Collection of 100 OUGD102- Guitars

For my collection of 100 project i decided to base it on one of my main hobbies and interests, something that i would have a wide knowledge on and hopefully be able to  produce a vast amount of work around. I picked the subject of guitars initially thinking about looking into, peoples favorite guitars, the history of guitars, brands of guitars, tabliture and sheet music, guitar idols, vintage posters etc.

I started by posting on my facebook a question for my friends to respond.

If you could own any electric guitar in the world, what guitar would you choose?

 

Kyle Morris
DEAN - 'CADILLAC'! eassallyyy :)
Oli Coppock
Gibson Les Paul without a doubt.
John Walker
Ibanez Jem (77/UV) It's the one they did for Steve Vai :)
Michael Browne
Encore
Nick Ollier
I'd rock the Junior Electric Guitar Flame from Argos. 545/0002 for anyone who wants to treat me, pretty pricey though.
Liam Senior
Gibson either SG or Les Paul
Jack Yorke
PRS SE Custom in ebony
Charlie Crosby 
Well at the moment i have a fender jaguar special series japanese made and i love it to pieces but i think if i could have any other it would be a really old stratocaster from like 68 or something
Harry Dj-Wand Woodrow
A tom delonge gibson 335 pleasee :)
Ryan Stringer
An Epiphone les paul, Zakk Wyld Buzzsaw edition
Alex Martin
ESP LTD VIPER-1000 SG :)
Thomas Pitts
A '74 US fender mustang.
Emma Draffin
Gibson Flying V. Yes.
Tom Blain
Stratocaster
Ash Barrow
Reach out to Asia Fender Stratocaster
Paul Ward
Les Paul gold top man
Sam Platt
The Les Paul i have now :)
Jack Fearon
A Martin GT-75. Absolute beaut of a guitar and they don't make them any more. Gutted.
Rob Garner
tom delong srtat in mint green
Eddie Edwards
BLACKMACHINE B8
Stephen Green
A white usa fender jazzmaster
Aaron Walker
Cherry red Gibson Explorer with gold hardware

After getting an idea of what my friends favourite guitars are i decided to start digging a big deeper into graphic design terms relating to guitars. As my dad is also a guitar player and has been for a long time i managed to acquire some old guitar identification books relating to branding and logos within guitar playing.  Below are some scans from a couple of the books i found. 

 This front cover works really well in terms of colour, i like how each individual guitar neck has been given a pale aged tone of either orange, red or yellow because they reflect the period of time that the book was made and they compliment each other against the fading blue background.

 These old headstocks really interest me, especially the way the type works with the shape of the headstock, tuning pegs and nut. This is definitely something i would like to research further and develop into my own work.

I really like the retro feel of the pages in the books especially the front covers (top and bottom image.) The colours of the pink in the image above and the singular line illustrations makes it look very electronic especially with the crosshatched background. I like the way the layout has been assembled with everything at an unusual spacing and not exactly centered or aligned.

Manchester- Sound Control
A few pictures from a visit to one of my favourite guitar shops.

Pictures Of My Own Guitars/Amplifiers
A few pictures of a few of the guitars that me and my dad own between us.

 Gibson SG in Cherry Red

 LTD MHQ-1000MT

Hoyer

 Gibson Les Paul-The Paul

 Brian May special edition

Sketches/Illustrations
Once i had photographed my guitars i started to come up with other ways that i could record them. The images below are a few quick sketches and drawings i did of different parts of my guitars.

Continued line drawings always seem to add character to what could be a rather boring illustration. I sketched out the headstocks of my guitars using this technique to see what the results where. I'm happy with the roughness it creates but it makes the subject appear very naive.