What People Used To Say When They Were Little

"Duck" - Me
"I've found a coat-hanger" - Me
"Barbits" - Me
"What's it like to be you?" - Me and Sister
"Girl Power!" - Me and Sister
"Put her in the bagset" - Sister
"I'll be Bambi" - Sister
"Emmy do it" - Sister
"No, no, do it like this" - Sister (to me)
"Reading time" - Me, Sister and Brother
"Frere" - Brother
"Bra bra" - Mum
"Rap rap" - Mum
"Look at my face" - Mum (to me)
"Kiss me honey honey" - Mum (to me)
"What a do ee wants now" - Auntie

Ideas

From the research and development I have completed, I would like to create some images, encorporating typography that is relevant to my own childhood. For example, I could look at the typography from the titles of films I used to watch, music I used to listen to, games I used to play and the logos from food I used to like when I was younger. I could then use some of these styles of typography on top of my images from my childhood. For the typography itself, I thought I could experiment using words or phrases my family and I used to say when we were little.

Rob Clarke

 I like this style of typography because they have a particularly nostalgic feel to them due to their old, vintage style and the dull, worn colours used.

This style of typography is very simple, and reminds me of the typography used many years ago, which I think helps to reflect my theme of nostalgia. 

The Brynild company was founded in 1895, and manufactures and distributes confectionary. Therefore, I think it could provoke a feeling of nostalgia when people look back and remember the sweets, chocolate and nuts they ate when they were little. The logo itself reminds me of similar logos for baking products, which I think give a feeling of nostalgia as we remember a time when we used to bake or have things baked for us.

 The Hovis company has been around since 1886, and so will have been eaten by many generations of people. The typography is a recognisable aspect of the brand, so is relevant to my theme of nostalgia. The television advert for Hovis shows a young boy running through time, all the way from 1886, showing all the major events that have happened in Britain since then. Therefore, I think Hovis is a strong link to nostalgia.

Places Of Nostalgia

Hathersage Playground

Forge Dam

Endcliffe Park

Reflection

From the work I have done so far, I have focussed mainly on my own nostalgia. For instance, I have looked at many photographs from my own childhood, and looked at toys and books I had when I was younger. A main aspect of nostalgia is places, so I think I should also look at places I used to visit often when I was little, and perhaps try and recreate some old photographs of these places. During a group crit, I was advised to look back on my own childhood memories, both good and bad, and also remember traditions, stories, things I used to eat and say. I was also advised to look into some typographers.

Observational Drawing

I wanted to do some observational drawing to see what kind of imagery I could create from my own nostalgia. I did these drawings using black fine liner pen, on a variety of different surfaces.

I prefer the sketches I did using the method of continual line drawing. This is because I think the drawings themselves are not only clearer, but more interesting as well.

Matt Schwartz

I wanted to look at Matt Schwartz because, although he is a photographer and not a graphic designer, his photographs have a very nostalgic feel to them, and I thought I could try and use his style of working in my own work. He creates his photographs by taking large format polaroids, pulling part the film and rubbing the negative onto water colour paper (polaroid transfer).

I decided to try and recreate a similar feel to these photographs in my own photographs by editing them on photoshop.

 This picture uses the water paper filter, and I like the effect of this filter. I also think it is reflective of Matt Schwartz's work due to the contents of the image, as it includes a turning page in a book.

 I used the ink outlines filter for this picture, and I like the outcome of it, as it reflects the uncertain, hazy feeling when looking back on memories and feeling nostalgic.

 I used the texturize filter on this picture, but I don't think this effect works as well as the others to reflect a feeling of nostalgia, as I think the outcome is too bright, and the lighting isn't reflective of the work by Matt Schwartz.

 This is using the water paper filter, and I think this effect works really well to reflect the theme of nostalgia and the style of matt schwartz.

 I just edited the brightess/contrast of this picture, and i don't think the colouring works particularly well, but the hazy, unclear efferct could reflect characteristics of memories, which links to nostalgia.