Creating my own business cards

 

 

 

For PDP I was asked to create my own promotional material and for a first try I think that these are looking quite good.  There is still plenty of room for improvement as I plan to change the illustration that I have as I would like something that will reflect my work really well.  I would also change the layout as it is looking a bit plain and boring.   

Promotional material

HIV Alive & Well Final

Throughout this brief I have created a series of illustrations that explore the theme of HIV, Alive and Well.  I explored this theme by looking into how HIV patients may view their life and the world around them. I felt this was a really strong concept as it allowed me look into emotion and colour to find a way to create an uplifting piece that would attract and communicate messages of hope.  This is to allow people to reflect upon their lives and begin living their life in a positive manner.   My work is illustration based as I see drawing as one of my strengths, I felt this was perfect for this project as I was able to give a personal hand drawn piece that would let the patients and staff to connect to my work more easily.

My final pieces are built up in layers.  The first layer is the ribbon which is the support of my drawings and represents the amount of support that is provided for these people.  Each drawing has a quote that sits in the middle and around these quotes are drawings of the natural world that reflect the quote.  Also hidden in each drawing are two single eyes, there is one brown eye and one blue this is to represent that anyone could be infected and helps infected people relate to the piece more. 

 

 

 

 

 

 



My Creative Future

 

 

 

I have looked into jobs to do with photography but the skills and experience that you need were out of my league.  The skills that were required was mainly computer based working with different software.  Computers are not really my strong point and I feel I would need to look into further study before I look at employment. 

I have begun looking into further study doing a degree in photography or illustration where I can develop my skills in one particular subject.   The only problem about this is the amount of money and time I will need to put into this. 

Business start-up – I have never really been keen about starting my own business as I have always been scared that it might not work out and I am left with nothing. 

Travelling has begun to interest me after talking about in PDP.  I like the idea that if teaching doesn’t work out for me then I could have the choice teaching English as a foreign language which will allow me to see different places and learn lots of new things. 

 

My chosen pathway is teaching but before I reach this goal I have a lot of work to do as I have got to do my higher English, I plan to sit my honours degree and complete some work experience all in the same year to hopefully get the chance to get into a teachers training course. 

HIV Alive & Well

 

To start this project off I have began to focus on the face as by drawing different faces I will be able to represent these people who have HIV and have given up. 

 

The black & white drawing represents being lifeless, dead and old but buy adding colour we immediately get this burst of life giving people infected hope that their life is not over.  

Aids Posters

Posters for aids from the 1980's - 2000's

       


These are the different posters that I found on aids that have been shown to the public over the last 25 years.  When aids were first discovered you can see how there is a lack of support given to these people infected.  It is good to see the negativity that people had against aids when they were first discovered as this allows me to understand how much everything has changed and how people understands more about the effects of aids today. 

                 

Here people are beginning to understand more about this infection.  we now have posters aimed at different age groups informing people the different way in which they can't get infected.  Today we also have posters that focus on support.  They are trying to convince people to get themselves checked out and get their HIV treated. 

HIV, Alive and Well

My next project that I have been required to complete is a worlds aids day competition.  The brief is looking for work that can communicate positively about aids.  I feel the work should create a sense of hope and allow patients to reflect upon themselves and see that having aids is not the end. 

My initial idea for this project is to focus on colour to represent life.  I feel colour is a great way to elect thought, reflection and create hope within a person.