Branding...

These four brands are what i have researched for a starting point on developing my own brand.

Surrealism...

Surrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early 1920s, and is best known for its visual artworks and writings. The aim was to "resolve the previously contradictory conditions of dream and reality." Artists painted unnerving, illogical scenes with photographic precision, created strange creatures from everyday objects and developed painting techniques that allowed the unconscious to express itself.

Surrealist works feature the element of surprise, unexpected juxtapositions and non sequitur; however, many Surrealist artists and writers regard their work as an expression of the philosophical movement first and foremost, with the works being an artefact. Leader André Breton was explicit in his assertion that Surrealism was above all a revolutionary movement.

Surrealism developed out of the Dada activities during World War I and the most important centre of the movement was Paris. From the 1920s onward, the movement spread around the globe, eventually affecting the visual arts, literature, film, and music of many countries and languages, as well as political thought and practice, philosophy, and social theory.

Julian Opie...

Opie was born in London in 1958 and raised in Oxford. He graduated in 1983 from Goldsmith's School of Art, where he was taught by conceptual artist and painter Michael Craig-Martin. He emerged as an influential figure in the British art scene of the 1980s after producing a series of painted metal sculptures that humorously combined loosely painted imagery with steel shapes. Portraits and animated walking figures, rendered with minimal detail in black line drawing, are hallmarks of the artist’s style. His themes have been described as "engagement with art history, use of new technology, obsession with the human body" and "work with one idea across different media". When asked to describe his approach, Opie said "I often feel that trying to make something realistic is the one criteria I can feel fairly sure of. Another one I sometimes use is, would I like to have it in my room? And I occasionally use the idea, if God allowed you to show Him one [portrait] to judge you by, would this really be it?

In my opinion his work is simple yet very good because of the colours and lines that he uses. The bold colours make his work visible and clear to see.His work is an influential figure in the British art scene of the 1980s after producing a series of painted metal sculptures that humorously combined loosely painted imagery with steel shapes. His work ranges from a variety of portraits and animated walking figures, rendered with minimal detail in black line drawing, these are all the different styles he brings together to makes his work so defined. I like his work mostly because of the colour but because of the bold lines he uses to desperate each colour. 
This is my first go at a julian opie version of me, i really like the shirt because of the detail but i'm not sure about the face because the eyes kind of look out of place even though i do like the eyes and the little highlights in the eyes and the hair.

This is my starting attempt at Julian Opie's work, i think it is going quite well because i dont usually work in this style but i really like the style, it makes more complex images look simple but still look really great.

The opening line...

All the areas of graphics interest me but the few that i would like to focus on would be motion graphics, illustration, typography and scene design and architecture for video games. After college or university i would love to be a video game design doing all the buildings and scenes.

This is an images i found on google, this image is a great mix between graffiti and achitecture which isn't usual seen because graffiti is usual type based. This image could help me if i came to design a building which could happen if i focus on architecture in the future.