Break Your Socks!

Went to a fun little night on Thursday organized by Johnathan Robertson and a few other 3rd years to raise money for the Interactive Design final show. They had live screen printing, illustration and a few audio visual presentations including a great light piece by Mike Tierney which you can see properly here: http://www.vimeo.com/11384068

Here are a few photos from the event

I also bought this screen-printed poster, dinosaurs rule.

New Books

Picked up these yesterday, "V&A Pattern Digital Pioneers" and "The Encyclopaedia of Typefaces" It's pretty great having a book that lists every typeface I just wish I could own them all. The Digital Pioneers book has a lot of inspiration in and the patterns created are really intricate and interesting AND it comes with a CD containing all of the images, can't really ask for any more.

Bank of One Hundred New Notes

Here's the next two banknote designs for my 100 project.

The first is the 2010 version, I based it around the idea of the internet and design styles of now, I used the grid system as the background pattern and then a binary pattern and a depiction of the internet as the imagery.

The second note is the 2110 version, I based this around the idea of future technologies. I was influenced by code languages for the design, using the typeface used in Actionscript for the main note design. Then I built up code languages to form the image of a carbon nanotube used in nanotechnology, which is cutting edge technology.

Bank of One Hundred

An update of my 100 project, I've developed my idea to make each note show the year in which the value is based. For this, the 1910 version I decided to go with the imagery of a car, as this was revolutionised transportation around this time. Im then planning on having the 2010 note's imagery based on the internet and the progress of communication and the 2110 note's imagery based more on the further advancement of technology, maybe nanotechnology, using abstract imagery and adding technology onto the note itself.

Lots to do basically.

.... Still Money

Another days work and this is how much further I've progressed. A lot of intricate work, but very fun to do.

Money Has 8 Different Typefaces!

Working on my new project called "100" I've decided to go down the route if £100 and how the value of £100 has changed over 100 years and will change over the next 100 years. So I'm designing a banknote based on that of the UK banknote, except adding in my monetary values and imagery relating to my idea. So yea... 6 typefaces on this beast, it really shouldn't work but it does. Also a lot of time goes into making money, this right here has taken me pretty much all day... and its not finished........

The Devil and Daniel Johnston Title Sequence

My title sequence for the documentary film The Devil and Daniel Johnston. I was influenced by the way Johnston he recorded his music onto cassette tapes, so I decided to put the titles onto cassette tapes. Next I was influenced by his artwork and how he drew on his cassette tapes, so I made small stop motion animations to go over the cassettes. Then I cut this will footage of Johnston, to give the viewer a clue as to who he was before watching the film.

The music is True love will find you in the end by Daniel Johnston.

Showreel

Showreel of my work from 2008-2010.

New Website Design

New website design! http://www.louiselawlor.co.uk/ Using a bowler hat as my logo with javascript drop down menu links.
Next step- showreel homepage.

Hellraiser

Watching Hellraiser, which has this gem of a screenshot in it.