Go Ape!

Go Ape was one of the best things I've done this summer, ziplining through the forest and climbing and balancing from tree to tree! And the sign over the equipment cabin was pretty neat too!




























This inspired me to create my own typeface out of broken twigs, continuing and linking together the 'outdoor' and 'signs/type' themes running through the summer brief.

Photo's that I'm quite proud of :)

A new love for signs!

As I mentioned earlier, the biggest category I have made after 'capturing my summer' is the theme of words/type/signage. The brief said to record it with other methods as well as photography, e.g. collage, drawing etc which I have experimented with, but here are some intial photographs of signs from a historic little town called Obidos that I just love.

Menu crazy...

A cocktail menu in Portugal caught my eye, and I am now wishing I had asked to keep it as an example for my research into the digital print brief. However I took a couple of photographs and have since experimented with the patterns and lines myself as part of my taxonomy brief. I realised the design is very similar to the 'doodles' I used to do in class on school books when I was supposed to be learning chemistry or something... I only wish I'd kept those too to show now.










The original menu

















My interpretation in ink, which I'd like to play around with digitally when I have time:

Portugal...Colour!

My taxonomy brief became more interesting to me after seeing my photographs from Portugal printed off, looking all shiny and colourful, and I began to put them in some sort of order. I started my categorisation with 'outdoor close up shots' and moved into 'viewpoint' and then 'words' and 'signs' became a big theme throughout. Also running through the typography was the strong influence of colour coming from Portugal's (and later Greece's) very vibrant culture. Here are some from the 'colour' category:

New camera experiments... outdoor close-up shots

Lake District.