved forms and shaper forms creates the dimension in this piece. The use of blocking colour and negative space creates an extremely fun design.

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The rich warm tones with the contrasting blue colour.

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These simple line drawings were inspired by my own love for plants. At home I have many that I care for. I feel like this is relatable to many people throughout the pandemic. Plants have been used as a tool to care for something and retain some sense of purpose whilst locked inside. This is why I decided to make them my subject for this activity.

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1. Kindness
2. Fun
3. Dedication
4. Knowledge
5. Positivity

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Design is:
What: The result of people oriented problems and innovation.
How: through visual media and technology
Why: promote mindset changes and social growth for a healthier society

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I chose to go with my initials to create a logo. The first attempt I was trying to split the logo to make more of a negative space feel. However, it didn't turn out the way I envisioned so I decided to go for a more curved look. Each iteration I tried to abstract it even further to achieve a super curved but simple logo.

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Further Digital Iterations with Final Form

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Further Digital Iterations with Final Form

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This form was the most abstracted that I could achieve whilst also holding up the 5 key words.

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The final iteration were just connecting the logo to my 5 key words. I felt as if the black and white was too corporate and needed a warmer, friendlier feel to the logo. The furthest to the right was the final logo chosen.

This logo was very carefully abstracted from my initials (S.T). Many iterations were physically drawn and then tested within illustrator. However, this design translated the best into digital form and represents my key words well while also remaining simple and clean.

The key word fun is represented by the movement of this logo. As there is curves that suggest to the viewer that this logo is not solid and stagnant. Thus this dynamic element links to my keyword of fun. The texture used within the background adds an element of unexpectedness, which I think is quite fun.

Similarly, the key word kindness is represented through the curved form of the logo. As the circular form is known for friendliness and kindness I used this within the logo itself and decided to set it within a circular background. The warm yellow/ beige colour used in the final logo links to the word kindness as people relate yellow and warmth to a friendly tone.

Positivity is the next key word which is connected to the colour scheme also, the yellow tone is known to represent happiness.

The key word dedication is represented through the thickness of the stroke and the consistent colour scheme within the logo. When making the logo I thought about how thick or thin the form should be, I decided that greater thickness would better represent the word of dedication. The very simple colour palette emmenates a steadfast tone and suggests dedication also.

Knowledge was difficult to integrate into the design however, intrinsically I know what this logo means to me and how it appears to other people. After doing extensive iterations on the logo and spending a lot of time perfecting it I believe this logo is very knowledgeable on what works/ represents me as a designer.

This logo was created to portray all my keywords to prospective employers and also to my peers. It was important for the logo to look professional to my target audience but also mean something personally.

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Most of the iteration I found was easier to do by hand. I did an excessive amount of iterations to get as much of a final idea before deciding to digitalise it.
Decided to digitalise the headphones and the chair because the headphones allows me to add dynamics/ movement with the music and the chair allowed me to experiment with creating interest with a very stationary/ 'blocky' object.
Interesting how the earphones have a very different style to the chair. Perhaps it was the way that I was thinking about creating both designs that subconsciously changed the over look and feel of the icons.
The headphones being my favourite design because they are more recognisable as headphones whereas the chair could be mistaken for something, the abstraction perhaps taken too far.
To create the headphone design I imported the physical drawing into illustrator and using the pen tool I outlined the shape. Then using the curvature tool to fix up the shape. The 'music' was added through use of the pen tool also.

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Designing for systematic change by helping others to become inspired to morph their personal perspectives and convince others to do the same. Using visual communication as the catalyst with eye catching aesthetics and powerful composition to create ripples of political and social movement.

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Through this class activity we discussed what are our collective whats, hows and whys of design.

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I chose a rainbow lorikeet bird as my reference. From personal experience these birds are often super high energy. I started by drawing lots of forms of the bird but found that I was drawn to the beak and head of the bird because of the interesting shape and focal point of the beak. Using this direction to narrow my ideas I decided to focus on the two main features which was the beak and the eyes. I tried to imbue my own opinion on these birds in the eyes, the swirl giving a wild feel to the bird. I over-exaggerated the beak proportions to add interest. The triangle feather juxtapose the many curved shapes of the bird and also add a dynamic feature as triangles often represent high energy and movement.
Moving onto illustrator to complete the bird. I started my importing the drawing and using this as a reference the pen tool was used to create the general shapes. Then the Curve tool was used to fix any mistakes. The strokes of the lines were then adjusted to desired thickness with the width tool.
The background was added for a pop of colour, which adds to the composition.

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More muted. This is the sort of style I find myself suiting more in real life. Clean and classic look

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More muted colour tones but the blue adds dimension

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Fav photo, love the contrast

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Neutrals, earthy tones and rich colours

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Personal What, For Whom, How and Why brainstorm 

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Personal What, For Whom, How and Why brainstorm 