Previous Sci-Fi channel advertisements

For OUIL503 Responsive

  

http://www.frederiksamuel.com/blog/2009/02/sci-fi-channel.html

Posters by Mike Koelsch that are pretty funny conceptually and nicely executed. I feel like they wouldn't be appropriate for the Syfy brand anymore as they try to widen the perception people have of their channel, but these are interesting to see and nice posters in themselves.

Studio Brief 2: Life's A Pitch

What is the idea/concept for your group's proposal?
Our idea is to have a travelling arts van that would go from city to city promoting art and also acting as a sort of pop-up shop

What service do you propose to provide?

1. Sell prints/art-related products
2. Run art-related workshops for all ages
3. Giving art-related talks/making visits in schools/colleges

Who will benefit /make use of your service?

1. Cities which we travel to
2. City's art scene
3. Illustrators whose work we stock
4. People interested in learning arts
5. People who take part in our workshops

What are the aims of your proposal?

1. Make money
2. Spread brand at an easy-to-reach street level
3. Create a brand
4. Promote other budding illustrators

What are the expected outcomes of your proposal?

1. Test waters of ideas before setting up a space/shop

How will you measure your success?

1. Profit margins
2. Reception of the public - if it's good
3. How long the driving van can be sustained

What problems can you foresee?

1. Products not selling
2. Not being able to afford start-up funds
3. Not getting a response from the public

David Firth

Despite being a cliche for disturbing animation he actually makes some pretty interesting art work too which I find inspiring for printed/moving pictures:

 

 

He's even done insect animation - very relevant at the moment - clearly shows an understanding of how the real thing moves which I need to study myself

Charles Keeping

Discovered this guy at the illustration exhibition over in the Parkinson Building at Uni of Leeds - really amazing, almost grotesque style which I think I can use in my printed and moving pictures brief.

 

Association of illustrators

I went to the AOI awards exhibition at Somerset House and saw some nice illustrations. What was interesting about the exhibition is that it displayed the work on the walls in frames like a normal art exhibition, but in the middle of the room was a glass case showing the work in context - in a book, magazine, etc.

William Grill's delicate pencil drawings particularly stood out to me as showing incredible craft, as it was one of the few pieces on the walls that was original artwork that hadn't been through a digital process.

Jasu Hu also did a visually arresting set of illustrations that were nice in context, but even more amazing in large on the wall. I dunno why I didn't take a picture of these on the wall to be honest