HUNGER

So today I came across and purchased the first issue of HUNGER magazine, RANKIN's new project! I actually picked up and purchased the magazine without even turning a page of the inside and didn't actually see that the editor-in-chief was RANKIN before sitting down in front of my computer just now and opening the first pages. Within an instant of looking at the magazine rack in WHSmith I knew what I would be going home with. Initially, I had gone in there looking for V magazine as nowhere in little tiny Epsom seems to have it...and neither did WHSmith, but from my loss, I gained this new and exciting delight. With a catchphrase of 'FOR THE CULTURALLY AND VISUALLY HUNGRY' it seems that this Launch Issue is the first of many more to come.

An article snippet on HUNGER magazine from The Independent.

Test Shoot 2.

Here are some of the images from our 2nd test shoot. In this test shoot most of the styling has been incorporated and where you see a nude bra, it will actually be topless. Backgrounds have also been experimented with in some of the images but because of the lack of pairs of hands, we struggled to have backdrops in all of them. BUT...I do love how the black backdrop makes it look like it isn't underwater so therefore the ripples make the images very surreal. Enjoy...

Tutorial Notes with New Styling.

• Re-dip dye shirt
• NO BANDEAU
• Put in a mesh bra (triangular)
• More cropped tops
• GOOD BODY - no tan lines
• Multi coloured back drops?
• Abstract
• Lighting - consider situation (keep constant)
• Joint portfolio for contacting model agencies
• CALL, EMAIL, CALL, EMAIL
  

Styling Looks.

Here are the styling looks so far with our tie dyed items and new purchases and finds, such as the coloured jeans, track tops and bandeau tops. Also, where you see a nude bra in the image will be topless.

TIE DYE!!

So here are some images from our tie dying session. Not all of the items of clothing will stay the same, we will be chopping and stitching and changing around some of the items so watch this space for the final tie dye looks put together.

Final CV

So after my interview with Jo, she gave me some pointers to change my CV so here is the final version with added commissions and skills and I have also been promoted to Supervisor at Jack Wills :)

Lecture - Fashion Editorial, Art Direction & Layout.

Notes on the lecture named above:

The Art Director:

• The lead creative
• In charge of overall concept
• Creates visual concept
• Creates aesthetic for magazine
• Communication of team

Alexey Brodovitch:

• Russian Photographer & Art Director
• Most famous for Harpers Bazaar
• Known for using a-symmetric shapes & negative space
• Richard Avedon was one of his students
• Brought modernism from Europe to United States
• 'Portfolio' magazine

Neville Brody:

• British Graphic Designer & Typographer & AAD
• Known for The Face & lots of other magazines
• Rebellious energy of punk period
• Inspired by DaDa
• He produced The Face cover of Grace Jones looking white
• Political & opinionated, also reflected public opinion
• Know for using 'Helvetica', columns & grids (bold & constraining)

Fabien Baron:

• Leading Creative Director & Photographer
• Italian Vogue, Interview, Harpers Bazaar, Paris Vogue
• Scrambled letters & negative space (making a statement out of typography)
• Balances typography & images to create symmetry & artwork

M/M (Paris):

• Art Directors of Purple Magazine
• Met at art school in Paris
• Also Graphic Designers
• TYPOGRAPHY - New artistic type faces

Lee Swillingham & Stuart Spalding:

• Redesigned look of The Face in 2003
• Fun, not too serious, gimmicky
• 'Suburbia'
• Creative Directors of POP and now LOVE
• Diverse aesthetic

Kjell Ekhorn & Jon Forss:

• 'VRoom'
• 'Very Elle'
• Creates graphics & type faces