Robert Brownjhon

Robert Brownjhon was an american graphic designer recognised for his graphic design work. he worked on movie titles such as with Russia from love and gold finger, he also worked on the rolling stones album let it bleed. Here i will be looking at his street level work and analysing it for my research. 

I found that this is quite a dark image but he uses the white chalk of the text as a focus point allowing the black background the pick out the chalk. The text has been hand drawn in chalk in a script font, this gives the street art a "posh" look not as you'd expect from graffiti. he has kerned the letters together making the text look more fluid and gives the photo more of a simple and spacious look. 

The image as a whole is very dark, even the lines between the bricks, again this follows suit by having a dark background and solid light text to stand out amongst this. he uses a sans serif font I think it is bold too this gives it even more impact on the image and draws the eye straight to the text. This text like the other image has also been kerned closer together making a prominent statement and after first glance you realise that it is actually a sign. 

By this point i have gathered that the style of this work is focused  on urban imagery and black and white imagery. This image look's as if it is a pointless sign, this is not that signs original place (lying in a pile of rubble) and why is there a bottle of what looks like drink next to it. This could be rubble from a building sight or a squat created by a tramp. The imagery it's self is very abstract and leaves a tale to be told.

This image is very urban where as this could be a street, it could also be a stolen sign wich has been put in this place for the purpose of the image, the s shaped metal on the walls remind me of an industrial sight. The way he has placed the sign above the s shaped metal makes it look like it is balancing there or even floating a bit like an optical illusion. the sign is in a sans serif front. 

This image is my favourite as this could be a modern or old shop, but judging from when street level was done i assume it is an older shop but without colour this takes the aspect of modern or old away with colour this could just be a modern run down bar.  The bold text is in a serifed font and is in grey so blends with the image.