Theres something about abandoned buildings/spaces that I find really intriguing, especially when it has started to decay and you can see bits of paint peeling off, the remains of people who used to be there - I think there is a certain beauty to it.
Really liked this post on empty swimming pools, the photos are kinda mesmerising
http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/gigi-cifali
I then saw this post on swimming pools that had water in them but were completely empty, thought there was something more eery and haunting about these photographs for some reason
http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/franck-bohbot
Monday, 17 February 2014
yann kebbi
In the last visual language session we were shown some work by Yann Kebbi which I was rather intrigued by;
I love how playful he is with the colours and the loose, quick lines make the scenes feel so lively. There is a definite sense of movement in his work. And his disregard of traditional rules of perspective and scale makes all the buildings seem quite squished together, giving a real sense of busyness which I really like.
what is illustration for? part 1
what are your goals?
- to learn as much as possible on the duration of this course
- take advantage of all the facilities that are available to me
- to be confident in what I can achieve
what are your expectations?
- that I get into a creative career
- to learn the basics of illustration as a profession
- to understand the business side of illustration as a career, or even just as a freelance worker
how will you achieve them?
- work hard, and commit myself to the course
- keep pushing myself and not let myself become complacent
- learn from my mistakes
how will you judge your successes?
- response I get from my work
- critical feedback
- whether I feel that I am where I want to be
what will you do when it goes wrong?
- don't give up
- critically asses my work
- see where I went wrong and try and improve that aspect
- use my mistakes as a way to move forward
- to learn as much as possible on the duration of this course
- take advantage of all the facilities that are available to me
- to be confident in what I can achieve
what are your expectations?
- that I get into a creative career
- to learn the basics of illustration as a profession
- to understand the business side of illustration as a career, or even just as a freelance worker
how will you achieve them?
- work hard, and commit myself to the course
- keep pushing myself and not let myself become complacent
- learn from my mistakes
how will you judge your successes?
- response I get from my work
- critical feedback
- whether I feel that I am where I want to be
what will you do when it goes wrong?
- don't give up
- critically asses my work
- see where I went wrong and try and improve that aspect
- use my mistakes as a way to move forward
Sunday, 9 February 2014
Sarah Maycock
http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/sarah-maycock-film
really love Sarah Maycock's work, this video gives a good insight into her working process. She gives good tips about using the right size brushes when scaling up images.
Find it amazing how she plans almost every brush stroke before actually painting, so she knows exactly how she wants it to look, but still leaves space for unplanned occurrences with the paint/ink.
really love Sarah Maycock's work, this video gives a good insight into her working process. She gives good tips about using the right size brushes when scaling up images.
Find it amazing how she plans almost every brush stroke before actually painting, so she knows exactly how she wants it to look, but still leaves space for unplanned occurrences with the paint/ink.
Where am I now?
10 things I have learnt about myself as an individual and a learner:
1. I feel that I am still leaving work quite last minute, even when I do make timetables; I find it hard to stick to them.
2. I find I am staying late after sessions more this term compared to last though, which has helped a lot with my work load as I find it difficult to work at home.
3. I don't think I do enough personal drawing, I would like to do more but I find it hard to juggle thinking about both uni and personal work.
4. I have been meaning to go to life drawing for a while, but I always have quite a lot of work to do on monday nights, but I will try and make it to a few sessions because it will definitely benefit my drawing.
5. I get ill a lot more here, need to look after myself better
6. In the past I found that what I was currently reading influenced my artwork quite a lot, but everything has been so full on since being here I haven't had a chance to read much, and would like to get back into reading as the genre of books I read often links to the subject matter I like to explore in my drawing. For example, J.G Ballard's 'High Rise' linked into work I was doing on brutalist architecture.
7. Although I have been here quite a few months now, I still don't feel I know Leeds very well and want to explore it more.
8. I used to be quite into photography, which I haven't done much since coming here but I think there is a lot I could be photographing that could feed into my illustration practise.
9. Have found it difficult juggling uni work, social life and domestic stuff, one always slips.
10. I need to try and budget my money better, have been running out too quickly.
10 things I have learnt about myself as an illustrator:
1. I feel I now know a lot more about illustration as a practise than I did when I first started; I didn't know about many illustrators and how broad it can be. But having so many practitioners come in and talk to us has definitely widened my knowledge.
2. I still don't feel very confident with photoshop, and I would like to be. Although I'm not particularly interested in creating entirely digital images, I want to be able to use it to my advantage on work I have created using analogue methods.
3. Although we have had inductions to the uni's facilities, I don't feel I have made the most of them, I think I should push myself more to try out methods I'm not confident with; like screen printing.
4. I want to follow more illustrators on blogs, websites etc. as it will keep me more up to date with illustration as a practise.
5. Since doing more research based briefs I have come to realise how much research manipulates the direction of a project. And I found the projects a lot more enjoyable if there is a bit more depth to it, so I will definitely try and do more primary and secondary research.
6. After doing visual language sessions based around composition it has made me think more about what I should consider when composing a piece.
7. After the last project we did I worked only with watercolour, and having that much time spent using one material I felt I really improved and now feel quite confident using it. So in future I will try focusing in on particular materials for a period of time so to improve.
8. Really enjoyed bookmaking, definitely want to try it out again.
9. I'm really liking the work of Sarah Maycock at the moment, her method of planning everything down to the brushstrokes is really effective.
10. I don't have a set style yet, I have experimented with a lot of different styles/methods/materials since starting.
1. I feel that I am still leaving work quite last minute, even when I do make timetables; I find it hard to stick to them.
2. I find I am staying late after sessions more this term compared to last though, which has helped a lot with my work load as I find it difficult to work at home.
3. I don't think I do enough personal drawing, I would like to do more but I find it hard to juggle thinking about both uni and personal work.
4. I have been meaning to go to life drawing for a while, but I always have quite a lot of work to do on monday nights, but I will try and make it to a few sessions because it will definitely benefit my drawing.
5. I get ill a lot more here, need to look after myself better
6. In the past I found that what I was currently reading influenced my artwork quite a lot, but everything has been so full on since being here I haven't had a chance to read much, and would like to get back into reading as the genre of books I read often links to the subject matter I like to explore in my drawing. For example, J.G Ballard's 'High Rise' linked into work I was doing on brutalist architecture.
7. Although I have been here quite a few months now, I still don't feel I know Leeds very well and want to explore it more.
8. I used to be quite into photography, which I haven't done much since coming here but I think there is a lot I could be photographing that could feed into my illustration practise.
9. Have found it difficult juggling uni work, social life and domestic stuff, one always slips.
10. I need to try and budget my money better, have been running out too quickly.
10 things I have learnt about myself as an illustrator:
1. I feel I now know a lot more about illustration as a practise than I did when I first started; I didn't know about many illustrators and how broad it can be. But having so many practitioners come in and talk to us has definitely widened my knowledge.
2. I still don't feel very confident with photoshop, and I would like to be. Although I'm not particularly interested in creating entirely digital images, I want to be able to use it to my advantage on work I have created using analogue methods.
3. Although we have had inductions to the uni's facilities, I don't feel I have made the most of them, I think I should push myself more to try out methods I'm not confident with; like screen printing.
4. I want to follow more illustrators on blogs, websites etc. as it will keep me more up to date with illustration as a practise.
5. Since doing more research based briefs I have come to realise how much research manipulates the direction of a project. And I found the projects a lot more enjoyable if there is a bit more depth to it, so I will definitely try and do more primary and secondary research.
6. After doing visual language sessions based around composition it has made me think more about what I should consider when composing a piece.
7. After the last project we did I worked only with watercolour, and having that much time spent using one material I felt I really improved and now feel quite confident using it. So in future I will try focusing in on particular materials for a period of time so to improve.
8. Really enjoyed bookmaking, definitely want to try it out again.
9. I'm really liking the work of Sarah Maycock at the moment, her method of planning everything down to the brushstrokes is really effective.
10. I don't have a set style yet, I have experimented with a lot of different styles/methods/materials since starting.
Friday, 7 February 2014
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