Stamp 3:

Stamp 3:

In the background Image of the third stamp I created I decided to go with the ‘Christ the redeemer’ statue that looks over the city of Rio de Jannerio, as this is not only a well-known statue in brazil, this statue is known all over the world, as it is very famous it would make it clear that all the stamps were related in such ways as architecture, inventions, events and animals as all of them are relating to the county of brazil, or the city of Rio de Jannerio, also I found that this tied together with the biggest religion inside of Rio de Jannerio, which is Christianity, as I found out this fact I wanted to incorporate this further into my stamp. I thought I could do this by adding a cross to it, As I realise a cross symbolizes many things to many religions, but I thought that never the less it would be a good symbol to represent many cultures and show the diversity within the city. Even though this was not what I planned, I used the shape of the statue of Christ to stand within the cross, I did this because I thought it would give the image more depth and would keep my stamp from looking cluttered without removing the features I wanted to be in it. As tourism will be at large when the Rio Olympics start, there will be a variety of people visiting from all over the world, each supporting their own religion and the statue of Christ on the stamp will not be to everyone’s specific religion or beliefs, it is a trade mark of Rio and symbolises the whole country of Brazil. The other link to Brazil within the stamp was the ball in which is located on the right hand corner, football is by far the number 1 Brazilian sport. Every single Brazilian, even if they´re not real fans, picks a team to support and watches the national team playing the World Cup every four years. This passion created many expressions such as "the soccer country" or "every Brazilian was born to play football". As people all over the world recognise Brazil for having a love of football, I thought this would be a good thing to put on my stamp as the fifa world cup is being held in Brazil in 2014. As you can see by looking at the stamp I created, there is a snake wrapped around the statue, I did this because it thought that it would tie the ideas together, getting football, religion and animals, all relating to brazil on one stamp, this snake is a native bread of a Brazilian snake which I traced from an image I found on the internet, as I tried to use my own image, the snake was in the wrong position to be wrapped around the statue so I had to improvise and find a picture in which the snake was in the right position, also as the snake is also incorporated within my image around the statue, it makes my stamp a lot more flowing and crated a visible link between most of my stamps. As with the other stamps I have created I needed to make the Image black and white to layer the section of the flag over the top of it. To do this I had to reshape the copied shapes from the other two stamps getting them in the right position so all the stamps would match up correctly.

Stamp 2:

Stamp 2:

In my second stamp, as he background image, I chose the famous shopping centre ‘paco do ouvidor’ which opened just a short while ago on December 12^th 2012, I chose this image as my background image because I wanted a wide variety of building in the background, which different people may find familiar, therefore will realise what these buildings are, some of the older buildings may have also been easily recognised but I wanted to use a wide range of buildings as to create stamps that were not copies, I wanted them to be linked together in certain ways but I also wanted them to be different in other ways. For this particular stamp, as the building is relativity new, I wanted to use something around that time period to act as a different aspect of my stamp, I used the logo from the fifa 2014 tournament because as the rio Olympics is 2016, it would make a two year time gap between each accession and would all be in the same generation, also I found that as this would be a relatively big event (The 2014 FIFA World Cup will be the 20th FIFA World Cup, an international men's football tournament, that is scheduled to take place in Brazil from 12 June).It would have a lot of followers that would recognise the event, and would tie together with the rio de Jannerio Olympics well. On this image I also placed a trace of a butterfly, this was from an image that I had taken on a trip we took to a place called Tropical World. With a lot of Brazilian animals which we were able to see and take pictures of that we could later use to contribute towards are work. I placed this image on the drawing of the Fifa world cup because I thought it would tie the stamp together, creating a flowing feel to the stamps. As I did with the other stamp, I copied the shaped that I had drawn to form the shape of a quarter of a flag and pasted them on to my second image so it would keep its shape, it would save me time, and most of all it would match the other stamp perfectly, forming the Brazilian flag after all four stamps were completed.

Stamp 1:

Stamp 1:

In my first stamp I chose to create an image trace of the ‘Centro Candido Mendes’ building and use it for my background, I chose this particular building because It is one of the most famous pieces of architecture in the city of Rio De Jannerio. I think this was a good image to use as my background because I can easily incorporate other aspects of my assessment over the top creating a layered effect but not making my work seemed cluttered or disorganised. The aspects I added on to my work included a hand drawn heart, I took me a while to get to this decision because I was unsure whether to use a picture of a mechanical heart (an invention created in 2000 by the Institute Dante Pazzanese of Cardiology) or just imply that fact by drawing a heart. I chose to draw the heart to keep the cartoon like feel to all my stamps, but also keeping the invention of the mechanical heart incorporated within my work. The hand-drawn image of the aeroplane in my work was because of a particular sort of well-known plane that was invented by a Brazilian man called Alberto Santos, I thought I would carry on the inventors theme rather than change because I thought I would create a more flowing idea through all my stamps, and linking them together. Finally i placed a quarter of the Brazilian play on two of my work, to do this I found that I had to make all my work black and white so it did not contrast, I chose to do this because it would  create a clear and visible link between each stamp and it would re-emphasize my links to brazil. I decided to put a lense flare in my work upon the body of the aeroplane because it would relate to the illustrator artist Pablo Jeffer de Silva work, as he is well-known for adding lense flares into his designs.

Final Idea

even though this image is hard to see these are my final ideas for my sta
                                                                

Inital Idea

My initial idea was to complete each of my stamps by using an Olympic event as the focal point of my images, and using the Olympic rings as a backdrop to link it too the Olympics and rio 2016, with different things in the background relating to the Olympics in rio, with the queens head in the corner of each stamp.

Olymipc Rings

 

As part of my development I drew the Olympic rings, I did this using pencils and coloured pens, I did this so that I could use a different method of creating something instead of using Photoshop, illustrator or copying the image from the internet and tracing it. I feel this will help my marks because it will be a different way of creating something so will make my outcome more varied and would make me get a higher grade by the use of mediums that I have used.

Collage

i created this collage to group together all of the thing that i knew and had researched that were to do with Brazil i think this helps my research as it shows a visual representation of everything together that i might put into my project, its shows what sort of things may go together in my stamps and which ones i should avoid putting on the same stamp or even in at all, also it proves the most eye catching feature and the ones which stand out. i can also apply this to my work.

Mind Map

This is a mind map that i made to gain some ideas and get a better perspective on what i want to do on my four stamps when comparing my ideas.

Backgrund research on Rio

culture	Christianity is the main religion in rio de janerio, but also approximately ¼ people are protestant. Rio de Janeiro is a main cultural hub in Brazil. Its architecture embraces churches and buildings dating from the 16th to the 19th centuries, blending with the world renowned designs of the 20th century. Rio was home to the Portuguese Imperial family and capital of the country for many years, and was influenced by Portuguese, English, and French architecture Rio de Janeiro has inherited a strong cultural role from the past. In the late 19th century, there were sessions held of the first Brazilian film and since then, several production cycles have spread out, eventually placing Rio at the forefront of experimental and national cinema. The Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival has been held annually since 1999 Rio currently brings together the main production centres of Brazilian television. Major international films set in Rio de Janeiro include ‘Blame it on Rio’ by Walter Salles who is also one of Brazil's best-known directors Rio has many important cultural landmarks, such as the Biblioteca Nacional (National Library), the seventh largest library in the world with collections totalling more than 9 million items; the Theatro do Rio; the National Museum of Fine Arts; the Carmen Miranda Museum; the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden; the Imperial Square; the Brazilian Academy of Letters; the Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro; Christ the redeemer and the Natural History Museum.
sport	Capacity of 200,000 people, Maracanã stadium of sports. more than 130 sports associations in the city,some professional teams, and thousands of cariocas playing soccer, volleyball, and other sports on any day. Rio is host to events each year in surfing, beach volleyball, car, motorcycle, and horse racing. Cariocas have even managed to combine their passion for football and volleyball into one game—futevolei. It is played on the sand with players kicking the ball over the net instead of using their hands.
History	Europeans first encountered Guanabara Bay on January 1, 1502 (hence Rio de Janeiro, "January River"), by a Portuguese expedition under explorer Gaspar de Lemos captain of a ship. The region of Rio was inhabited by the Tupi, Puri, Botocudo and Maxakalí people. In 1555, one of the islands of Guanabara Bay, now called Villegagnon Island, was occupied by 500 French colonists under the French admiral Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon. Consequently, Villegagnon built Fort Coligny on the island when attempting to establish the France Antarctique colony. The city of Rio de Janeiro proper was founded by the Portuguese on March 1, 1565 and was named São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, in honor of St. Sebastian, the saint who was the namesake and patron of the then Portuguese Monarch D. Sebastião. Rio de Janeiro was the name of Guanabara Bay. Until early in the 18th century, the city was threatened or invaded by several, mostly French, pirates and buccaneers. When Prince Pedro proclaimed the independence of Brazil in 1822, he decided to keep Rio de Janeiro as the capital of his new empire. Rio continued as the capital of Brazil after 1889, when the monarchy was replaced by a republic. Until the early years of the 20th century, the city was largely limited to the neighborhood now known as the historic Downtown business district
Rain forest	Rio de Janeiro is over 1930 miles (3100 km) from the Amazon Rainforest the Amazon Rainforest is located in the north-central region of Brazil. The majority of the Brazil Amazon Lodges and Amazon River Cruises are accessible from the city of Manaus, the capital of the Amazonas region. It takes about 5-6 hours by plane from Rio de Janeiro to Manaus. Some flight carriers have direct flights to and from Manaus from Miami, FL, making a trip to the Amazon Rainforest an affordable option. Another option for flying into the Amazon region is to fly into Belem, at the mouth of the Amazon River.
Olympic Events	Volleyball. The women's national team won the gold medal in the Barcelona Olympics in 1988. Rio will host the 2016 olympics.
Land marks	Christ the Redeemer is a statue of Jesus Christ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; considered the largest Art Deco statue in the world and the 5th largest statue of Jesus in the world.
Food and drink	As a three-month festival of Brazilian culture opens in London, Gavin McOwan tries out the real thing in Salvador, the country's – and possibly the world's – party capitalIt is impossible to travel anywhere in Brasil without hearing the word ‘Feijoada’ mentioned at least once, and no trip to Brasil is complete without sampling this culinary delight. Feijoada […]
Art work	Brazil has experienced significant urban development and economic growth, impacting Brazilian society positively at all levels. In Rio de Janeiro’s freestyle movement, that encompasses graffiti, street art, music and performance art, one can't help but feel good walking around the city. The message that sums up the aspirations of many Rio neighborhoods, “With Pride” (Com Orgulho) is manifest everywhere. - See more at: http://travelcuriousoften.com/june12-feature5.php#sthash.NQr0MuqC.dpuf
Traditions	Much of Brazil's international reputation is centered around local traditions and celebrations such as capoeira, the national sport and the festivities of Carnaval. From the cult of soccer to Catholic holidays to the rituals of the local religion, Candomble, Brazil's traditions are both secular and sacred. In some cases, such as in the earthy revelry of Carnaval, the division seems all but clear. Carnaval, the traditional festival of decadence before Lent begins, has some of its biggest celebrations in Brazil. The cities of Rio de Janeiro and Salvador are particularly famous for their parades; the performers spend months preparing and practicing. During the two weeks immediately preceding the festival, local community bands play throughout Rio's neighborhoods. The informal pre-festival celebrations are known as "blocos." Fancy balls take place throughout the city's upscale venues. The Copacabana Palace Ball is the crown jewel of these parties. In the streets, visitors watch the Samba School Parade from Sunday night through Monday morning. Major streets close to traffic throughout the carnaval festivities. New Year's Celebrations Rio is home to Reveillon, a high-spirited New Year's celebration. Early in the day, many local restaurants serve special buffet lunches. By evening, the throngs have gathered along the city's beaches to watch the midnight fireworks display. For followers of the Afro-Brazilian religion, Candomble, New Year's celebrations include wearing all-white garb, lighting candles and setting small boats loaded with trinkets into the ocean, in offering to the sea goddess Yemenja. Bumba-meu-boi and Regional Festivals Throughout the year, numerous regional festivals take place in all corners of Brazil. In Sao Luis, the Bumba-meu-boi festival has the townsfolk act out a folk story involving the killing and resurrection of a bull. The celebrations span several months. In Salvador, the end of January brings a ceremonial washing of the steps of the Bonfim Church, an event that draws an audience of 800,000 people. Women in traditional costumes use perfumed water to wash the steps. Leading up to Easter, the citizens of Nova Jerusalem enact a passion play, the largest in all of South America. The stages of the cross last ten days, culminating on Easter Sunday.

Brief Overview

Our current 'brief 3' project is based on the Rio de Janerio Olympics in 2016,and is too design and create collection of four individual stamps using illustrator. The brief will be designed around a particular artists style called Pablo Jeffer de Silva, who is a illustrator designer creating vectors from scratch using multiple techniques that will be interpreted into my work.