Final Project

The above images are of my final project. The piece is still in development, however the piece will be an A1 illustrative design. A segment will also be animated. The design will be completed with fineliner pens ranging from 0.1mm - 0.8mm. The design will be completed within the silhouette of evolution pioneer Charles Darwin, which allows me to experiment designs with botanical and animal features. I use aspects on every design to keep a constant house style e.g. contour detailing on botanical areas and spinal triangular area on animals to show how each animal or plant is steamed from one another.
The piece will be exhibited in a black frame. I was originally going to use a wooden frame, but after discussions with my tutor we decided a black snap frame would be best so the texture/colour/grain of the frame wouldn't distract from the piece. This also allows for easy cleaning and lighting to be achieved. It was important to have enough light for my piece so that it is easy to see, therefore my booth will be in-front of a window, which is also where a plug socket is so that I can have power to a laptop. I have a plinth to stand the laptop on to at an easy height for viewing. As can be seen in the Google sketchup illustrations, the piece will be exhibited in a right angle, one size will feature the animation (laptop) and sketchbook, the other Final piece, and design and visual sheets, plus my final description. It is important I show all these to showcase the development and finalization of my piece.

I saw this image and I found it shocking. The way in which the background is pure and block coloured black emphasies and borders the intended purpose, shock. With times the way they are and how society is with Global Warming, this image could be used as a shock tactic advertising. The image would be printed on alarge scale and hung in areas like tube stations, sides of buses etc. The crisp images with the ocean blues and text would highlight the meaning, with maybe one tag line or phrase also inteded to shock.

Flipbook

Animation can be tricky to present, finding new and innovative ways to showcase a piece sometimes can prove to be difficult. However this image I found on Tumblr shows an ordinary flipbook, but as the design is of a colour pallet with Rainbow detailing; once in motion the piece creates a rainbow arch once captured. A camera with a slow shutter speed would have caught this image and I think it is gives a charm to the piece. The image would be perfect for marketing and could be used to advertise things such as books. I really like these images and think a piece that uses interactivity with he viewer is a more effective approach to art exhibiting.

Zelda

Being a bit gamer and lover of character design, I find it extremely interesting when Games are developed featuring the a recurring character, each game depicts the character differently, with colour and detailing varying. I love the way some can appear very artistic, in a watercolour appearance and other highly detailed and shaded as though a realistic approach is taken. I also then love the fan art and how they depict the characters themselves. The developers of these games love this too with big company Nintendo, often asking fans to draw the characters, Nintendo then exhibit these digitally on a Gallery for consoles such as the 3DS.

Johanna Basford

Artists are always looking for new and initiative ways to not only complete there work but too also exhibit it. A recent artist I have stumbled across is very modern in ways her work has been shown. Johanna Basford an illustrator, created a piece called Twitter Picture. She asked people to submit tweets to her telling her what to draw. Then over 24hour periods, streamed live worldwide,a s the tweets were sent in she drew the images and people were able to see the request come too life. This was a great way to not only get interactivity with the public, but also recognition from news reports and Internet blogging. Not only this it created a vast imaginative piece incorporating the minds of many people!

She went further than simple pen drawing and the piece was applied to a car and showcased that way. It is so amazing and It makes me think where else illustrations could be applied.

Egyptian

These images are taken of a store in London. I loved the products and the whole culture feel towards the store. I find the ancient Egyptian decor and riches to be beautiful. Coffins such as Tutankhamun have always appealed to be with the colouring (gold, royal blues) along with the material and actually design such as the nautical stripes creates an interesting style and give direction and shape to a piece. luxurious
I think the pieces could easily be used to create an interesting interior for a home, simple furnishings could work will in a complementary form alongside the extravagant pieces, luxurious fabrics and quilts could be hung in a room to harmoniously highlight the intense structure of the sphinxes, or sculptures.
I would like to look into how I could incorporate ancient Egyptian culture and designs into work, I think textiles and illustrations, such as wallpaper designs would be a great route to take.

Copy Cat

Surrealism is my favourite are movement, Salvador Dali is my favourite from the period, however I also like René Magritte. When I saw this image of Snow White I instantly recognised the style. I love the way in with the artist has joked around with the style of the apple and played with the original painting by Magritte. I like the humour and also the simplified style which also adds a background to the piece. The painting looks as though it could stand in a Disney museum. I sourced the image from thisislevitation's Tumblr. The piece is inspirational and makes me think what else could I apply a popular character twist too, for example the Mona Lisa, The Scream or a Picasso Portrait.

Concept Art

I adore concept art, I think that original concept art allows you to see the stand out features of a character. Once concept art has developed into final processing for films, games etc I think sometimes thecharm of the orginal dfesign can be lost. In my eye the orginal sketchy apperance, using just pencil or pen allows my mind to visualy animate a sequence in my mind. The series of concept are which could be used to create a mini storyboard creates a frame by frame maping which showcases the prominet features. Concept art shows the posture, expression, scale and overall form of the design which I think is a neccasity and I enjoy drawing in this from. When I have participated in Life Drawing, and on the rare occasions I have enjoyed it, I do so when I draw in this style. I eremember the first Life Drawing Class I completed, I drew a moving figure and my style was reminicent to the body mapping of concept drawings. This is a feature I think I will use frequently in futture work and development.
The concept art can vary from basic drawigns or detailed illustrations. The concept art which was seen for the Pixar film Toy Story is specifically beautiful and rich in colour in my opinion, the images can be seen in teh Hardback book, The Art of Toy Story 3. The book is veryd etailed and showcases storyboards, charaxcter designs, background designs etc. This is the kind of work I would love to be developing one day for my own animations. I like the painted concept art created digitaly, with water colour or acrylic.

Snow White

A favourite style of mine is pen work, I love the intricate work and the level of concentration I have to put into the piece. This is why when I saw this piece it instantly appealed to me. The Design is reminiscent to henna in my opinion. However with only the red being prominent, it drew me back to the original Snow White story with the apple. Maybe the design is meant to represent as Snow White bites the apple, all her feelings are small but detailed, uncontrollable and forming many different directions?
The illustrated background is very current and popular today, many magazine segments feature this style of work, the almost manga style eyes, and floral detailing especially is appealing. I can imagine this piece used as a cover for a book or design cover. It has been inspirational in the way It has simplified a popular character but emphasized a highly detailed and aesthetically pleasing background.

I found this image on Tumblr. I love this picture, I don't know the purpose, it could be costume design, fashion, editorial , etc. However, I find the picture to be very calming, the soft almost icy colours used within the feathers, are harmonious to the autumnal colours of the hair and other feathers. This with the pale almost frozen expression and pigments on the skin create a sleek and smooth mood to the image. I could see the image being used for a fashion shoot, with a natural beauty landscape, maybe an Alaskan or Icelandic landscape. The way in which the feathers protrude in different directions is no accident in my opinion, I think there is a strong reason for this, maybe to cover a greater area, or to show rapid and uncontrollable growth?