More dark fun! Having made more creatures to inhabit more worlds me and Mariam set out at 10 p.m. to take some night time photographs with the masks on The photos were really great - I even think they could be a final piece if i wanted to - I will play around with the imagery more tomorrow but for now I have just uploaded them, grayscale printed them out and then rescanned to place them in my collages.
The idea for a book is really working out - I decided to make a Constantine book( that folds out like a map-( the book being a map I chose this format-that makes sense right?)) and not getting the book glue bound because then the book would look very flimsy and sort of similar to a pamphlet. I still need to print out my collages out at college with Jeff upstairs at Chelsea - they will be printed on a role and each page with be the width of an A5 piece of paper. We decided this was the best size.
In the meantime, my book idea is still on - only its going to have to be just one box- a taster in 3D form of one of the worlds that will be featured inside the map book.
Also Wendy reminded me that I need to print out my photographs from wales and "all the dark fun" photographs and present them in a portfolio manor- I mustn't forget to put all the dispossible camera pictures and also put my film on a CD. GOSH thats a lot of things to do! but i can do this! i must do this!
Monday, 21 March 2011
Thursday, 17 March 2011
long time no post
Soooo... where to begin?
I haven't posted much recently as I have been using my sketchbook as a diary- most of my reflections were small technical worries. However I have some thinking to do now : I am in the middle of creating the props for the box and all is going well. All of the elements are inspired by my vision of what a "where the wild things are" type of forest and the way the forest world looks at the moment does fit accordingly to my vision.
Last night however I thought about the prospect of having to make more than 5 boxes and realised it would be very hard. It took me this long to make one world, i can't imagine how frustrated i would be by the firth.
On tuesday I had a book workshop and made a constantine book . It was a really useful workshop and made me think about the possibility of making a book for my fmp. I good make a book map of my imaginary world with some of the collages I had done previously. This is what I am going to have a go next at- the mapping and perfecting the collages .
I haven't posted much recently as I have been using my sketchbook as a diary- most of my reflections were small technical worries. However I have some thinking to do now : I am in the middle of creating the props for the box and all is going well. All of the elements are inspired by my vision of what a "where the wild things are" type of forest and the way the forest world looks at the moment does fit accordingly to my vision.
Last night however I thought about the prospect of having to make more than 5 boxes and realised it would be very hard. It took me this long to make one world, i can't imagine how frustrated i would be by the firth.
On tuesday I had a book workshop and made a constantine book . It was a really useful workshop and made me think about the possibility of making a book for my fmp. I good make a book map of my imaginary world with some of the collages I had done previously. This is what I am going to have a go next at- the mapping and perfecting the collages .
Thursday, 10 March 2011
A second opinion
After watching where the wild things are I realised that inventing worlds is what intrigues me the most. We had presentations on monday and mine didn't go so well. Mainly because Ed, our tutor, didn't really understand my perspective; being in the Vis com area doesn't define me as as a graphic designer; i still feel a connection to the " Artist ", most of my ideas still feel unresolved and exploratory.
Talking to Wendy today just confirmed that having an unresolved purpose was fine. I don't want to " say something" all I am doing here is evoking - evoking in people a haunting edge to childhood they might have forgotten, less innocent and sweet, more worrying and intriguing.
Talking to Wendy today just confirmed that having an unresolved purpose was fine. I don't want to " say something" all I am doing here is evoking - evoking in people a haunting edge to childhood they might have forgotten, less innocent and sweet, more worrying and intriguing.
Monday, 7 March 2011
Sunday, 6 March 2011
A great weekend of fun- cheeeesssyyyyyy but true
This weekend was a great one- I watched lots of films from my bibliography which helped me and inspired my work. I moved all of my things to the art room: I had inspiration images on the wall, art materials spread across the floor and my lap top on the table.I was watching sleeping beauty whilst working which completely seeped it self in the imagery I was making. I first drew very roughly the landscapes I had recently fantasized about and then I looked at the found imagery I had collected to see if I could use some of it. I then made more graphic patters using water colour paint and began creating my collage. I realised very quickly that the idea of making a complex landscape meant the collage looked busy. Combining my photographs of wales and my own illustrations was difficult. I felt that i should strip back on the amount of material I should use and let the white paper show. I still want to create a landscape only I want to strip it back of excess material .I love the photographs I took of the woods in wales last weekend but I think I should leave them alone - they are resolved images and altering them doesn't add anything. They contribute to my collage as inspiration not physically in the collage.
I need to focus more combing found imagery that particularly fits to my fantasies and my own illustrations. This will lead to more successful collage.I also made masks as part of my playsack idea. I took the photographs after having watched for a second time "where the wild things are".
Tuesday, 1 March 2011
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