Prep. Evaluation

This journey that I have recently taken has had its ups and downs. My initial plan was to go with illustration, I wanted to do something different for my final outcome so that I wouldn't get as bored or feel like I shouldn't be doing this work or I have chosen the wrong brief for me. I chose the illustration brief so that I could express my self in a different way, something I have never tried before. So, my first idea about illustration was to hand draw what ever scenes I chose from reading the book. Little did I know, it was harder to do so.    I had many practise drawing real life objects that were set in my class room. The tasks that were set were fun and enjoyable, it was there to see what you were capable of doing. Although this wasn't my field, I still tried my best to draw as much as I could and as well as I could.
    After doing the observational drawing, we looked at collages, to be more precise, digital collage. This I found comfortable; using CAD software, using all my knowledge that I have of how to create certain techniques.
   So for my final out comes I have decided to go with collages as I felt more comfortable doing this and I would prepare well for the exam. How this developed was a long process. At first drawing was my initial idea, then I did a Ciara Phelan inspired collage which open my eyes to the idea of having different forms or style and media to form one huge work of art, the collage. I still tried different techniques for my hand drawing illustration, so I looked at Julia Opie. So my next piece came from her.
Later, after refining and reviewing, I looked over my collage work and my hand drawn work. I found that my collage work was more interesting than my hand drawn work. This then left me to decide to go with collage for my final piece. So I started to look at different artists to get inspiration from.
   Now that I decided what to do, I then chose three scenes in the book and decided to go for the cover as well . This links with the theme "Inside, Outside and In-Between"as I am doing a cover (outside) and scenes within the story (inside and in-between)


I looked at Ciara Phelan, Danny Allison, Michelle Thompson, all of these artist have helped me develop my ideas and concepts for my collage, Ciara Phelan has inspired me the most as her work stood out to me compared to the other artists. My first collage was inspired by Ciara Phelan which I think was a big deal as it  "opened my eye" to the idea of collage.
Here is a work that I did

I very much loved the idea of having different effect for each object for example the aeroplane or the wardrobe.  Although, these were not my pictures that I took,I  used the internet to get these images. For my exam, I will be using my very own images and develop it my self. In a a way, her work has led to create my own version of collage with different technique. This has shown that I have been developed.

 At one point I visited The Photographers Gallery in London, it didn't inspire me or my work as I wasn't to fond of their work that were displayed. Although, the collage activity was very helpful in deciding which technique would be a good idea, for example exquisite collage.
      I have done many different experiments and I have gone to develop them too. I am planing to use the layering effect that I tried out at the start of this project. this will make the final piece more interesting. I will also incorporate come hand drawn images onto my final piece as well so that there is mix media rather than just one type.
    In conclusion, I found this project harder compared to the other projects I previously done. The theme was a hard theme and complex. The idea of inside, outside and in-between made everything harder. On the other hand,  I have improved my skills with drawing and using the application on the computer in this project.   It was an enjoy experience with  both challenging and easy tasks. In terms of my final outcome, I think I will be pleased as I have gone through both hand drawn and collage experiences to get the knowledge of both in my head so that I know what I can input into my collage from the hand drawing experience. So I think that my final outcome will contain most of what I have learn over the past few months.