Drawing Continued

I took inspiration from various artists while I was drawing from my photographs. Tracie Cheng remained an important inspiration to me for line drawings and backgrounds. I also came across Satsuki Shibuya, who paints very delicate looking artwork with watercolours. I have taken a liking to her work and the mark making she does.

I chose to use watercolours for some of my drawings as a response to Satsuki Shibuya's paintings. Although I am yet to decide on a colour palette, as I was drawing there became a strong presence of blues and pinks. I am happy to make use of these colours for now as I can edit colouring in Photoshop later if I wish to do so.

My favourite aspect of these drawings is the very hand drawn presence. The way the lines fade and the mark making really gives each drawing some texture. I want to keep some texture in my work as I am conscious of losing it during digital steps of designing. 

Locating | Self Initiated Brief

This is the first time that I have ever had to create my own brief for a project before, and although it is really exciting it is also a little daunting. However, I splashed around with a couple of ideas and decided on working with the title 'eye of the behholder'.

Brainstorming ideas lead me to begin with drawing and trying to imitate the appearence of the iris. This part of the eye is fascinating especially in terms of colour. I didn't realise quite how strange an iris was until I really payed it some attention.

I thought I'd start the unit as I intend to go on by getting straight out of my comfort zone. We learned a drawing technique last year in which you place a glass bowl over a projector and drop ink down the sides. It creates a really nice effect which resembles an eye. Normally in the first couple of weeks of a project I stay in my sketchbook when it comes to drawing, this helped me break up my routine and get the ball rolling.



Print | Week 1

This week I started working in Print.

The first drawing task we were given was really interesting. We were put into groups and each group was given a sheet of vinyl that has been stuck to the wall. The vinyl was cut into tiny 1mm strips and we had to peel it off the wall and place it back on in a different way. We were given the word 'Unravel' to work around.

These are some of the drawings I made from what we created.

After this, we were then given the word 'rearrange' and were told to make another drawing using the same materials by moving them around. I really liked the outcome of this drawing day and I think my team worked really well in deciding what to do with the vinyl. I like the drawings I have created this week as they are different to anything I have drawn before.