Miles Donovan

These two art pieces were created by an illustrator named Miles Donovan. His work has been used for various clients for editing and advertisments such as: Creative view (as shown above), Newsweek, The New York Times and The Guardian.  After looking at his work I was inspired to do my own type of 'Miles Donovan' experiment to add to my poster. I thought this would be interesting as my poster represents 'ease' and these types of images will not take away the meaning as they will add a fun aspect to the poster due to the use of the bright colours. To do this I will take photographs of music appliances and instruments to then adjust and manipulate using Adobe Photoshop to add colours and textures.This photo is one of his illustrations for the cover of 'Creative Review' and I have selected this to analyse as it has inspired me to use his technique for my outcome. I appreciate the use of composition with this artwork because he has created a central focus of the images which makes each aspect as important as each other. This technique conveys an idea that all aspects should be analysed and have purpose. He has also done this by adding vibrant colours (again, creating a sense of importance) and lines to the artwork on a black background with white writing, this allows the images to stand out. I will use this idea when creating my artwork and adding images to it. 

 The images of the microphone and headphones are my initial Miles Donovan inspired experiments where I used a tutorial on youtube to guide me. However due to the spacing and composition of the objects it was difficult to use the technique. As a result I developed my ideas by using a portrait photo, speakers and mixers I cropped them out of the original photos and placed them onto the background layer of the poster. I then adjusted the brightness and contrast and used the 'soft light' blending tool to blend them with the background. I used this technique to imitate Miles Donovans work. I think that this was more successful than the previous experiments I did as, although I originally intended on having bright colours for the images, I think the use of the blending tool was a better idea as too much colour on the poster would take away the meaning of the radio stations name.