Field Trips

I adventured on a couple of field trips outside the Leeds area with the idea of silence in my mind.

I decided to head to Ilkley first.

I had a go at some reportage with some ink of a humongous bird flying around.
because i was doing this in the wild i didn't really have any water so i kept getting a dry brush
but i really liked the textures that this brought.

similar to the one above i made an observation of all the benches i could see in the moors
and placed them all together at the time i was surprised by how many benches there where in the moors especially
because no one really sat in any of them and a few where definitely hard to get to but the main purpose for these
benches are memorials. I used ink with a dry brush again and i liked some of the lines that this created for example
some of the lines came out as double lines dues the the brush hairs being split.
I liked this technique and could be interesting to see it being experimented with perhaps colour or using other things as a brush, perhaps some the things surrounding me like leaves.

I thought i would attempt to craft a paper cut image from life but it was quite hard cause of the breeze.
i also used coloured ink over it i'm not really sure if i like it though i think there are some elements i like
such as the colours and the texture that the tissue paper brings. Although i think the red ink on the green isn't a great colour combination. The image is also relatively empty  but i wanted to represent the fact that there was nothing else around me but the things within in the image.

I wondered if it would be effective doing leaf prints. I had a ink pad and stamped some autumn leaves
on it and i think it made an interesting texture it did make my ink pad dirty however.
I started doing that first and thought of doing a whole page but then decided to incorporate it with the view around.

I tried a few drawing experiments within these trips which i definitely enjoyed and will continue to work with.  In terms of silence I found it difficult to find silence on my own

as i felt like my brain was working extra hard to create conversations in my head 

to make me feel less bored while i was walking.

This gave me an idea to then go out and record these thoughts to potentially add more 

of myself to my work and research.

Evaluation

Final Cover Design

This right here is my final book cover all done it paper cut outs. This was definetly a challenge for me mainly the fiddly text but over all i really like it. i think the colours are strong against the black and the shapes in the image and the text really pul through. It also has a kind of aboriginal feel to it with the shape layering which i personally like.

Roughs and development for the book cover

This draft worked well but for a differnet book. i think the whole style of it is very childish in a way that it would
suit a kids book. As my book is relatively serious i don't think it would be a great fit. 

This one got good feedback from my classmates they liked the shapes scattered around. This is something that i definitely used to help me with my final piece i used this one as an outline to experiment on.

This one is a little bit different i went for a mathematical feel on this and made it very technical.
i wasn't really happy with this it might work a lot better with colour but i think it doesn't illustrate the theme of the book to well. Would look nice if it was for a book about the mathematics of food however.

These are some inital sketches for potential covers i tried working with a few medias to get an idea of what i would rather work with. I did like the messiness of the ink however i would want it to be colourful on the final thing because the book is based on synaesthesia which focuses on people relating things like music to colours.  

This is some development with cut out paper. I initally thought about doing this when i was choosing what media to use
as i think the boldness of the colours will be very effective it is also a great for shapes to.

This is some rough set ups of my potential front cover. This is with paper cut outs, this was one of the first times i have used this but i enjoy it as a media as it is a really nice way to create shape in your image. This fits well with the title as the cover is built up on shapes.

This is some shape experimentation this help me decide which shapes will look the best for my final cover.
I used a mix of media to try out some more playful shapes and textures which i could use for a digital cover.
These will also be useful for future textures. i got them by rubbing paint on things around the house and see what pattern it would leave some like the soap where really effective. 

This is a digital mock up from the scanned shapes and face design.
I think it works nicely digitally but i thought it would be more authentic to do the final thing all in paper cut outs.
But i could scan my final one in and develop it on photoshop. I could change them into similar bold colours and shapes like this one.

24 ways to recycle a bottle

This is the final outcome for how to recycle a bottle. my main focus in the end was to centralise it around this
one character who finds unusual and gross ways to use his bottle. I wanted to leave out the text as i don't think it
would support the theme of the character well. My feedback was good some people mentioned that it might of been better
with more colour involved which would work nicely in my opinion but some other people liked the slight blue splashes of colour. Overall, i am pretty happy with it i think the colours where a nice choice and i think the humour of it is relatively pleasant. 

Line, Pattern and Texture (Trunk Tower)

This is my dream house created with textures and patterns and lines that we have previously created.
Mine is a tower of elephants (trunk tower) each floor containing a new texture to it.
it's a simple and doesn't use the textures too complexly within the work. 

Final Designs

Lonely Cafe is a ink drawing i wanted to have a lot of white space to
go with the idea of the emptiness but the subtle black tones around helped balance it out.

I got mixed reviews on the background of this some people thought it was cool but others thought it would work better with colour. I guess i think the white worked better with the theme of the article.

I think this one is simple but effective i think it would work nicer if i enlarged to fit the full square.

Developed drawings for editorial

Here are some of my drafts for my editorial pieces. These are colour and tone experiments but after i did them
 realised that the white space in all the images added more context and gave it an empty feel.

This is a alternate sketch of the restaurant from the outside and idea which i did like but i thought the inside will
display the idea better as i can add more single folks in it.

Line...Mark, Patter and Texture

Some lines on the geometric shapes. These where for the words busy and quite and much and little
i think the busy small lines compared to the less small ones a nice texture especially the less one
i can imagine that one working well on a texture for a building.

Here are some focusing on more lines the 2nd one i created by just slaming my pencil down aggressively
one of them i did less aggressive i think the darker one almost looks like a long beard.
This could be a good technique for any future beard drawings i might do.  

This one took exceptionally long but i think it worked out nicely, it's busy but would be a great texture
for any shading. 

Photoshop practice with plants

i just used a brush on this with some pastelle colours
i kept it simple and i think it addded colour but wasn't an amazing thing to do to it.

i got rid of a lot of the ink in this by selecting it and deleting it
and the bottom one is inverted both i think give it a handmade print effect to them.

i wasn't too sure how i fully ended up with this i just kept messing around with layers
and i think it worked well. The green on black gives it an almost glow

Pictionary

here is my sheet from when we played pictionary my word was grow.
it was hard to think outside to box with that word cause all i could think about was plants
even when i turned to google for added assistance all i still got was plants. My main way of
illustrating this word was through a series of before and after drawings.

Observational Plant Drawings

here are different monochrome drawings of a plant.
for this plant drawing i used a fine brush and tried to focus on the plant in detail such as focusing
on the lines of the branches and leaves and adding a little bit of tone 

for this one i switched to a red ink and used a bigger wash
i concentrated on getting a light wash and then worked over it
with more concentrated ink. this emphasised certain tones.

this one i went in with my thickest brush
i usually work with small media but i think the thick brush
added bold tones to my drawing.

100 uses for a bottle

This is an example of a couple of pages of my 100 ways to recycle a bottle
from early on, i used a simple character to support my ideas.
after a few drawings i started to like this character so most of the
drawings include him.

i wanted to focus specifically on the more darker uses as this added
humour to it. I think this worked well as recycling is seen as a
good and moral activity. So it's more entertaining to add an evil twist to it.

There where many uses for a bottle that involved animals this could be a
potential idea for the final thing.

This is a few examples of me trying other medias.
I think the felt tip worked well as the bold colours added more
to the line drawings. However the control on crayons is hard so it would only
work on a larger scale.

This is a poster contaiing 40 different ideas. this is where i got the idea of the character initially from.

Final Mask

This is the final image of me and my mask i set it up in the bathroom
so that it looks like my mask is getting a haircut in the comfort of it's own home.

Production

Here is the process of making my mask i sliced paper to create
the hair fibres then stuck them on the back with tape.
i over laid this till i was happy with the density of the paper hair.