Thursday, 6 November 2008

Bacon related fun

At the moment we are on the amusingly titled Intercourse week, where we are doing Graphic-y things. I am enjoying that it is all about words, hurrah.

The tasks set out for us on the first day were threefold:
  1. To create a new word, or a new definition for an existing word.
  2. To create an acronym for your hometown or nearby towns.
  3. To turn your hometown/nearby town into a word, giving it a definition and usage.
After doing all these we then had to create something graphically for it.

Although I had a few words for the first task, they weren't that great.
  • Appull- The desire for Macintosh products.
  • Hyperbolic- An over excited evil genius.
  • Slummy- Chav money.
It's no wonder I chose another task, right? For the second one, I was struggling, after all I come from Ellesmere Port. That's a wee bit long. In the end I got the following:
  • Chester- Curly haired Europeans spend their euros rashly. (Thank Bean for that one)
  • Blacon- Bit loud and chavvy, obscene nightly.
Again, no wonder I chose the last task. To make a definition for a place, I figured Blacon was easiest for this one, as it evokes images of bacon. We know from the beauty brief that everyone loves bacon.
  • Blacon- A burnt, black bacon sandwich.
So here's the first version of the graphical version of this:


Obviously it needs a bit of improvement, like trying to get a single letter on a single slice of bread. I figure I might have to cheat and find the largest loaf of bread possible, I figure the freshly baked ones with amazing crusts are probably my best bet.
Another thought is to get it on a decent backdrop, as I was struggling to find room in the house, thus the three chopping boards it's laid out on. I plan to make it more like a café atmosphere, perhaps even have each slice on a plate.
I do like the ketchup lettering though. :D The random capital B annoys me though. What was I thinking?

I could quite happily go without ever seeing bacon again though. I don't even eat it.
Everyone else seemed to enjoy it though! :)

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