Vinyl found 10/02/2009
Almost forgot to mention that I went to Rocket Signs on the North Shore and found the right vinyl I was after for my light box. I want to have the same effect of the process colours overlapping to make secondary colours. Of course because it is a different process the vinyl colours aren't actually the process colours but I managed to find the ones closest to the colours I will have on the prints.
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Light box wired up 09/28/2009
Managed to find some lights that weren't too bright and putting out a lot of heat, originally 60watt they're now 25watt. They're not as blinding as before. Having trouble trying to get in touch with some transparent vinyl so I can use a similar effect to what I'm trying to achieve with the posters, layering primary colours to create secondary colours when the are over each other. The photo of the light box isn't too great, mainly because I can't stand it anywhere at the moment. It needs it's legs. Also the inside lights don't look too bright, mainly because I didn't give them long enough to brighten up.
Light box a-go-go 09/23/2009
So I started making my light box today, after all day yesterday running around getting silk screens and helping out a mate of mine by the time I got home it was 7.30pm and I was exhausted. So today I just felt like making stuff. Something that didn't require too much brain activity either. Here are some pictures of the progress on the light box, 3 of the 10 lights are fitted so I just have another 7 left plus 2 on the inside. Will get a mate Brad to wire it up this Saturday and see how it lights up, hopefully all works well. Been investigating vinyl and what best to use, I'm wanting the process colours but transparent. It looks as though it might to harder to find than expected.
"DON'T WALK IN FRONT OF MOVING TRAFFIC" 08/26/2009
As a graphic designer I realise the ability I have to change the way people might think, purchase a product, attend an event or moderate behaviour. Signs are all around us and it has even been experimented with, taking away signs on the roads leaves the driver of a vehicle bemused with what to do. They slow down and are more aware of their surroundings. One sign in particular caught my attention because of it's obvious nature. The sign read "DON'T WALK IN FRONT OF MOVING TRAFFIC" you have to have a bit of a laugh, but quite soon after this I saw a man walk in front of a bus. He was a business man, it was 5.00pm Friday and he jumped the pedestrian crossing just as a bus came around the corner. It left me thinking why this happened, it was also the trigger that started me off with my years project. The result of combining these two (the sign and the accident) I created a 3D chicken looking as though it had been made with the sign.
'Cluck, cluck, you dumb #@ck'
