Blog Reflection

1. What did I do today?

I added information on the Blogger about my Photoshop final design for stenciling on to my t-shirt. I also added a link to the blog so it can be found on flickr, I think the link is good, incase the picture does not show up on page or even to prove that it is my stencil

2. What went well and why?

3. What could have i done differently?

4. what do I have to do tomorrow?

Campaign design

http://www.flickr.com/photos/30136544@N08/4115120828/

My campaign is Free Bus Fare For 16-19 Year Old Students. This was the campaign that came up on top on my 'Facebook' poll. This is the final Photoshop stencil overall picture, this is how it would look hopefuly on the T-shirt. I had to create different layers after for each colour for the screen printing.

My Top 5 Tips For Myself

1. Make it big and bold, makes it easier and looks better when sprayed.
2. Cut carefuly around the shapes to give it a clean look
3. Think about bridges when planning
4. Make it simple but eye catching
5. For each layer, different stencils for each colour is needed

Stencil Art Evaluation

Stage One : Drawing An Image By Hand
Drawing the idea to how you actually want it to look like can be good but in a way harder to get it perfect in shape and appearence. I am most pleased about how it turned out to look, with the fun comic book look to the letters. If I could change what I did and do it again I would use a ruler on the words to give a better shape to the letters.

Stage Two : Re-Creating Your Design On Photoshop
I learnt with this technique that everything with in the picture can be placed and sized better and can be changed over and over again with out messing up what you started with. I am most pleased about the stencil on photoshop was how I could size everything to be as bold and in your face as I could make it. If I could change anything, it could be the font of the writing, make it look more 'Comic Book' style and I would of liked it a lot bigger when it is on the t-shirt.

Stage Three - Cutting Out A Stencil On Acetate
I learnt that its not easy to cut out rounded shapes, such as my heart. Not easy to give it a clean edge. I am pleased with my end of all the cutting becuase the letters were alot easier then if I did a detailed picture. If I could change anything I would of probely pasted myself and took the paper off the back before trying to cut around.

Stage Four - Spray-Painting Your Stencil Design

I learnt that its good to do it quick and pretty close to get a very bold colour, or it will be blotchy. What I'm most pleased about is the how bold it come out and with the spray around the letters to give it the graffti look. I can not think of what I could change at this stage, I was very pleased of the out come of the spraying

This clip is talking about how cheap Primark is and how the cheapness of clothes is a big thing now. The mayhem of all this started Northern Ireland, When they opened their Primark which is called Pennys in Northern Ireland. The craze of Primark has rised and is one of the most close behind Marks and Spencers. Its low prices with people coming out with loads.

Facebook Poll

I created a Poll on a social networking site, 'Facebook' to find which of my 3 campaigns they prefer. The 3 campaign idea are -
1. Free Photoshop
2. Free Bus Fare For 16-19 year old [College students]
3. Smile At Some One New

Facebook is a good place to create the poll because I can ask my friends on the website what their answer would be and they are all around the age of 16-19 which is my target audience so I would get the best campaign I can for them.

Campiagn Ideas

Idea One-

Some thing to make My life better

Free Photoshop! -

It would be worth while because I love using photoshop all the time how ever I can only use it at college because I cant afford it for my computer/laptop. If I had it at home I would be able to train myself to use it better as well. It would of an interst to 16-19 year olds because I know a lot of the target audience who edit there pictures to make them look cool/better before uploading to there networking sites such as 'Facebook' and 'Myspace'.

Idea Two -

Some thing to make Someone Else life better

Free Bus Passes for people who use them ALL the time -

It is worth while because I know a lot of 16-19 year old who have to use the bus everyday to get to college and spend a lot of money getting to and from college each week. They would be very interested in this because at this age and going to college you will hardly ever have that much money a week so a large amount of the 16-19 year old income goes on travel.

Idea Three -

Some thing that would make Some One Else Smile

To smile more often at new people -

I think it is worth while because it makes me smile when I see some one smile at me and being friendly, So it would be great to make others smile more often as its a better feeling then being grumpy. It would interst the target audience as its the best age to make new friends and be happy with the teenage life as being one my self its not easy being one.

My Stencil

The stencil template was slightly changed from the original design from the paper drawing. I found the same heart which is used for the 'I [Heart] NY]' top, to make it similar and perfect shaped round instead of me trying to paint it on 'Photoshop'. I made my heart grey to show that it can be any colour. In the word 'YOUR' I had to create bridges on the 'O' and 'R' so the shapes within would not fall through.

From having the picture on paper then design it on 'Photoshop' was very easy. The hand writting the 

Banksy

Banksy

No one knows who Banksy is, how ever they think he is from brighton and travels  around spraying his designs. He once said "to become invisible all I do is wear a bright yellow jump suit and listen to Heart FM really loudly and no one bothers you". They thought he came to cambridge and sprayed the picture of the little girl with the balloon but changing it to a TV not the love heart.

The picture is of two old ladies knitting in their arm chairs with a cup of tea, how ever they are knitting jumpers that say 'Punks Not Dead' & 'Thug For Life' which is what they would wear/say 'back in their day' as people would say. It's a joke about the genres years ago.

I like this picture because its different and I understand what its about, I know adults who use them lines. The pink background makes it feminine and shows that they are ladies. I like the stereotypical look of the old ladies and the surroundings.

Blek Le Rat

His work and Banksy looks very similar even though it was over 20 years ago. They have the same style and way of putting very random pictures up. Blek Le Rat and Banksy rat pictures are very similar as well with the shape of them.

My T-Shirt Design

My T-shirt 'I [Heart] Your Mum'. 'Your Mum' is phrase the target audience says a lot, so I thought it would be a good humorous top. Its very bold with the black thick writing with a pink heart.

What inspired your design idea?

The impression for my idea was when the teacher made us think of a phrase the target audience [16-19], so I knew a lot of people say 'Your Mum' so I changed it to 'I [Heart] Your Mum' so it would look like the 'I [Heart] NY.

Is the design successful? why?

I think personally it worked because people liked the image and found it humorous. The 'I [Heart]' T-Shirts sell well and are used all the time, with the 'I [Heart] NY' being the famous one and everyone knows so having a T-shirt which I knows should sell well is good.

What are the Connotations of your image?

The word 'Mum' is a sensitive word how ever when using it with 'Your Mum' is a joke the target audience say to change it, the same with 'I [Heart]'. The heart should be red for the typical heart and on the 'I [Heart] NY' tops. How ever the colour can be changed for personal taste.

Does it address your target audience? [16-19]

It goes well with the target audience because the phrase 'Your Mum' is what a lot of 16-19 year old will say for a joke/insult. They would find it humorous and would want to wear it.

Could it be improved?

The words should be lined up better and make sure they are very bold to stand out.