Assignment 1

Today i began to think about my first assignment, making 3 postcards that portray me, my interest in graphics and my wider cultural interests.
I made a couple of rough scribbles on paper of pictures of how i might draw me and my interests if i was asked. I then tried to think in more detail what about me it was that i wanted to get across, what my main interests and characteristics were and how I'd show that.
I'm quite a colourful, playful person and so would like my postcards to be quite bright and fun and since i am female, i would like at least one to be quite girly.
I am an animal lover and quite the pug enthusiast, when people think of me, they think of pugs and so i think it is important to include a pug in there somewhere.
I am very interested in music, particularly punk and the cultural aspect that it has; piercings, tattoos, fashion, political movements etc and would like to portray that in my postcards.
I will now research artwork from my favourite time periods/ artists as i would like this influence to portray my interest in graphic design.
I will then begin to piece together designs for my postcards.

I searched for artsitic/ graphical topics that interested that i might want to base my postcards around such as; post modern, revoutionary propaganda, kitsch, punk.


I like that these pictures are very unusual, i like how they are collages of pictures, or words, in the case of the image on the right, creating a picture in itself.

Ina lot fo the propaganda images i have seen, a lot of the faces are in portrait often two tonal or with unrealistic/ bright colours i very much like this aspect. Short statements are often a feature of these pictures in very bold text.

I like how in this, perhaps one of the most well known punk images, the features are blocked out writing. The portrait is in a way, censored.

This image is quite fun and colourful, a fun take on a diagram. it looks quite playful and quite punk which are all aspects that i enjoy.










It has also occured to me, that to represent me, my postcard doesn't necessarily have to involve a portrait of me but could be a drawing or object that represents me and my interests .