Photoshop Postcards OUGD405

Contact sheets:

For this brief we had to take photos all around the college on our chosen theme. Mine was circle. To start off with i was thinking about the brief to literally, and taking photos of obvious circular shapes around the university. As I took more photos i tried to be more experimental and creative. I took lots of photos so i had a variety to choose from. 

Here are a selection of the strongest images:

Thos photograph denotes the lights in the lift. I really like the perception of this image, i also like the fact that it isn't completely obvious and clear what the photo depicts. The contrast between light and dark is visually interesting. I think i could edit this picture and make it in to an interesting postcard.

One of the ideas i had for my set of postcards was photographing various plug holes around the college, i think this is an interesting and unique way of interpreting the brief.

I was really inspired by light and shadow cast all around the college, rather than focussing on circular shapes i began to look for geometric and bold shapes that i could edit circles in to in order to create a visual juxtaposition. 

I really like these 2 two images, I like the smooth swooping motion of the line in the first image. I think these images would work really well as a set of postcards.

These images are of ink trapped under the glass top tables in the print room. I really like the artistic connotations. I like the abstract stylised appearance of the images. I like the way there almost appear as abstract paintings.

This is a design that I created on photoshop, I desaturated the image and used the elliptical marquee tool to cut out the circular shape, I then rotated the circle to add the high contrast between light and dark and accentuate the circular shape further.

Here is another design that I created by applying the same steps as the image before. I really like the juxtaposition of the way the straight lines contrast with the soft circular lines.

For this design I cut small retangular shapes out of the photograph above, I then stitched them together randomly and created the circle shape by rotating it. 

First i selected the marquee tool

I then used the tool to create a circle cutting mark.

Next i copied the shape and pasted it in to an A5 sized file.

I adjusted the size. I really like the simplistic style of this design, however i think that the background is too harsh.

I really liked the grey, light beige stock that some of the postcards from the research were on. I decided to simulate the colour and add a beige background to the back of my post cards.

I decided that the beige background was still to harsh and not as subtle as i wanted it to look. So i layered the circle on to the same background. I really like the aesthetics of this design. I like that the circle is more obvious and prominent in certain places and almost fades in to the background in others. This is the final design for my postcard.

Final postcards:

Back of postcards:

I kept the back of the postcard simple, I layered the texture of the front of the postcard on top of 'Leeds College Of Art' to make it more subtle. It also ties the design of back and front together.

Over all I am pleased with the outcome of this brief. I think my postcards fit the brief well and are well designed. I tried to utilise my skills in photography, I like the abstract and non literal result of the postcards. I decided to use the ink photographs for my final postcards, as I think the bright bold colours made for more dynamic and eye catching postcards.