Calendar Designs and Negative Prints - The Gallery Calendar - Self-led Brief

I spent some time designing each month, thinking about how each of the images could used two colours and well depict the artistic pieces. I have included sculptures, statues, paintings, ceramics, textiles and drawings as works I have featured. This variety means a lot of different mediums have been represented and there is some diversity. A lot of time was also spent arranging the dates so they were all individually spaced and correct.

The colours shown below are just used to exemplify a lighter layer and a darker layer. There will be further colour experiments later on.

I then split the design into the separate colours so the negatives could be exposed. This was an intricate process using the layers feature in Illustrator, but the results are worth it.

Below shows the second colour negatives. In some ways simplifying these designs down into their core shapes, using only black makes them powerful and strong. This is something I may experiment with in future. The designs need colour in order to better represent the range of art in galleries across the UK.