'It always rains in your country. Make a poster for visitors to the UK explaining why so much rain is attractive. Don't be sarcastic. After all, rain can be romantic, useful and beautiful' - Eric Kessels
To start I am going to look into famous quotes about rain- I feel that quotes are a very strong and useful way of getting ideas, and considering that these quotes are about being optimistic and positive about rain they will defiantly prove to be useful.
Quotes
'And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow' Gilbert K. Chesterton
'Anyone who says sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rain' Unknown Author
'Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines' Satchel Paige
'A rose must remain with the sun and the rain or its lovely promise won't come true' Ray Evans
'In London, the weather would affect me negatively. I react strongly to light. If it is cloudy and raining, there are clouds and rain in my soul'
Jerzy Kosinski
'Rain is grace; rain is the sky condescending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life'John Updike
'Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather'John Ruskin
'Some people walk in the rain, others just get wet'
Roger Miller
Sarah Winter
Sarah is a designer based in the UK and I found this on google but it linked me to her website. I decided to blog this as research because its a poster that makes light of rain and instead of making is a negative issue which a lot of people do when it comes to rain it suggests happiness. I think its almost suggesting that in life sometimes you have to put up with the bad to find the good? I'm not to sure but this poster is very optimistic. And thats what I like about it. I don't like the colour too much. The black and white I would say should be replaced with the colours of the rainbow?
Sarah Winter : www.etsy.com/SarahWinter
Nicolas Fuhr
These are very nice designs. I like the first example I found. The colour is what interests me the most and thats what Sarah's designs are missing. I want to use Nick's designs as reference and go along with a similar idea but by adding text I will be able to make the poster mean so much more and in a result of that will be able to make it fit the brief. Looking through his website he has a lot of positive work and I wish I knew of him earlier! So much of his work could have helped me with old designs from previous modules.
Nicolas Fuhr : cargocollective.com/nicolasfuhr
Themes Banks
I found this on a not very successful blog with lots of random desgin and therefore I couldn't find the designer responsible for this design. However the design suggests that a there is a bad side to rain but also a good side. The bad side is on the left and is grey and dull, but the right side has colour and growth, wildlife. The design is suggesting that without rain, there is no colour. Which is true, you think of a desert or a country of very hot climates where rainfall is limited and they are really dull. The poster has a good point.
Facts About Rain
1. The umbrella was originally invented to protect people from the hot sun.
2. Rain drops can fall at speeds of about 22 miles an hour.
3. Rain starts off as ice or snow crystals at cloud level.
4. Light rain is classified as being no more then 0.10 inchese of rain an hour.
5. Heavy rain is classified as being more then 0.30 inches of rain an hour.
6. Louisiana is the wettest state in the U.S, which receoved an annual rainfall of 56 inches.
7. Rain drops range in size from 0.02 inches to about .031 inches.
8. Rain drops do not fall in a tear drop shape, they originally fall in the shave of a flat oval.
9. Rain that freezes before it hits the ground is known as frozen rain.
10. Rain is recycled water that evaporated from our worlds lakes, rivers, oceans, seas etc.
Doug Hindson
Doug Hindson is a friend of mine and we studied together at Brighton last year during my foundation. This was a new idea of mine- Like he has done in this poster here. You might not see it but this is all 3D and made out of card only. It fantastic, at first I thought it was just a normal drawing like he usually does. My poster won't be 3D- or well I mean the actual card 'sculpture' won't be. It will be coloured card glued on to A2 card then photographed.
Doug Hindson Website : http://doughindson.com/Mountain-Man
Ella Georgia
'Whatever
we do with our lives, be it raising children, forging a career (or both!) we
all need a little inspiration from time to time. Perhaps this is when the
spirit is flagging, the day does not have enough hours in it, or we’re unsure
which way to turn regarding an important decision. Here are some of the pearls
of wisdom that have guided and motivated me in both my personal and business
life. I hope you enjoy them and that they will inspire you too! Divine
Inspiration.
I
really warmed to Freya
when I first met her and I just loved her work – wonderful words of sentiment
and beautiful illustration. They just had to be a part of our new
collection.
Fréya
enjoys traveling around the world and drawing inspiration from wherever she
visits. Her work is one of purity of vision with a forever optimistic view of
the world. Her quirky and thought provoking greetings cards and prints
are much loved and sought after and held in many public and private collections
around the world.
She began her working life as an Art Director for Republic
Advertising, but left to start her exploration of the world and along the way
began to think about a different career. Illustration seemed a lovely logical
option and she was delighted to discover that people enjoyed her creations as
much as she enjoyed creating them.
Fréya divides her time between London, where
she is based and her little beachside studio in Phillip Island, Australia....'
I like how she referees to children here because these illustrations have a sort of child like style to them which makes them friendly and fun- I have bought all of the card and am about to start making the poster- I am firstly going to do a quick design sheet and see how that goes- just for more information- I am tempted to make the type with card but I also want to photograph the final outcome and then put it onto photoshop. We will see.
Ella Georgia: ellageorgia.com
NoBrow
I have been a fan of NoBrow for a while now and their work is what I consider to be some of the best illustration around. From the work I have so far blogged about you can obviously tell that I am looking for a typical illustrator look and I think thats what will make my posters work.
'Nobrow started in the winter of 2008 with the aim to provide an independent platform for graphic art, Illustration and art comics in the UK and abroad, to become a leading proponent of quality in book design and a standard bearer for original creative content in print publishing.
Given that the company started both in the midst of the financial crisis (Nov 2008) and in the supposed ‘dying days of print’, our books had to be somehow different. It wouldn’t be enough to champion new artists and content alone, the books themselves had to stand out, to ‘deserve to be printed’'
NoBrow: www.nobrow.net
Head Of State
The Head of State is a truly inspirational company and I have taken a liking to their work. The company consists of two men who have been working together since 2002 'Jason Kernevich and Dustin Summers have been working together in one form or another since 2002. After graduating Tyler School of Art’s militant design program, Kernevich and Summers began making silkscreen posters for Philadelphia’s independent music scene. The graphic and conceptual simplicity of their collaborations made an immediate impact on the burgeoning poster revival in North America. Local clients and small projects paved the way to international acclaim and assignments from the likes of R.E.M., Wilco, and The New York Times. They now run a full-service design and illustration operation, applying their graphic elegance and visual wit to a wide range of clients and projects. They’ve won awards from Communication Arts, American Illustration, Print Magazine, Graphis, and the Society of Illustrators' - theheadsofstate//studio
I love the simplicity of shape and colour of the examples above- This is something I very much want to carry out in my work. Because I will be using card I doubt I will be able to get a similar look but its always worth trying to see what happens
Head of State : http://theheadsofstate.com/
