Research for Visual Communication

Noma Bar

Looking through Noma Bar's work was really interesting yet at the same time amusing but in a good way. 

 You can see how he has thought about his designs. For example, in his piece Spock, he uses primary factors that would relate to the subject of the image such as the basic shape of Spock's head and hairstyle, the Vulcan salute - which has been creatively put in place of an eye and the trademark eyebrows - and the blue in the background which is the colour of his uniform in the series Star Trek.

This is another example of his work. Again, it is simplistic yet effective and recognisable as the character Popeye. In this he has used factors that capture Popeye's image such as his hat, pipe, shape of his face which has been cleverly represented by the fist, and the muscles in his arm. I wasn't sure what the yellow in the background represented at first, but after researching it is clear that this is the colour commonly used for the comic strips.

 In his work it is clear he uses a limited colour palette which works well and doesn't over complicate his work. For more of his work click here.

Olivier Kugler

I find Olivier's work very interesting because of how the drawings seem to start off being like doodles of where he has been and what he has seen. With them being single line drawings they are neat and really give character to what he has drawn. Once he has finished drawing he seems to fill most or all of the objects in the picture with solid colours. I love how he draws them in real-time, for example the picture below shows the man will appear to have more hands or heads that aren't attached to the main body because he has moved from his original position. He also writes in little quotes of what he has overheard from the person he has drawn. It really gives life to his work and makes it feel like a still-life video.

You can see more of his work here.