Vis Com #1 - Poster

Brief: Produce a poster from a selection of artist's quotes.

I chose Mark Rothko's quote "Silence is so accurate".

Final outcome.

I chose the style because I wanted the image to stand out. I also chose different styles of type because I wanted to experiment with how text is presented.

I used a human more than anything else because we can relate to the word silence more.

I enjoyed this task as it was short and the end product was 'to the point'.

If I could change parts of this it would have to be the background as it did not turn out the way I liked it to be.

Exploratory #2

  For Exploratory #2, I've chosen to develop one of my collage pieces I did in Week 2 of Exploratory #1. I chose this piece because, to me, it looks visually effective with the way I  fill the negative space with different styles of words and it could have a powerful message behind it to some people about society and how women constantly strive for their idea of "perfection". I also chose this piece because of my interest in the human form and portraiture as a whole, which drew me closer towards the collage.

I developed these ideas further. First off, I chose the develop the portrait part of the collage with using inspiration from Voka with his style of painting. I researched and sketched out some poses of the female face by using the library books as references. I'll go on to using this painting to create other images using PhotoShop & Gimp 2.0 through other artist's inspiration.

Using this image into Barbara Kruger's style of using typography over the top of the image to show a bold phrase/sentence in an advertising way. Then I took on Kruger's style of collage and carried on with making samples of her work. I took the red out of the black and white like she did as it is an aggressive colour that makes the viewer interested.

Next I tried to create my themed idea into a 3D form, so I looked into Michael Murphy's and Pauline Galiana's style of 3D installation/sculptures. I took their ideas together and created a 3D wood skull and make a vacuum form mold of a face and collage it, taking Kruger's typography forward onto the next step of my Exploratory #2. With the mold I also placed it on top of one of my sample PhotoShop piece that was from my Voka painting, to see the colours stand out with both materials overlapping. I also made another vacuum form mold of a face and completely used collage with the eyes cut out; like a disguise or an actual mask for whats underneath the beauty on top. With the other mold I made I photographed someone with it on, like a mask just to see what it looked like, as an experiment.

 As an extra experiment, I searched up John Stezaker, who merged faces together through collage. I did one in PhotoShop and some in collage and photographed then, then I made one together with collage and photograph of a piece I made before.

Drawing Week - Day 4: Pears

  My Drawings:

  I really liked the last day of the drawing week because it's more still life than drawings a mixture of things which make the piece of work look abstract, like the photo space. I found this day quite easy for me because it's what I really like to do so I felt like I can finish this section of the drawing week quickly. I did try to do some more quick sketchy-style painting for the '50 marks' one which I found looks quite effective with the use of media materials I used.

Drawing Week - Day 3: Nature

  I missed this day of drawing, but I did half at home. From what I've done I liked it but I found it quite messy, just like the photo space just because it can be quite abstract with the brush strokes or/and pencil marks.

Drawing Week - Day 2: Skeletons & a Gramaphone

  My position whilst drawing in the space:

My Drawings:

  I did find this day really enjoyable; much better than the photo space because there is something to copy and you know what it looks like, unlike drawing lines and getting away with it easily. I like how I can draw detail and my observational skills can come out in my work, especially in the 12 sample picture (in the left).

Drawing Week - Day 1: Photo Space

  Our brief:

My Drawings:

I didn't find this day as enjoyable as I thought I would because it's drawing in quite an abstract and loose fashion and it didn't make me like that so much. Although I gave it a go I just didn't get the most out of that specific day.

Week 4 - 3D Sculpture

  For our task we had to create objects which symbolized a narrative of a "journey". I created a few sculptures in this area shown below.

Sketching out ideas...

Final maquettes.

All miniture sculptures I've made.

  I like the 3D cubes falling the most and I found this idea the most interesting becuase to me it's quite a kinetic sculpture from how the cubes are placed; like they're about to move or it's like a freeze-frame before they all topple on one another.

I did enjoy this part of the exploratory and I found this is the best workshop for me in the course so far because I've never done 3D models of anything before which I find interesting.