Neil Bromley

Anthony Wood 

Final Idea

This is my design for my final idea. I have taken parts from the Liverpool and Merseyside coat of arms. I have also tried adding my own style. I have used the arms in my design to try and make a funny side to it and not make it look serious. I have also used like a swirly pattern to represent the River Mersey. also in my design in the shield I have put the UK flag because it is part of the United Kingdom and the Liver Bird in the middle. I used bright colours because I wanted my design to stand out and be eye catching. On the banner at the bottom I have took the motto of the Merseyside coat of arms. it would of been better if I tried making my own motto. 

I have used watercolours and black fine liner pen. The size is approximately A2. 

 Ideas

This is one of my designs for my ideas. I looked at coat of arms that I liked then adapted the certain parts that I liked into my design and then took the main parts like the liver bird and motto and put it on my design. Also I tried putting my own style on top like the bottom bit which was meant to be referring to water.

I have just drawn the design using pencil then went over it with black fine liner pen. The size is about A5

 Printing Ideas

To make my ideas more exciting I decided to use cardboard and foam to make a print, I made the backgrounds like the badge, queens crown and the banner, so I could create my own designs and add them. I only used red, blue and yellow because I wanted to use bright and enthusiastic colours. Over the print I was going to just go over it with a black marker or black fine liner pen. I am going to do different experimentation to see which one works the best.

There is two more designs and the print 
displayed on my studio wall.

 Picture Frames

As part of my idea I wanted a way I could present my final piece so experimented with picture frames. I chose a picture frame because coat of arms are kept as memorabilia which would be displayed in a frame. 

I tried making my own style of frame using paper mache but I don't think it worked as well as I thought it would.

I also tried drawing on the glass to make my design but couldn't get the design write.

The frame also took all the attention of my design which was my main idea.

 Website

When I was researching Coat of Arms I came across this website were you can create your own design. There was only certain pictures, colours and font that you could pick from. I had a go an thought it would be useful for my research. The website is more for children to understand coat of arms and I think its part of there education.

For my design I chose different things and I liked the final outcome.

Merseyside Coat Of Arms

This is the Merseyside coat of arms. Merseyside is in Liverpool. The waves that are at the bottom of the design represent the River Mersey and also there is the Liver Bird at the top that represents Liverpool.

I don't l like this design because there is so many colours and images that are trying to be used that you can't focus on the whole design. I like certain parts like the way the waves are designed, simple but still show what its meaning.

Morgan Coat Of Arms

This is my coat of arms for my second name, I thought I would research it because I was curious of what it would look like. When I searched it various ranges came up but stayed in the colour scheme of black, yellow and green but all spelling Morgan the correct way.

This design looks more modern and contemporary. My second name mostly comes from America, Britain and Wales. I have always thought that my second name was welsh because I was told by father that his parents and grandparents were half welsh.

There is green on the welsh flag and the main colour on the coat of arms is green.

I like the design and has inspired me to try and create my own style.

Photographs 

To help me produce my ideas I went on a tour around Liverpool and took photographs of all the architecture. I took photographs of all the cathedrals, The Bombed Out Church ( St Luke's), Lime Street, Radio City and Landscape views out of our studio.
I am going to use these photographs to help me produce observational drawings and all so for my ideas.

I took the photographs using a nine mega pixel camera and used it landscape and portrait. I also took about 30 pictures from different angles but I can just pick the best ones out, I just done average shots of them, I would of liked to get some close ups of textures etc.

I have more photographs displayed in my 
display space.

Adobe Photoshop

I went on a tour around Liverpool and took photographs of all the architecture such as The Cathedrals, The Bombed Out Church (St Luke’s), Lime Street Train Station and St Georges Hall. I used the photographs for one of my ideas. I started my idea off by using Adobe Photo shop and importing my favorite photographs that I had taken. On each side of the photograph a faded the side so that when I overlap the images it looks like they have emerged in to one.

For my idea I was going to use this as background, I tried it and I thought it looked to crammed for one design. 

The outcome was good because what I thought actually worked on the piece, I think the piece would work with something else but just not the design for the coat of 

arms.

Printing Workshop

On the 2^nd and 9^th of December we had a printing workshop. On the fisrt workshop we were shown everything about printing and how to use the machines and the wright equipment. Then we were told that on the next workshop that we would be getting involved and we would be doing etching. We were shown examples of other peoples work and I found it inspiring. we were given a metal tile to take home and etch our own design into it and have it ready for next thursday.

For my design on the tile I done a drawing of The Bombed Out Church (St Lukes). I took the drawing from a photograph that I had taken. I used The Bomed Out Church as my design so I could use the prints as part of my work. I etched the design onto the metal using a screw and a carving tool. it was difficult to draw the design onto the metal tile because it wouldn't go the way you wanted it to. Also I didn't like the noise or feel when I was scrathing my design on to the tile.

When we started our second workshop we started it straight away and were told to file down the sides and corners of the tile so it couldn't damadge the fabric on the printing machine. After that we were told to put gloves on to keep our hands clean and prevent any stains of some sort on our hands. Once we put our gloves on we had to take our tiles over to a hot plate to apply the black printing ink. Then we had to get a peice of fabric like mesh to wipe the ink of the tile, but when we were doing it we had to go in a circular motion so that we weren't getting all of the ink off and making shore it got in the small parts. After that I took a piece of tissue paper and wiped it off were I didn't want the ink to be and were I wanted the effect to be.

At first I done about four plain prints to get used to the process and compare them. When I was satisfied with my design and how it looked I decided to try and use colored paper and other types of paper. They worked quite well over paper because it makes certain things stand out. I also had my design from Adobe Photoshop and it was the write size as the tile so I decided to print on to it to see what it looked like.

I really enjoyed the printing workshop and would do it again.

"The City"

Identity

our first brief was called “The City”. Within the brief there was five themes that we could choose from .

I chose to do identity and place because Liverpool has a lot of places and attractions that is used to identify Liverpool. The most main parts of Liverpool is the Liver building, Liverpool Football Club (LFC), The River Mersey and The Liverpool Coat Of Arms.

To help me start of my ideas I will be doing some primary research such as taking photographs, observational drawings and visiting exhibitions and galleries. The first primary research I am going to do is go around the main attractions of Liverpool and take photographs. From the photographs I take I will be doing observational studies from them.

I have had a few ideas for my final piece. The first idea I had was to do a painting of the Albert Dock, but it never gave the meaning and understanding of the word identity so I looked up the main parts of identity. From doing more research I came to my final idea of redesigning the Liverpool coat of arms. To get me started on my final idea I am going to research heraldic artists. There isn't any obvious artists that I know of that do heraldic art so it will give me more information on how I can produce or make a coat of arms for my design. Also I will be taking a great quantity of photographs so that I can use them as references in my designs so it shows were I have got my ideas from.

I have been thinking on how I could present my final piece. I have tried presenting it in a personalised picture frame but it took all the attention of my design which was the main part of my idea. I think I would like to present my design on a plain background, I'm not to sure on a colourful background or just black or white. I have no limits on the size but I think bigger is better. I also like to use bright and warm colours to make my design eye catching and fun to look at. I will be producing my own designs of the coat of arms so I want be copying anything from the original design apart from the slogan on the banner.

Liverpool Coat Of Arms

This is a picture of the original Liverpool coat of arms. The liver bird is about Liverpool that's why they wanted to use it as part of the city's identity. In the design the artist has put a duck instead of a liver bird and then later on realised that it was meant to be a liver bird but instead of changing it they kept it in the design.

My Idea

My first idea is to recreate the Liverpool coat of arms. I chose to recreate the Liverpool coat of arms because that is Liverpool's identity. Also when it was originally made there was duck that was used in stead of a liver bird, so they have incorporated the duck and the liver bird into the design. 

I want to re-design it in my own style. I want to design it with loads of different bright colours. Also to try and involve the most important parts of Liverpool in to the design.

To produce my idea I was going to put it in a A4 picture frame and draw or paint on to the glass and make a design on the picture frame using paper mache.