Studio space nameplate

Since we're now working in our specialist areas- (Fine Art, Fashion&Textiles, 3D and Graphics) our studio spaces are continuously transforming and changing, it is also unclear as to what area people are working in (to someone who is unfamiliar with the general layout of the space) and so the Graphics tutors asked us to create a 'nameplate'- this had to be A5 and also had to have the following information on it:

• your name
• specialist area
• Inspirational designer
• a book that you were reading

My nameplate

I created this image by employing both hand-made and computer based techniques; I firstly used inks and 'brusho' to create vibrant and interesting backgrounds and colour combinations and scanned these, I then allowed purple thread to fall into different shapes, before scanning in the various twists and patterns that it made; I then blended these layers with a photograph of me from earlier on this year and experimented with the different layering options on Photoshop. I  scanned in the floral pattern which I had had-drawn and added the text which I had edited in illustrator. After carefully layering and blending my material, this is what I created.