In this induction we were given a tour of the rooms equipment and facilities and we had the oppurtunity to try out some monoprints for ourselves. It was really good to learn how to do this process and I really liked the effect of a lot of my prints. However it is definitely something which follows the case that practice makes perfect as some of my prints were hard to make out due to my use of too much talcum powder or ink. However in some ways the effect caused are always one of a kind and just create a unique piece; it is part of the fun and interest of the image.
Here are some of my prints:
Thursday, 24 October 2013
Tuesday, 22 October 2013
Task 3: Drawing as you See It- Line/Tone/Mark/Pattern
Drawing as you see it...Line/Tone/Mark/Pattern
Continuing to explore line drawing using ten different drawing tools, in response to my chosen visual subject; Punk, with a focus on drawn line, tone, made mark and pattern. I explore how pressure, stroke, direction and gesture dictate my line and how different paper can effect this. I used hatching, cross hatching, scribbling, shading and making marks and pattern in this brief. I used the line to describe light and form in both a very accurate and precise way but also a way that could be stylised or suggested.
I used pattern and made marks as a visual device to describe complex and detailed information such as his necklace and neckline, his beard and facial features, and the way the clothes fall to leave shadow on his body. Pattern was used here to create a sense of depth to my drawing as it adds more truth to the image and allows the garment to be identified as Vivienne Westwoods and also recognition of the model. The black also works well to tie in all the colours and patterns. The patterns and made marks are thought out but loose, however the shadows have had to be drawn over multiple times in order to create the depth so those marks are a lot more controlled.
Continuing to explore line drawing using ten different drawing tools, in response to my chosen visual subject; Punk, with a focus on drawn line, tone, made mark and pattern. I explore how pressure, stroke, direction and gesture dictate my line and how different paper can effect this. I used hatching, cross hatching, scribbling, shading and making marks and pattern in this brief. I used the line to describe light and form in both a very accurate and precise way but also a way that could be stylised or suggested.
The below illustrations are my interpretations of Vivienne Westwood's catwalk and print spreads. I chose to focus on these as I could identify the punky edge to the garments and makeup and hair of the models. I used shapes of colour to map out the clothing using felt tip pens and then added water to make a water colour look. I left a lot of the page blank as I liked the relationship the colour had with the white space and how it allowed the colour to not overwhelm the image. I then added line, mark, pattern and tone using black fine liner to them to bring the image together and describe the garments and models features.
I found that the paper I used for the below images really helped me to use the watercolour paintbrush with an accurate gesture as the paint didn't run where you didn't place it to and yet it was smooth enough to allow the pen to be applied at multiply pressures and the gesture of it was uninterrupted.
( Look up Yule Bringer & Nigel Peak)
Studio Brief 3- A Day in the Life
Brief:
Some of my experimental sketchbook work;
Above are a few pages from my sketchbook experimenting with ideas and media following the article and concentrating on a few key elements.
This was some of the work from one of Freds workshops. The intention of this was to explore ideas and themes:
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During a seminar with Fred we had to cut up 2 sheets of A1 paper into 34 rectangular strips of equal size. We then had to focus on one aspect of our project; I focused on the peacock and the desirable qualities it represents (as a bird- successful and desirable genetics suggesting strength and thus protection, as a man/boyfriend - success and thus useful resources/strength/protection). I replaced the 'eye' in the tail with a coin with the queens head on it. This signifies wealth and protection and success - just like the tail does for the peacock. This is relevant to my article as it represents the 'good boyfriend' this is the man with the resources; with the money and supplies to look after the woman and more importantly their children; the protection of their DNA. The 'grandparents' or 'overbearing parents' will not invest in this woman as she is already taken care of.
The article looks at why, if both the woman and her parents both want the survival of their genes, their is conflict in mate choice. If the parents have more than one child, it is in their evolutionary interests to distribute their resources - money, support etc. The child, however, cares more about the survival of their genes than that of their siblings, so each child should try to secure more than his or her fair share of parental resources. In the article they talk about their computer model study in which they allowed a females parents to interfere with her choice of a male, and for parents to distribute their resources among their children. They found that parents invested more resources in daughters who chose mates with few resources because this daughter would profit more from extra help than her more fortunate sisters; and maximized their total number of surviving grandchildren. This unequal investment meant that daughters could 'exploit' this generosity; instead of holding out for the perfect man they could accept a less helpful partner whilst still ending up with a similar amount of support (from parents). As a result, the choosiness of females gradually declined over evolutionary time; simultaneously parental preference for caring sons-in-law increased.
Beneath are some of my preliminary sketches for my final illustrations. I decided to use black pen as it conveyed the message at its most simplest and clearest form. I used two pens in differing thickness and concentrated on line to convey shadow and power.
Unfortunately I made a huge error when cutting the sizes and drawing the designs on; I cut one at the slightly wrong size and then confused that one with the wrong layout- so my portrait and landscape pieces are mixed round. I have learnt a huge lesson from this and it will be something I will definitely be checking again and again before finishing the illustration in future. If I were to do it again I would definitely ensure the correct sizes were used- this brief was really important in highlighting this issue.
Produce 3 illustrations that visually communicate my response to 'Evolution and Bad Boyfriends' text. They need to be produced using two colours plus stock to the following three formats:
200mm x 200mm
105mm x 200mm (portrait)
290mm x 105mm (landscape)
They should be distinct but work as a set or series and be visually consistent.
Supporting Material:
105mm x 200mm (portrait)
290mm x 105mm (landscape)
They should be distinct but work as a set or series and be visually consistent.
Supporting Material:
http://www.jeanjullien.com/
http://barryblitt.com/stuff/
http://keithnegley.com/
http://joshcochran.com/work
After reading my text I picked out some key topics/words, for which I found five reference images and used them to create some collages in my sketchbook. My choice of words were; controlling parents (for this I found a stern looking middle aged woman), peacocking (when a male shows off to attract potential mates, for this I found a peacock showing off his tail to a peahen), resources (for this I found an image of falling pound coins), gambling (for this I found an image of dice; it refers to the gamble in genetics and also the traits of a bad boyfriend- gambling his resources instead of using them to provide for their offspring) and babies (signifying the survival of genetics- for this I found an image of two babies- this also portrays the idea of siblings and the parents choice between them, it states in the article that 'by helping their needier daughters, parents maximized their total number of surviving grandchildren').
http://joshcochran.com/work
After reading my text I picked out some key topics/words, for which I found five reference images and used them to create some collages in my sketchbook. My choice of words were; controlling parents (for this I found a stern looking middle aged woman), peacocking (when a male shows off to attract potential mates, for this I found a peacock showing off his tail to a peahen), resources (for this I found an image of falling pound coins), gambling (for this I found an image of dice; it refers to the gamble in genetics and also the traits of a bad boyfriend- gambling his resources instead of using them to provide for their offspring) and babies (signifying the survival of genetics- for this I found an image of two babies- this also portrays the idea of siblings and the parents choice between them, it states in the article that 'by helping their needier daughters, parents maximized their total number of surviving grandchildren').
Some of my experimental sketchbook work;
This is a primary photograph I used as reference for the right hand page below. |
Above are a few pages from my sketchbook experimenting with ideas and media following the article and concentrating on a few key elements.
This was some of the work from one of Freds workshops. The intention of this was to explore ideas and themes:
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The article looks at why, if both the woman and her parents both want the survival of their genes, their is conflict in mate choice. If the parents have more than one child, it is in their evolutionary interests to distribute their resources - money, support etc. The child, however, cares more about the survival of their genes than that of their siblings, so each child should try to secure more than his or her fair share of parental resources. In the article they talk about their computer model study in which they allowed a females parents to interfere with her choice of a male, and for parents to distribute their resources among their children. They found that parents invested more resources in daughters who chose mates with few resources because this daughter would profit more from extra help than her more fortunate sisters; and maximized their total number of surviving grandchildren. This unequal investment meant that daughters could 'exploit' this generosity; instead of holding out for the perfect man they could accept a less helpful partner whilst still ending up with a similar amount of support (from parents). As a result, the choosiness of females gradually declined over evolutionary time; simultaneously parental preference for caring sons-in-law increased.
On the left is my peacock feather using monotone and replacing the 'eye' with a pound coin. On the right hand side is some faint pencil and biro sketches mapping out where I could have colour on my square design. I decided on the colours pink and blue because of the fact that pink/red is often the colour of love or lust and dark blue to add some weight to the image and the meaning; the sad fact women are settling for less. I looked at using these colours for the peacock feather and I thought it worked well however after using it with my wedding toppers design I decided against it due to the wedding dress loosing relationship to its meaning as their was no white - it became less recognisable, this was true for the cake too. So I then decided to use black and white so that I could convey the images more clearly. |
Unfortunately I made a huge error when cutting the sizes and drawing the designs on; I cut one at the slightly wrong size and then confused that one with the wrong layout- so my portrait and landscape pieces are mixed round. I have learnt a huge lesson from this and it will be something I will definitely be checking again and again before finishing the illustration in future. If I were to do it again I would definitely ensure the correct sizes were used- this brief was really important in highlighting this issue.
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