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WORK EXPERIENCE / GAME / MINT

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Evaluation of units 1 – 4.

Unit 1 -Introduction to materials, processes and technical skills in art and design:

Through the project ‘All System’s Go’ we were introduced to various materials and processes some of these processes and materials were digital and some were practical processes, at the beginning of the course we were introduced into Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator with these two materials we learnt various processes and tools most of these processes and tools were simplistic but would later be used in more complex situations to create better outcomes, these tools were crucial to learn for the development of our work throughout the project. Adobe photoshop and illustrator weren’t the materials we used to create outcomes we also touched up on more practical and hands on processes such as Mono printing and carbon paper printing these practical processes were also important for the development of our skills as it allowed us to have a wider knowledge on different processes and skills. Other skills we learnt were important for experimentation, experimentation was important as it allowed us to use our knowledge of the processes we had been learning and allowed us to create more detailed and professional work. Including Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Mono printing and Carbon paper copying we also looked at Collaging in Photoshop to create architectural Risographs along with hand bases studio collaging where we created collages based on our research from Hannah Hock and Terry Gilliam, research was an important process and skill along with referencing and evidence our work as it allowed us to learn from our experimentation and our unsuccessful outcomes, we continued to learn processes in Photoshop and illustrator along with our studio work building up to create one of our final outcomes, the final outcome we were working on would showcase and evidence most of our best work this outcome was a Zine booklet and to create it we had a set criteria of only using a simple double colour pallet along with monochrome this was created in Adobe InDesign which was another tool we had to use.

We created a large variety of outcomes using different processes and techniques some of these outcomes hadn’t met my personal criteria or the standard of work I would have liked but I used them as learning points for later outcomes and evidenced them, one of the processes I hadn’t originally like or that I found hadn’t met my personal standards was the Mono printing and Carbon copying processes and outcomes although I thought they weren’t my best work I later used them to create the Vintage postcards which I thought had been one of my outstanding pieces through the project these had later been put onto my zine which is one of the main final outcomes. another outcome we created that I both liked and thought was a good example of the skills I learnt throughout the workshops and lessons was the 80’s Memphis pattern outcomes I personally think these were my best pieces and would like to continue working within the 80s theme, another theme I enjoyed was grunge we briefly touched up on this when we were researching David Carson and creating collages linking to his outcomes.

Within the first project, ‘All System’s Go’ we looked at and experimented with various processes one of the main processes we used at the beginning of the project that we continued through was Typography I used this in various pieces of my work, we started to learn this technique through creating an A – Z in Adobe Illustrator and developing it further within Adobe Photoshop, I took this process onboard and put it within various pieces of my work such as my zine where I used it for my front page and used it to highlight various sections within an outcome along with using it within my Vinyl Album cover outcomes, the typography techniques I learnt I adapted to various outcomes. another process we looked at that I decided to use within my own personal work was the polygonal workshop where we looked at polygonal shapes and experimented with animals, I enjoyed this process so much that I decided to experiment on it within my own time looking at the size differences of the polygonal animals. Nine out of ten of the techniques and processes I learnt I had decided to use within other outcomes to help develop them and create more complex outcomes. Throughout the project and the act of learning the processes there was various processes that I enjoyed doing some of these processes included the polygonal animal outcome and process, Architectural Collages and Risographs, Memphis patterns and the mock-ups, Album covers along with my stickers and final zine.

Unit 2-Introduction to contextual research in art and design:

Throughout the unit and the project, ‘All System’s Go’ we had been given a lot of contextual research that helped shape and develop our work some of this contextual research was through self-study and independent research on the styles themes and processes, this research and context produced through self-study and provided through Demos helped shape and impact my work heavily as without this contextual research I wouldn’t understand nor would I know how to do certain processes to produce my artwork and final outcomes, the contextual research was one of the most important things for my project.

Research within the project and for each new workshop was critical for the improvement and development of my work and my ideas as without this research I wouldn’t have new processes or ideas some of the most critical research I had looked at was done by self-study and my own research along with Demos and artist names provided for example of this would be the research done for the Memphis patterns and Mock-ups we were tasked to look at various 80s inspired Memphis patterns through this research I had developed many ideas and techniques I wanted to try this research helped me then do further contextual research for processes which I then used to make my 80s Memphis patterns unique and interesting and to a level I thought was perfect. Research for each outcome and each experiment was important as without it I wouldn’t have the in-depth understanding about the work I enjoyed looking at a variety of artist for research one artist I found particularly interesting was Hattie Stewart here work is fun and playful using bright colours that pop out creating really Pop art inspired pieces although I didn’t take a lot of here design choices onto my own work I enjoy and respect her work another artist that I ended up liking was Lynette Jackson this was due to her unique style within Architecture and digital collage using bold colours and empty space to make here work pop.

Although research was vital and important for understanding processes and the techniques, we used I hadn’t always taken references or the style of the artist due to this my work would sometimes differ from the artist research or in contrast would be quite similar.

Unit 3-Introduction to drawing skills:

With Sam we learnt an array of drawing techniques and tips, we learnt these processes starting of simple and working to more complex things an example of this would be how we started with simple kawaii faces, kawaii meaning cute in Japanese then building it up working on full faces learning proportion and how to section the face for drawing we also learnt about body proportion and different body shapes learning the basics, after we had learnt these processes we were tasked with practicing them and using what we learnt to create sketches and pieces.

For the next project as we will be developing our drawing skills, I would like to learn more on stylised anatomy and how to take the skills from learning that and making it more stylised, in conjunction with this I would also like to learn more with shading and detailing within character design.

Unit 4-Introduction to communication skills in art and design:

In and throughout our project we had to communicate our processes and our work and the steps we took to create our final outcomes to do this we used various resources at our disposal one of the things we used to evidence and communicate our work was Tumblr on Tumblr we created blog posts, posting our final outcomes along with screenshots of the processes including written step by steps along with contextual research to go along with this looking at artists, processes and techniques for nearly every outcome there was a post referencing an artists or a piece of research including the process along with a comparison of my work. To show what we did we used various things one being Tumblr but we used other methods such as one to one discussion with teachers and peers on improving and developing our work. Although advice was good to listen to it didn’t always have to be taken as in the end its our own work and its tailored to us and our style, two other very important things we did to communicate our work and processes is to write this 1000 word evaluation along with a portfolio with an array of work selection our best pieces for it.

Thought the project I blogged and referenced my work on Tumblr although I managed to do this with most of the outcomes and experiments and research I feel like I could have done more to update and keep on top of these blogs providing further detail and refined blogs this has been a learning curve for me as blogging and referencing my work is a new concept although I didn’t complete my blogs to the best standard I believe I did a really good job referencing my work and making sure there was something showing what I had done even if it was a WIP or a DRAFT.

I feel like I created well developed outcomes final outcomes I personally feel like I exhausted my opportunities to perfect my work and put it at a standard I like and is nearly professional.

Although I haven’t fully pieced together my portfolio, I feel like I have exceptional work that would fir my portfolio, I also believe my work portrays my skill and shows what I have learnt and how I can adapt and develop my process around what I’m working with. I am proud of my work and I can’t wait to develop it and learn more techniques that will help me grow as a student and an artist.

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STICKERS FINAL OUTCOMES

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ALBUM COVER RESEARCH: STEVE STACY

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ALBUM COVERS: LANA DEL RAY RESEARCH

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ALBUM COVER: FINAL OUTCOMES

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COLOUR ARTWORK EXAMPLES LINKING TO ZINES & COLOUR IDEAS:

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LETTER BLOCKS / COLLAGE DAVID CARSON RESEARCH:

See blog post about own work in response to David Carson bellow, Letter block and Collage work.

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LETTER BLOCKS / COLLAGE WORK:

Above are images of my A3 Letter block Collage work that was inspired by David Carson. the collages were inspired by the themes of grunge which is another one of my favorite themes along with the 1980/90s inspired colour pallets.

Grunge definition :

the term grunge linked to a stylized type of music characterized by a  raucous guitar sound and lazy vocal delivery bands such as NIRVANA link to this style of music the other loose definition for grunge is the Grunge Aesthetic which is loosely defined as a murky colour pallet usually consisting of dark colours and a pop of colour such as yellow are red, this idea is clearly shown within both David Carson's work and my own.

Step by step and process:

STEP 1: Gather A3 sheets for the start of our collages these would be the canvases we used to create our grunge artwork i decided to stick with traditional dark colour pallet only using a pop of red.

STEP 2: Gather imagery and magazine cut outs that we would like to use for our work i used faded and distorted imagery that gave a mysterious dark vibe which i found fit perfectly within the themes of grunge 

STEP 3: Layer the images and use strips of tape i used red to highlight sections and make it pop i decided to keep it simplistic and use the negative space i found that this worked really well for the end result and final outcomes of my work as it related back to David Carson's work and his designs.

STEP 4: Select letter blocks we found interesting and to layer them over our work creating more interesting shapes and designs i decided to not put to much thought into mine and to choose them at random this allowed me to choose some unique block letters.

I tried to relate my work as closely to David Carson and the grunge aesthetic as i could using dark colours such as browns blacks and deep reds, i really like David Carson's work as it is messy and unique it uses a range of different typography and processes to create his work.

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STICKER RESEARCH:

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PAPER WEAVING WORK & RESEARCH JENNIFER BERNING & DAVID SAMUEL STERN:

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VINTAGE POSTCARD RESEARCH KACPER KIEC:

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MONO PRINTING / CARBON PAPER RESEARCH TRACEY EMIN:

Above are examples of Tracy Emins work she does carbon paper and mono printing pieces her work is quite simplistic and sketch like, she does a range of different themes such as people, typography and wildlife although her work is simple it is rather beautiful in its simplicity being able to portray ideas through basic concepts such as mental health. i personally really like Tracy Emins work and I decided to use the same ideas within my own work to create simplistic pieces covering things such as people and flowers and still life from magazines. 

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MONO PRINTING / CARBON PAPER WORK:

we did collage pieces bassed on the artists Hannah hoch and Terry Gilliam i decided to create smaller simplistic pieces i mainly worked on editing the heads and keeping each piece within a colour pallete i attempted to make them aesthetically pleasing and to link them to previous work by linking them to 1990s colour palletes and themes. we then took this work and decided to do it as mono printing for my mono printing i decided to make and use a dark teal colour i dont think my monoprints turned out as well as i wanted them to but its a learning point for the future.

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COLLAGE (STUDIO) WORK:

we did collage pieces bassed on the artists Hannah hoch and Terry Gilliam i decided to create smaller simplistic pieces i mainly worked on editing the heads and keeping each piece within a colour pallete i attempted to make them aesthetically pleasing and to link them to previous work by linking them to 1990s colour palletes and themes.

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VINTAGEPOSTCARDS:

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ZINE RESEARCH:

Above are examples of Zines, zines are usually colourful small self publicated magazine like books that have the examples of the artists work usually zines use a simplistic colour pallet and have an overall theme, zines can be made for many reasons they can be made for educational purposes for self expression or can be made just to showcase art, i used the zines above as reference and inspiration for my work using a simple colour pallet, i also picked some of theses zines as they linked with my themes of 90s stylized work and simplistic doodles.