HAL STUDIO
Hal Thompson
halbarnesthompson@icloud.com
Instagram: @hal.crtv
Welcome to my digital portfolio.
My name is Hal, I’m a young artist and designer from Sussex, United Kingdom. I’m currently doing an Art and Design Foundation specialising in Graphic Design,
with a background in Fine Art and an experimental approach to visual commmunication.
My work is purposeful and people focused and I’m always ready to explore new ideas. I love taking risks and pushing myself to improve, drawing energy from music, films, culture, politics and the everyday things that make people curious.
I’m open to all kinds of creative collaborations and always excited to see where new projects take me.
CHIROGRAPHY PROJECT
CHIROGRAPHY PROJECT
- Experimental process
- Translating visual language
- Texture re-inforcing meaning
- Digitising for refinement
- Extending an experimental idea into a commerical context
- Focus on inclusivity
DESCRIPTION
This project required me to construct writing tools to make handwritten marks. I used mini sweetcorn to roll some acrylic paint over a taped mask to produce a typeface, leading to the word ‘buzz’. I also used a knife to write the word ‘butter’ resembling the shape of a pack of butter.
I developed this ‘Buzz’ design, taking inspiration from Peter Savilles ‘FAC51’ design. I then developed it futher extending into a commerical concept; a branding identity for a multipurpose earbud company, with a focus on inclusivity. I came up with different slogans to be used depending on the purpose the specific product was for.