Mega Crit

Texture

Today I chose to take photographs of work and processes that I want to start introducing into my practice. Above are a couple of textures I found which I liked the colours of. I really want to find new ways of making texture, alongside my new found love of paper cuts to create some new and interesting designs. Using print methods and colour may also be helpful to me. There is a fearlessness to the way they were produced which I admire very much, sometimes I am a bit too careful when I produce my own work.

3D

I really want to explore 3d illustration more at some point. I always seem to forget that this is available to me and my practice. The work above is so playful and humorous.

Aesthetic

This sketchbook was beautiful. The tiny delicate drawings are so pleasing to the eye and I think this is an example of how important craftsmanship and aesthetic are, I am not sure if there was a deeper concept behind but the work but in this case I don't think that was necessary. 

 

Composition

I thought these pieces were incredible, the final outcome itself is very professional looking and well designed but what struck me most was the sketchbook work and how collage was used to play around with composition - what a brilliant idea! As I have been working with paper recently I am getting used to moving things around on a page before committing to a layout, I definitely want to try this for compositional roughs in the future.

Playing with Paper

I feel like over summer I have had the opportunity to play around with materials and drawings I enjoy. Not having to think about the reason why other than that has been nice and taken some pressure off. I think I am ready to get back into the swing of things now though, I miss having projects to work towards and research.

Pinterest and Instagram

I have been using Instagram and Pinterest a lot more during this summer. This started whilst I was in Italy, I wanted to record my travel sketchbook and I continued to do this when I got back to Nottingham. I m enjoying the process of documenting certain pieces of my work and also discovering new illustrators that make me look at my own work in a different way, my work is becoming more shape based as the use of paper has become an essential part of my practice.

Fan Art

Making a paper Gary Oldman was a bit of fun. He is my all time favourite actor so it was only a matter of time before I produced a piece of work around him. My sister also has a deep and profound love for Alan Rickman (rip) so I made one for her too, sassy Snape.

People Watching

https://uk.pinterest.com/pin/493918284113468845/

This summer I have realised just how much I enjoy people watching. Thinking about people's behaviour, what they are doing and where they are going is something I want to bring in to my practice more - working from life and observation. I have thought a lot about this, especially the times in Italy when I was completely alone. I find human interaction fascinating when you don't know anything about the individual person.

Response from the Beatrix Potter Brief

To congratulate you on your highly commended artwork we would like to offer you the opportunity to select 4 events from the LICAF 2016 programme and we will send you the tickets. We do hope you can take advantage of the free tickets and attend the festival.

I am extremely happy with that! I got an email today saying that my work made it in to the exhibition. I really didn't even like it after I sent it off so I wasn't expecting anything to come of it, I will have a look at what events will be on and whether I can attend!

An evening with Jessie Burton

Jessie Burton wrote 'The Miniaturist' which is one of my favourite books, so when I saw that she was doing a talk at Waterstones for her new novel I got tickets. Listening to her talk was very insightful and I loved hearing about her process and what it took for her to become a 'successful' author.