Btec Art&Design

Wednesday, 9 March 2016

My own work for journeys

My main idea for journeys is exploring the process of a cup of tea, as its part of my everyday life and its suitable for all occasions. For this project i've been exploring the print method of blotted line, and using different material to add colour. i experimented with water colours and tissue paper. I like both materials as they give a the viewer a different response, the tissue paper is more graphical looking and the colour is off set so its got an edgy feel, whereas the watercolours are more confined and loose, its a lot lighter than the tissue paper. But both are effective for what i'm trying to achieve.

Journeys

While exploring the theme of journeys i came across these two artist, both work very differently but i think they could influence my development stage and how i go about composing my final illustration.

The first artist is Gregory Euclide. He produces these pieces from used material and found objects during his everyday life. His main focus is on the landscape and creating this juxtaposed space with raised and flat surfaces. I like his work because of the way he lays it out and the use of colour and how much detail he includes. Looking at his work will probably help me explore colour and how it can be applied.

My second artist is James Jeans he's an illustrator based in Los Angeles. He works in three different styles, each just as effective. I really like his Chrome outline comic work. He doesn't limit his influences to just one subject so his work is very varied which i find interesting, so i think for my development i'll try and keep my style loose and fluid.

Wednesday, 18 November 2015

Exquisite Corpse

Here are a couple of blogs that have helped inspire me when I need to generate ideas. They're also amazing illustrators.

http://thewhitedeers.tumblr.com/

http://instagram.com/stefari

http://instagram.com/audraauclair

Artist that are currently inspiring me: Peony Yip and Kiki Smith.

Peony Yip

Kiki Smith

Peony Yip Aka the The white deer is a freelance illustrator living in Hong Kong. She produces superimposed drawings, often combining nature and human elements. What i really like about her work is how much detail she can fit into these illustrations while only using pencil. I also like the boldness of the red drawings that she overlays on her illustrations.

Kiki Smith is a multidisciplinary artist that works with a range of media solo and combined. She's a german artist that focuses on cultural taboos bring them to life. she works with a range of material from sculpture, print and drawing. What i like about her is how she's able to bring up these social no no's with confidence, and they way she produces them is inspiring its not right in your face but its close enough.

Here is some of the work I am currently working on. The first was a piece inspired by Peony Yip. I was trying to include as much detail as possible. The second was trying out a different painting technique by using layers and base tones.