Scott McCloud

Scott McCloud was born in 1960 in America and is a famous cartoonist. He has written books such as understanding comics and making comics. He studied illustration in Syracuse University where he graduated in 1982. In 1984 he created the science fiction series zot!
I know very little about comics as when I  was younger I never read them and never liked them so to have to look at this artist to me doesn’t inspire me as it doesn’t connect with me. I think he is very good at drawing and to people who like comics they would probably love his work yet I don’t. I don’t want to create comics or read them, however I think in future it would be nice to create something within the same layout style of a comic as they are very eye catching and have a link with pop art which is something I like, but as an artist I don’t really like his work.

 

see his work at http://scottmccloud.com/

April Greiman

April Greiman is a graphic designer born in New York in 1948. She studied at the Allgemeine Kunstgewerbeschule in Switzerland and then the Kansas City Art Institute. She then started working as a graphic designer in New York whilst teaching as the same at the Philadelphia College of Art.
IN 1976 April moved to California and opened a graphic design studio in Los Angeles, made in space.
I like the bright colours that April uses in her work as it makes it look more interesting, I also think the way the text is on the work as the way it flows is unique. The way the images are overlaid make the work look like a collage which I really like. The fact that she has studied in different counties can be seen reflected in her work as it looks very modern and slick. I think I would use her work as inspiration in the future however I don’t think I will create work that looks similar to hers.  

 

visit the made in space website http://madeinspace.la/

Jonny Hannah

Jonny Hannah was born in the kingdom of fife and studied illustration at Liverpool art school. He graduated in 1998 and since then as worked in the majority of the illustration fields, including working on the animation ‘The man with the beautiful eyes’ which aired on channel 4, this animation then went on to win numerous numbers of BAFTA.
As well as working on animations he also produces work for books and posters, he experiments with screen printing and creating work for box sets. In 2001 he co-published the book ‘the captain’s alphabet.’ He has also published ‘hot jazz special’ which was shortlisted for the 2005 Victoria & Albert Museum Illustration Award.
I love screen printing but I don’t really like the work of Jonny Hannah the colours used aren’t the colours I like and I don’t like the overall feel of the images. I like the use of typography in the work but that’s about it, it’s not something I would look at in the future and I doubt I would work in this style ever, because the images look so dark and depressing.

see more of his work here http://www.hornseys.com/art/contemporary/jonny-hannah

Kyle Cooper

Kyle cooper was born in 1962 and studied graphic design in America. He now works in the motion picture world where he does title sequences. In 1995 he works on the American crime film seven. This title sequence got him noticed by a lot of other graphic designers especially younger ones who took inspiration from his work and changed the way graphics would be seen and used. His work is often compared to the work of Saul Bass.
Since his work on the film seven he has been working on very large block buster films such as the mummy, spider-man and Sherlock Homes.
As well as working on films he has also worked on TV series the walking dead which is something that I have started watching at university. Until now I didn’t even think about going into doing title sequence industry even though I love watching films and TV. I really like the opening sequence to the walking dead as it looks grungy and the typography on it suits the feel of the program. Now that I now about this artist and designer I most defiantly look at his work in future as I’m now very interested in going into doing title sequences.

 

see more of his work at https://pinterest.com/laureetline/kyle-cooper-website/

The Designers Republic

The Designers Republic is a group of graphic designers, founded on July 14, 1986 by Ian Anderson, and based in Sheffield. It is known for its anti-establishment aesthetics. There company shut down in 2009. The worked with brands such as Coca-Cola and Orange as well as PlayStation games designing sleeves and covers for some of the most popular games like GTA. They have also designed Cd's sleeves for the ministry of sound. In 1987 the company designed the cover for the band age of chance, titled "Don't Get Mad... Get Even! (The New York Remixes)" this sleeve was in the top 100 best record cover of all time by Q in 2001.
I like the work they have created because it is bright and vibrant in style and looks like the people who created it had fun doing it and this is reflected in there work. It looks a bit futuristic and there looks like they have been inspired by Japanese work, which personally I don’t like as much.

See there work here http://www.thedesignersrepublic.com/

Barnbrook

Barnbrook is a creative design studio located in London, over the years it has become increasingly popular and is now one of the best known studios in Britain. The company is a mixture of graphics and motion graphics therefore it is very visually strong and has worked on many different briefs for clients such as the BBC. The company has also created work for books; CD covers, websites and fonts, and currently releases the fonts they make to be used worldwide. In 2007 there work was exhibitions in the design museum in London.
As well as working for big companies like the BBC Branbrook also works with a lot of charitable organizations such as the British heart foundation and created an advert from them to promotion what the charity can offer people suffering with heart problems. I like how the camera angles around the heart in the center of the screen and how the fonts are all different which could link with how different people would relate to heart problems. I haven’t done any work with motion graphics but would like to start and feel that this advert is the type of style I would aim towards.

Link to the british heart foundation advert http://vimeo.com/8224038

 

See more of the work http://www.barnbrook.net/index.html

Neville Brody

Neville Brody is an English graphic designer, typographer and art director. He studied fine art and graphics through is life but has always had a keen interest in typography. During his time at college his tutors said his work was not good enough for commercial use as is was too safe and not experimental enough. In 1977 the punk ere was sweeping thought London and inspired Neville Brody to create a series of stamps with the queens head on the side and this nearly got him kicked out but this set up his style for the future. He then moved into creating music covers for bands. As he has a love for typography he helped co-found the company FontWorks and designed a number of typefaces for them.

I like the pop art feel the Neville Brody puts in his work however it always seems to have a twist and looks a bit darker. I also like the effects he puts on his images to make them stand out from other graphic designers, however the typefaces he has used I don’t really like much as they seem to structured for me and I like it when they look hand draw as it adds more personality.

See more of his work http://www.researchstudios.com/neville-brody/

Why not associates

Why not associates has been running for 25 years creating a wide range of projects and different media types such as projects, including corporate identity, digital design, motion graphics and television commercial direction, editorial design, environmental design, publishing, and public art. They create work for many different clients including the government. They have worked with very large companies such as Nike, Virgin and the BBC.  No matter who the clients’ are the work is known for pushing the boundaries and experiments to suit the clients needs.
Since looking at this group of graphic designers I have noticed they did the TV adverts for the BBC dickens season. These are made and look so beautiful as they have combined the feeling of the old with the modern technology to create a perfect balance to advertise one of the great literary figures. The adverts use textures that look like paper and then the change and transform into video clips and this affect is really lovely and looks delicate which relates to the characters in Great expectations. 

See the dickens advert herehttp://www.whynotassociates.com/recent-work-2/bbc-dickens-season

Vaughan Oliver

Vaughan Oliver is a British Graphics design and typographer, who has worked in 23 envelope and v23 where they produced many designs for the record label 4AD and between 1982 and 1998 created many different covers for bands such as dead can dance and pixies.  Vaughan Oliver is said to have inspired many different artists as his covers where so popular and had a big impact of the music culture, as his work is very punk looking. And with his use of experimentation has created some of the best album covers.
The bright colours and the use of the typography really makes the covers stand out, the colours are often clashing which links into the decade these where created in. They have been layered up so they are never boring and there is always something more to look at and to discover about the album covers. I also like how the typography is not just going across the image horizontally but vertically as well as this gives another dimension to the work.

See more of his work http://www.vaughanoliver.co.uk/

The Chase

The chase is a design agency which has offices in Manchester, Preston and London. They focus on working with corporate identity, branding and packaging but have do work in other subject fields.  They have worked with companies such as M&S, BBC wildlife trust, original source and Manchester dogs home.
I really like the work the Chase have created over the years and the fact that they use all different techniques means there work stays creative and up to date. I particularly like the work they have done for Manchester dogs home as I got both of my dogs from there and go there regularly to give money to the charity. I like how the photo’s have been taken and the fact that it uses an interesting angel on street art helps to catch the viewers attention. I also like how they have given the dogs human characteristics as this creates a greater sense of sadness and I think more people would be able to relate to the images because of this.  

 

 

When looking through there work I noticed that they had designed the bottle for original source, this is a brand of shower gel which I sometimes buy and to learn that the people who created it was the chase I was surprised by how i've seen so much of there work already and still didn't really know a great deal about them.

I really like the use of type on the bottles as the text is not just going horizontal across the bottle but it also goes vertically and I think it fits the product and the demographic well.

 

 

 

This company is someone I think I will look back through a lot because there style of work I feel is similar to my own and I would like to think that someday my work would be as good as theirs.

 

The work they did for the garden lighting company is very simple but this adds a lot of elegance to it and from the start of the year we where always told that reduction is sometimes the key to great design and I think the work sums up that. I really like the bright colours used in the work and think that its really eye catching even though it is a very simple idea.

 

 

The I feel fruity work is another piece of work I like because it has a sense of humour and I sometimes think that people can take themselves and design to seriously and its nice to have a laugh, which is a really good way of getting people to remember your design. 

Their work always looks clean and really well put together and I like how they don't take everything to seriously, I would like to think that one day I could be working in this company. 

 

 

See some more of there work http://www.thechase.co.uk/

David Carson

David Carson is an American graphic designer and art director, who is famously known for his typography especially when working at the magazine Ray Gun. Whilst working at the magazine it was his job to get the layout of the magazine just right. His work was very popular in the 1990’s when the grunge style was at its peak. In 1995 he left the magazine in the pursuit to start his own business which was a success as after 3 years he had worked with the likes of Pepsi cola, Ray Ban and Nike.
I had never heard of David Carson until now but I have fallen in love with his work. I love the randomness it has and the way it makes you look into the image, I also like the way the text is on the page and can understand way he is famous for his typography. The colours used are eye catching either because they are so bright or because they are dull and unexpected. the composition of each image is different and always ensures you look at the work.

See more of his work http://www.davidcarsondesign.com/t/