UV PAINT

I have been looking into UV paint, to use when producing my mock up ands to just try working with the substance to see how easy it is to use and how i can manipulate it. I have ordered the paints, but they won't arrive for a while so at the moment all i have is examples of the pots to look like.

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BLACKLITE PRINTING

Here i have found a website that will print your posters in blacklite, this culd be useful for me when doing a mockup:
Build A Poster - this is the website that i found, and the information that is most useful to me.  I wanted to look as costing because it is important to see how much it would cost if i were to do this as a mock up.

How do I get my files or images to you guys?
There are a number of ways to place an order and to get your image to us. The simplest and most time efficient method is to just place an order through this website. If you would rather not use the internet, you can always email us at help@BuildaPoster.com. If you need assistance placing your order, you can reach us by phone, toll-free at (866) 475-1306.

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Can I FTP a large file to BuildaPoster.com?
Yes you can! We can provide an FTP server for you to upload large image files to. To find out more information, email us at help@BuildaPoster.com with your request, and we will fill you in with the details

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What exactly does this company do?
We provide a printing service for the public at a very low cost, but at a very high quality. Virtually any size can be printed up to 24" x 90" and anything smaller. Our process uses a florescent dye-based ink system, which provides brighter color than any other printing service available. We believe people should have complete freedom when decorating their lifestyles so we created a service to provide that freedom. You can build a poster or banner from anything you create, supply, or find on our website. We offer original artwork created by some of the world's finest graphic artists, painters, photographers, and more!

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How much does it cost?
Pricing on all printing is based on the dimensions of the print, and the type of paper chosen. Click here for a listing of our standard retail prices without any discounts or promotions. To view our current discounts and promotions please click here.

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What is so special about your printing?
We print using a specially formulated blacklight-sensitive ink system that you cannot find anywhere else in the world. Our printing glows brightly under the presence of a blacklite, and appears normal but much more vibrant than standard inks when presented under normal lighting. Rather than having limited "bright" colors to choose from, we have a full range of beautiful blacklight-sensitive colors to print with. Even the most detailed photographs come out more vibrant with our printing.

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What sizes can you provide?
We can provide any size necessary. Any requests larger than 24" x 90" must be made by special order. Anything up to 24" x 90" or smaller, can usually be printed upon the same day you order it, and shipped to your doorstep immediately. To request a custom size, that is not offered through our website, please email us athelp@BuildaPoster.com with your complete request, name, phone number, and other pertinent contact information. We love to work with you to create the perfect custom print job.

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Does your printing fade?
Unfortunately, all printing fades. Flourescent colors have a unique reaction to sunlight or long periods of exposure to bright lighting. They tend to fade fairly quickly and noticeably. It is recommended to frame, laminate, or protect your prints and more importantly, DO NOT DISPLAY THEM IN SUNLIGHT OR OUTSIDE! When kept indoors and/or out of direct bright light for long periods of time, the posters last beautifully for over 3 years.

Pricing list for printing. as you can see they are quite expensive. the problem isnt just the printing its getting them shipped over to the UK which will cost a lot as well. So it is something to consider, but i am going to look for other alternatives and see f i can do it myself.

UV PRINTING PROCESS

UV Printing

UV printing is a high quality, exceptionally durable and cost effective large format printing process for the production of a wide range of display graphics. There are two types of UV printing offered, firstly roll fed UV printing where graphics are printed onto a roll of media, often films, vinyls and PVCs, and flatbed printing with UV inks, where graphics are printed directly to various, rigid or flexible, flat surfaced medias and substrates, often PVC Foamex boards or ACM (aluminium composite material).

UV printers use environmentally friendly UV curing inks, which are cured with UV light which also means the inks have to be very UV resistant, therefore, UV prints are extremely good for graphics that are situated in direct sunlight. UV prints are also water resistant and abrasion resistant so are perfect for outdoor graphics in all weather conditions

Inkjet Printing

Inkjet printing is one of the most brilliant of the digital large format printing options available and probably offers the greatest photo-realistic graphics of all digital prints. Inkjet printing has brilliant colour intensity, especially in the red range, making it the ultimate choice for high impact display graphics. Inkjet printers use CMYK inks and can print onto a range of various medias including: photo papers for posters, backlit film for light boxes, stop light film for banner stands and pop up stands, as well as various other vinyls, films, banners, canvas, fabrics and textiles; making it an extremely versatile form of printing. Depending upon the material used and the finishing inkjet prints are suitable for both indoor use and outdoor use.

Digital Printing

Digital printing, by definition, is the reproduction of digital artwork onto the surface of printable media. Therefore, digital printing encompasses a vast range of printing methods including: inkjet printing, UV Printing and photographic Lambda printing; although it is most often referred to in relation to the full colour, toner based printing used for short runs of small format prints. W&Co’s digital printing, however, is mainly focussed on large format printing for posters, display graphics, promotional display prints, self-adhesive graphics,  light box printing, banner printing, POS printing etc.

Black-light example

this is an example of what i would be trying to achieve in printing my billboard for the black-light technique. Not only do i like this design but it works so much better in the black-light because of the whole connotations towards skulls being black and scary etc. Its really interesting how they have done this, i am not sure whether it was printed or not, i think the skull has been and then the background drawn on or painted on. Either way its really interesting, and highlights exactly what i want to be doing.

The next stage is to now start looking into printing in UV paint and how it can be done on a mass produced size.

BRAIN WAVE!

early in my research i had been talking about using billboards to show my information and talking about incorporating light into it somehow. Since then i have been looking at ways type has hidden things, and how i want to try and work on that aspect. While looking through a blog i found this image. And then i came up with the idea of using the billboards and having the image printed in ultraviolet paint, so that when a black-light was shone on the image it would light up and show my design. this works on very different levels which is what i wanted:

1. The girls are hidden from the world, and so is the crime

2. I want to shed light on the matter

3. Its a dark business and by using the black-light it will be most effective at night

(having said that i could print on a black substrate so it stand out in the day as well)

This is exactly the sort of idea I was looking for. 

I really like the layering on this image.
I think its clever, because its illustrated well
just using type. this style could tie in nicely
with my project by having stuff hidden behind type.
again working along the lines of the women
being trapped and hidden away from
everyone else. And then using my role
to bring it all to light. By creating depth like this it makes your
eye strain to see what is being said, which means that when
people read it they have to look hard and will therefore
remember what had been said or described.
Its an interesting way of showing information.

What i like about this image is the link between type and image. 

Its a powerful image to use and breaking it down to 3 colours

makes the bits you want to stand out. The play on words

works really well in illustrating the image, and vice versa. 

The bold title really grabs your attention and makes you want to 

read the article further. If i decided to use both type 

and image i defiantly want to try and make it as powerful as this. 

As always simplicity with this is the key, if you bombard people

with information they will just walk away. 

Type and Image

This is using image and type to create a powerful design.

The concept itself is very simple, and taking the sentence

literally really works for it. Using helvetica keeps the type

clean so that when it does shatter it doesn't loose its readability.

The reason i am looking at it, is because of the connotations 

towards my own project. the destructive nature and the symbolism

of something being shattered and using type to emphasis that

point. The girls lives are shattered when they become

trafficked and using this symbolism would work well. I am

not yet sure how i could use this but its something i

am interested in. 

Typography

I really love this stye of typography.

Using type to create a complicated design. 

Its amazing how much detail you can 

actually get within a face from using type,

and the different sizes styles etc.

The reason i am looking into creating faces

out of type, is again looking at creating

a range of women's faces that have all the

information of the sex trafficking

trade within them. I think the images

created using type can really be

emotive and it gets to people

on a different level. I can also be

quite creative with the images i decided to 

create and what to use. This could also

link into the range i am thinking of creating

with the billboard designs etc.

I love researching like this because it

really opens my eyes to the possibilities

that are there for me.

Typography

Seeing as my project is going to be based heavily on information and type i really want to get my type right. I want to make it look right and not just some boring information pamphlet. I want it to grab peoples attention. So i have been looking into typography that is similar to what i want to do. I have been looking at a variety of different styles and i am hoping to draw from each in order to get the best out of them for my project.

There are so many different styles of typography and the way it can be used. From just using the words and then using the words to symbolise something or create an illustration. Personally i think the simpler the better, but sometimes throwing everything at it works, if its in the right context.

For example, the above image works well, the layered type and different lengths in sentences makes the face shape look like its traveling fast. We have been doing loads of type workshops with Graham which has really opened my eyes to what i can do with type to make it more effective.
I really want to get my type right, so i want to spend some time researching what i like.

Guerilla advertising

Again this is a very simple idea, but it works well. People walk on the streets everyday and people either look up or down and by drawing something where they are going to see it will capture their attention. Its interesting because it is so simple. I could use the same technique by just writing facts in chalk everywhere, it will eventually wash away and it is extremely inexpensive. 

Guerilla advertising

Again this is looking at location of the advert

more so then the image itself. The images are

advertising going to the gy uation m. They have used the sit-

well, by utalising the surroundings it really

emphasises the images and what they are 

promoting. Its cleverly done, putting huge images up

in the center of the street will immediately draw peoples

attention so when they are just walking past they will take it

in. Not only that they will almost certainly go and tell their

friends what they saw. This doesn't only work on

people just looking at the images it works on word

of mouth as well, because if one of those friends is thinking

of joining the gym then they will go and investigate this advert. 

Its interesting and very clever.

Guerilla advertising

This is a really simple advertising technique, but it works well because of its location. The tube sees thousands and thousands of people every day and by using the wrist strap that everyone puts there hands in to advertise your product is clever. People like to read whilst traveling on the tube so not only does it give them something to look at it, it will make people take it in. With some simple editing on my behalf, changing the watch strap into chains and putting some basic information about the sex trafficking trade onto the image would have the same affect, except it will inform people not just make them want to buy something. its a very simple but effective design and it works well. The location is the key to this product working, but they got it right. 

I really love this campaign. It is so powerful. The fact that it isnt drawn on as well and actual works as a 3D working image, makes people really look at it and pay attention, which is the main thing for this campaign. It ties into my project well because the idea of shocking people to try and change their actions, is exactly what i am trying to do. Its interesting how the project works on so many levels, because using a child make you feel responsible and obviously getting it to work in the rain is fundamental to what they are trying to prove. I want my concept to work on a variety of different levels like this.

Guerilla advertising

I really like the simplicity of this design. And using object you would

associate with crime, especially theft and abuse. The reason i am looking

at this is because of the idea of the range of products from billboards, 

to posters in trolleys to posters on trees and the materials used to stick the objects up.

Duck tape is used heavily in association with keeping people

quiet and kidnapping, which links with my sex trafficking idea and raising the awareness.

I want to use as much symbolism with my project as possible to make the links easy and 

affective. 

Guerilla advertising

This is an interesting way of using an image and objects that are already out there. This campaign works really well because its constantly with you while you are doing your shopping. It will stop and make you think which is interesting. With regards to my project this is a great idea for illustrating the women are trapped and you can help them by using the basket as the cage. This could easily become a range of images, for example the billboard designs transferring into shopping baskets etc, it could become a very viral campaign. 

BillBoards

I really like the idea of this billboard design

it uses the natural surroundings to emphasise

the design and what the product is about. The

product being natural and the billboard using

natural lighting to show it. The clever thing is

it works with all the lighting, and whats even cleverer

is the fact that its a natural hair dye and with

the different lighting it shows different hair colours.

You can tell a lot of thought has been put into the 

design and it really pays off. Again i think when

i design for the billboard i want to try and incorporate

the natural surroundings to enhance

what i am saying. Of course it will be different from this

but has given me something to think about, and a chance

to look at something when it really works. 

BillBoards

I dont really like this advert, the reason i have looked at this billboard is because of the use of lighting. It works well with the idea of flood lighting, i really want to try and incorporate light into my design some how, i just think it adds more to the billboard then it just being some plain image. The problem with the billboard to is you have to be at the exact angle of the picture for the whole billboard to work, otherwise its just some guy heading a ball. I want to try and make my design work continuously if i can. 

BillBoards

Now, this billboard works so well with my concept. It is so visually engaging, and it kind of makes you jerk back from it because it looks really creepy. This is defiantly along the idea of what i could do. Still incorporating the idea of being trapped this works really well. They have used lightning really well as well, the shadow is clear and works well. I think if you saw it from a distance it would really freak you out, its very powerful. And yet so simplistic. This is defiantly something i am interested into investigating further. 

BillBoards

What i like about this billboard, is not the advert itself but the actual physical changes they have done to it. after looking into trapped for my net designs, things that seem to relate to being trapped seem to really stick out to me. And this is something that i could try and incorporate. The reason being using a woman hidden behind the torn up board, it looks like a cage, which is very symbolic. I like the idea of editing the board in a 3D way and not just insinuating that its 3D, it really grabs your attention in a different way. 

BillBoards

I really love this advert. Its for a cleaning detergent that is self cleaning so no matter what dirt you get on it, it clean itself. The advertisers drew stenciled the images onto the wall, and then over the weeks as the wall got dirtier the images began to shine through. I think this is really clever and imaginative. It advertises their product really well, by actually showing you how it works. I also like the concept of it. Having something hidden then over time it showing through, and i think its an idea i can incorporate into my designs. because ultimately the women being trafficked are hidden and if there's a way of showing everyone them or hinting towards how to find out more then i think it could work really well. 

BillBoards

As i mentioned before, one of my ideas is to use the idea of a barcode to illustrate the sex trafficking trade. My idea is to do it as a digital print on a billboard. If billboards are designed correctly they can really show information in such a different light and they can really grab peoples attention, which is what i am trying to do. 

I have been looking into a variety of different billboard designs ranging from the simple to the shocking to the extreme, and funny. I am trying to get an overview of what i think is good, and how i can possibly incorporate them into my design some way.

With this billboard, i really like the simplicity of it. It get straight to the point and the message is very clear. The only problem is it wont have its full affect until night time, but it still illustrates the point. Im not so keen on the typography, i think its a bit squashed and since they put so much effort into the board you would think they would do it for the type.

Injustice

Today i managed to find a website that links nicely to my project. its a website that encourages people to get involved and help with the injustice that is happening in the 21st century. I really like the style of the website, it looks grimy and the colours work well to produce a seedy look. In contrast to the LAST website, this works a lot better. its more interesting to look at and there is a lot more information on it. the website is called The A 21 campaigne. It also has some very useful tips that i think i am going o try and incorporate into my project. It sets out 21 ways to get involved in helping the campaigns and charities that are around:

1. Spread The Word 2. Use Your Talent 3. Invest In Freedom 4. Lobby Politicians 5. Organize A Fundraiser 6. Support Survivors 7. Fast On The 21st

8. Volunteer 9. Start An Awareness Group 10. Buy Fair Trade Products 11. Sponsor Those At Risk 12. Intern For A Summer 13. Educate Yourself 14. Stay Current

15. Work The Web 16. Pray 17. Motivate The Media 18. Stay Alert 19. Work For Freedom 20. Make Connections 21. Help Victims Escape

Within each title there is a link that shows you more information about each title and how it helps and what you can do. As i am trying to get people more involved, and essentially be the middle man between the middle man this is a technique i am defiantly going to try to do. By breaking the information down into bitesize chunks people are more likely to read it and understand it then to just read it and walk away.

Flexography and die cutting

this machine is really clever, it stamps while the print is running and then at the end the machine takes away the excess using hydraulics to force the design through to a holding area. Its clever because it takes away the needing people to perform the process for you. I don't think it would be applicable to my design but its still interesting to know.

Die Cutting Process

This is die cutting on a slightly smaller scale, but shows how it can be done for smaller prints and more intricate designs which is interesting to learn:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6aYjxksyXQ

Die Cutting Process

http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/t7B6ZoJyn04/

Website for example of the die cutting process and folding

Information.

i have just spent a while trawling through the information i have got about the sex trafficking trade in order to focus on what i will actually be using to promote awareness of sex trafficking in the UK and globally. I have taken extracts from the interview with Jacinta, who is my most reliable source of information and the  some basic statistics that i have found out.

BASIC STATS:

 - gangs buy and sell the women for between £2,000 to £8,000

 - worldwide there are nearly 2 million children in the commercial sex trade

 - human trafficking is tied with the illegal arms industry as the secound largest criminal industry in the world today

 - he total market value for human trafficking is $32 billion

OTHER INFO:

LAST: We started officially in the spring of 2009. But we’ve been working together as a core collective against trafficking for the last 5 years, prior to this we worked for a campaign called ‘The Truth isn’t sexy’That was for the Yorkshire branch of a national campaign, and that came out of London.

We have no real way of knowing other than to look at the referrals project such as ‘The Poppy Project’

The objective of the organisation is to act as an auxiliary arm to existing charities and campaigns.

PROCESS: So the initial process happens in what we call the filter country, the country of origin. through deception, coercion, kidnapping.Sometimes the trafficker of the trafficking accomplice will pretend to be a boyfriend and groom the woman until she will do anything he says.

And sometimes between destination/ source countries they’ll stop in a transit country and sometimes this is for the trafficker to lay low for a little while or to forge some papers, or to change means of transportation.

When they get to their destination country, say for example they’re coming from Lithuania to the UK, on arrival there could be a number of different ways they’re handled. So it could be that they are taken immediately to a brothel, where the madam or the owner of the brothel is waiting for them.

t could be that they are taken immediately to a private residence such as a flat, house, apartment. It could be that they are taken to a slave auction, these aren't as common but they have happened, where especially virgins are auctioned off to the highest bidder. It could be a number of different ways that they are transported up and around the country to different establishments, to saunas, massage parlous etc. When they reach that establishment more often than not they are locked into a room or apartment and raped and beaten and the reason the traffickers will do this is to create a climate of fear and instability. They have to implement that immediately. So that the young women know that they can’t mess around with that person or they will be killed, and generally trying to enforce control, over the woman. Quite frequently threats are made on that woman's family.

Quite frequently something called a debt bondage is created, the debt bondage is where the trafficker outlines a number of different payments that they have made on behalf of the woman, therefore the woman has to work X amount of hours/ days/weeks/ years in order to pay off that debt, and that debt is for the transport, passports, accommodation, all of these expensive things.

Quite frequently they will need to sleep with somewhere between 10 and 40 clients a day, or perform sexual acts for that number. Obviously thats rape time and time and time again. So the woman is being constantly violated, physically abused and physiologically abused. For the main part women will transported to a variety of different locations in order to keep it underground.

So if you can imagine being brought to this country, not being able to speak the language even if you did escape, what would you do? who would you talk to for help? where would you go? So there’s this constant disorientation, that these women experience

600 to 800 thousand people trafficked across international borders every year. And about 80% of those are women. However the UN estimated there’s about 2.4/ 2.5 million people trafficked every year, now thats internally as well. This includes men women and children. The statistics vary but what it does indicate is that the problem is huge. and it is the fastest growing criminal industry in the world. One trafficker can net at least £68,000 with one woman.

Toilet Roll Packaging

Here i have been looking at innovative packaging for toilet paper. Seeing as my idea is to give out free toilet paper to students i need to look at ways to package it that would be appealing to them. So i have been looking a variety of different toilet papers packaging that is out there at the moment, instead of the bog standard plastic wrap around. 

Above: This is packaging to wrap a natural brand of toilet paper. Inside there are 4 rolls. I really like the design of the packaging using green to insinuate the natural origins of the toilet papers. The designs are also comical using the generic symbols for people to represent people using the toilet and the paper. Its comical but also has a purpose. This is something i am interested in although not looking so much at it being comical. 

Above: Here is some creepy looking toilet paper. It has a 'scary' image on the front which would make people stop and look at it. I kind of like the idea of the faded face, and it is something i could incorporate into my designs. I don't really like the layout of the type, i think there is too much on the paper. The substrate they have used to wrap around the toilet paper, is similar to that of newsprint. It has a rough texture and can easily be torn open, this is good because it means that the product will be cost effective, as it wouldn't be expensive to print onto that substrate. 

Above: I really like the typography of this packaging, although i don't think i could use it on my project. I do like the colour balance they have used though, with the white black and red and the occasional green. The packaging is covered in information which not only makes it packaging but it also makes a product and if i could use this technique somehow to represent the information i want people to know about the sex trafficking trade then it would be quite effective. 

Above: I don't really like the packaging product but i do like the idea of printing on a black substrate of toilet paper. I think it would be interesting to see if i could print white on it, it would give it more depth and make it more of a novelty then just printing on straight white toilet paper. This is something i am going to try and get hold of and see if i can print onto. 

Toilet paper packaging

I find the print process for toilet paper fascinating. The automated process is such a huge job. The youtube video shows the process of embedding the toilet paper with the clients design. This is a process I hadnt thought about with my toilet paper. I could try and embed my designs into the paper to see what it would look like. I think it could only work with using a logo and not an amount of text, which was what i was thinking of doing.

The other problem with this process if i think about it for the mass production side, it is an expensive process for a one of print. The designs i plan to do are for a one off, a novelty. And this process just doesnt work with what i want to achieve. Seeing as i am printing for a charity/campaign it wouldn't work if the process itself was costing an arm and a leg. My plan is to mock up a design to be embedded into the toilet paper, or do it digitally and see what the product could look like. I think this would be a simpler technique to try and see what happens. 

IN-Design Workshop

Notes taken from my in-design workshop - Relating to packaging and printing/sending PDFS.

PACKAGES:

- file -> package

(packaging fonts and images etc)

SENDING PDF'S.

- Smallest = emails etc

- Press quality = Commercial 

- High Quality = Laser printers etc

add crop marks and bleed here.