Work in Progress*

Creative Cumbria has now gone live.

What is Creative Cumbria?
We are a group of local creatives, planning a collaboration project that will span over the summer to hopefully be available to exhibit at the end of ‘08 or early ‘09. Creatives will be inspired by Cumbria itself.

Please visit the Creative Cumbria blogspot for more information and the list of collaborators.

Header Design:

Awaiting logo, will be placed to the left.

UPDATED: 10th April ‘08

A bit of self-initiated play for a Creative Cumbria post, my very first attempt at a gif animation, watch your eyes!

Typeface: Casey at Font Shop.

Here i have placed the hair underneath a partial cut (the shape of an A to test the effect). The cut was taken down from the top right of the A down to the left edge.

The swirls are really quite interesting, but if i was to go with this idea, the possibility of creating a full word this way may look over done and too busy.

I prefer the little choppy clippings as it exaggerates the outline of the A, but by adding more swirls to the bottom example could produce a more effective piece. The next step will be to create a solid letter and add the hair as 2d swashes.

Fredrik Broman, an Interaction Designer, commented on my last post, saying “it would look even better in colour. Especially if the hair used came from a person with red-brown hair. Black hair on white looks very stark, so i think you should take the idea further by experimenting with different hair colours.” So this i will investigate further, always appreciate advice, thank you Fredrik.