tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23621394758524047082023-11-16T03:34:21.794-08:00RJ IllustrationRJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16178042733190920992noreply@blogger.comBlogger94125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2362139475852404708.post-77959335121689693462014-11-20T11:54:00.002-08:002014-11-20T12:14:19.116-08:00Tomorrow's PresentationHello everyone! So tomorrow I'm going into work and giving a presentation on self expression through art, this has been such an awesome thing to do and I feel totally in my element. Not only do i get to do art, but i get to experience it with others and help them!<br />
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So here is my powerpoint, I'm sorry about a couple of things.<br />
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My talk will involve what my presentation is about (I will obviously have a translator since my Bulgarian is not up to scratch and this is something that cannot afford to be mistranslated). The topic is helping people express themselves. There was a point raised by a student that she did not enjoy making art in certain ways other than the way she likes and knows, so this will hopefully nudge them to exploring other techniques and give them the desire to try new styles. I believe the lack of not wanting to change comes from a lack of inspiration, self confidence or ar unaware of other styles, because this is exactly the way I felt about myself and have had friends in the past feel the same way. I will instill self confidence through this process. So, enjoy!<br />
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After the presentation I will que the video which will launch my ongoing project with them. <i>Oh my god i am soooo excited! </i><br />
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My project idea is to make a visual journal. The journal cover will be our starting point for the day. We will make pictures of ourselves, in mascott form and put them on the cover. The mascott will represent yourself in the most postitive way, in whatever style they feel most adequate. And from there on we will start with page number 1. This will include a picture and some text, anything they want and feel is appropriate to describe something e.g:<br />
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The journal is something that they can read and discover things about themselves. The journal will be examined by the psychologist in order to help them though something (all the children have different problems). So in order for them to better express themselves and move on, the journal will always be a go-to place to let off negative emotions in a positive way. It also allows a lot of self reflection in a positive manner. Positive thinking is the best!RJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16178042733190920992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2362139475852404708.post-16174813502336316532014-11-06T09:54:00.001-08:002014-11-06T09:54:14.830-08:001500 words for a years events, not bad!<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And maybe not so many pictures, and not so many relevant, but a nice look-book of the visually appealing kind.</span><br />
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RJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16178042733190920992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2362139475852404708.post-9723023971208109312014-11-06T09:48:00.006-08:002014-11-06T09:48:42.512-08:00The world is turning so fast I can't stop looking<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So it has been long over due for a blog post, now more than ever. So much has happened to me this year physically and spiritually, and it is time I come out of my shell as I feel I can gather my thoughts appropriately. I promise myself I will not leave it this long. I don't know If i will promise that my posts will consist purely of illustrations and of such a topic, but it will be consistant of important issues and personal subjects.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I am sorry for bombarding you with so much in one post but is is inevitable. I will have to make subtitles <i>"wow, that's when you know!"</i>. So I will begin with post number one.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">My last year has been spent working at a home for the elderly, Sunrise Senior Living of Bramhall. Over the year I have come to experience life in work, adulthood and true teamwork. Having to work along side people and work in unison is something that takes patience and trust, the latter being some kind of personal difficulty. The job itself felt like a good move for me, as the core motivation was to help people and ensure excellent quality of life, something that I feel is very close to my heart. I feel like I have had an inside look at things that not many people will see and experience, the emotional side of being there for people in need. I found that I could go home happy, and be pleased with the work I had done in making people feel better. However, there was something that I had perhaps ignored, or tried to avoid for sometime. Having to go home when you know someone is sick, or having trouble coming to terms with their aging and sickness, was a very very hard thing to do. There were times at night where I'd stay up and worry about it, there were times I stayed an hour behind, this is not the kind of work you can pick up and go for 5pm. It is very hard to detatch yourself to something like that, and for me i feel it is impossible. But I do have some lovely memories, and I often think of the residents and collegues I became friends with. I often smile, when I think of how many people I made smile, through a bad day. One inparticular (Names have been changed for protection), Vivienne was struggling with depression because she was losing her ability to walk, and communicate. There were times she would leave notes and tell me she didn't want to carry on. But everyday I would try my hardest to fit in a spa-bath for her, she loved having a spa-bath. Because of her illness she would often fall, many being quite bad falls. The spa-baths always made her smile, we would even joke, it was so nice to see someone who is going through something so life changing, to smile and joke, and forget about everything for 15 minutes. That is one of my many highlights. And so my year at Sunrise came to an end, taking with me some great memories and friends.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As always I am learning and reading, challenging my beliefs and questioning. I believe that the best way to learn it through challenging your beliefs and opinions, and not to be offended or scared when new theories are infront of you. Everyone is entitled to their beliefs, however, one should not become settled in them for too long. That is what I believe. This year I feel that our world has taken a big step in challenging beliefs, traditions and people's comfort zones. I see many people promoting feminism, one speech that I find to be most on point was made by Emma Watson in United Nations to launch the <a href="http://www.heforshe.org/" target="_blank">He for She</a> campaign, on September the 20th. In the past so many men have been scared of the word feminism, the very notion of it seemed to appeal only to women, which brings me to the point. Emma Watson has challenged that problem, and challenged men to step up, as a whole we need to change this, not as a gender, not only as women. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It is never to late to start. I see this kind of opposal all the time, and it has got to stop. Who are you to question someone elses motives? If you suddenly want to beome a vegitarian, feminist, activist - who is someone else to tell you that because you didn't think that way 1 year ago, you can't think that way at all. It is scaring people into silence and it is this kind of toxic perversion that sends us back into the stone age. Stop! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Finally, the last three months I have spent living in Varna, Bulgaria. Whilst my time here has only been short, I have done a couple of things of which I am proud of. I have become a member of the Bulgarian Red Cross (BRC), working with children who are living in poverty, have family troubles or are from a low social status. The purpose of the work is to provide a sanctuary, and a happy place for them. As I cannot share much details of the children and problems, I can briefly say that I have found it to be similar to working at Sunrise, bitter-sweet, wanting to do more but knowing that you cannot for obvious reasons. My time there has left me in ucertainty of my future, as I wanted to teach before and empower youngsters through learning, but i have interests in psychology now. However time will let me see which path is right for me. I personally find it extremely hard, emotionally to deal with accepting the hardship some go through. Though my soul wants me to help these people, I find that I am often overwhelmed by my emotions. As I have not been here long I will update more on this subject later on. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And this week, actually I am writing this article whilst working (naughty me, but it's a slow night) I am currently at the <a href="http://en.redcross.bg/" target="_blank">Bulgarian Red Cross</a> Festival, the first since 1991 (that's older than me!) and I am proud to be here. I am representing England, though not officially, but I am the only English person here. It is a Festival which celebrates the BRC's achievements, rewards the volunteers and brings together all the humanitarians. We all have in common the desire to help the less fortunate and people who need our help. </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Earlier this year a natural distaster hit various parts of Bulgaria. A
flood destroyed the homes and belongings of many people, the majority of
which were already living in<span class="text_exposed_show"> poor
conditions with little to no money. After the floods, many of the people
were homeless, with no clothes, shelter, food and water - and this is
where the Bulgarian Red Cross comes into it. The BRC not only provides,
food, water, shelter and health care, but volunteers continue to work
with these victims until their quality of life is restored. The BRC also
continues to work with many deprived people, like the place I work with children. It is purely funded by a small government allowance, not nearly enough to keep the whole thing going, which is why it relies on donations. Life is very hard in Bulgaria as the government is very corrupt and was not very long ago considered a 3rd world country, so there's not much money to give out. But luckily there any many people who are willing to lend a hand, for nothing but a thank you. This week has been eye opening, and it makes me feel good to know that there are so many good people scattered around everywhere. Thank you!</span></span><br />
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RJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16178042733190920992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2362139475852404708.post-73218371642653457752013-10-31T17:28:00.000-07:002014-11-20T12:16:11.376-08:00Late Night Epiphany and RantsSo tonight i've been hit by a huge wave of enlightenment / inspiration. I was just casually listening to U2 and my imagination started going wild. I've been trying to perfect the way i'm drawing human figures and faces, for a little while now. And I know practice is what makes perfect in this scenario. But I feel like i keep hitting a huge brick wall recently, theres something visually missing or wrong and I can't put my finger on it. Maybe it's just a lack of substance so far, since most of them have been personal meanings.<br />
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Another thing that i've strangely come to just this very moment realise is that i need to stop comparing myself to other people. It came in to my mind for a sec and it seemed like one of those statements that people just say but because it's so over used nowadays it just doesn't sink in, but it kind of came back and hit me about how serious and how much that is holding me back. I know most people probably won't care, but writing this down really helps me organise my head. Anyway, I realise that no matter how much I adore Ellie Willis' style of drawing, even though it is amazing, that's not my style, and even though it may not be as realistic, or so intricate, mine is the same but on a different side of the spectrum. It just knocked me off my chair like how much it's making me feel negative towards my own creations.<br />
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And I know it's off topic but i need to stop comparing myself to people, period. It hit me so hard that THAT is my biggest problem and ridiculously terrible habit. I know it sounds stupid how someone can just suddenly realise (when it should be extremely obvious) but when you're mind is kind of full, it doesn't focus on one specific thing and I think tonight i hit a point where i really had a strong sense of self focus. I know i knew it all along but it really came into focus tonight.<br />
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<br />RJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16178042733190920992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2362139475852404708.post-9291491462059479002013-08-25T05:16:00.003-07:002013-08-25T05:16:57.595-07:00A Question to my Blog Viewers<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So I've noticed that every time i post on my blog I appear to get quite a few views, and out of curiosity I would like to know more about you! I'm going to set up a new poll to the left side of my blog so you can tell me a little more about how you found me, and why you decided to step on to a very remote blog on the internet, with many more blogs like it all over. A comment in the comments section of this post would also be amazing, but I do realize it's a bit of a bore having to set up an account (if you don't have one) just to reply to a blog post, but still, if you can, it would be awesome. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So it's a thanks, I suppose! For finding your way here and boosting my confidence :)</span>RJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16178042733190920992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2362139475852404708.post-16791992393298134052013-08-24T07:07:00.001-07:002013-08-25T05:18:06.140-07:00Goodbye England, hello Bulgaria!So this will have to be a quick post, but I'm working on some cool art whilst here in Bulgaria! Check back in September for some real good sketchbook drawings! Here's a quick sneak peak at some of the kind of things I'm doing...<br />
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<br />RJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16178042733190920992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2362139475852404708.post-30753542408049651782013-05-08T09:58:00.000-07:002013-05-08T09:58:40.967-07:00Emotional Update<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Doesn't it look good all set out neat? I love it. I'm proud of myself for creating this work & for coming so far in the 3 years i've been here. I'm really going to miss my times here and all the lovely people. A big thank you to my tutors Gary, Ian, Jo & also Rick for helping me out with lots of last minute things and guiding me for the years i've been here. Thank you to my classmates for being really awesome people & amazing illustrators, you made my time here really enjoyable! Thank you to Kieran for helping me with screen printing & teaching me loads of new ways to have fun with my work. Thank you also to Jane with my critical work in the previous years too! And a big thank you to everyone else!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">TODAY! I finally made my animation. I wish i would have started earlier, it could have been better, but with everything that went wrong it was hard! Anyway, the whole story of my animation is that there is this person (which is you!) and you are a beautiful unique individual, and you are so powerful and confident that the wildlife around you creeps up to you and blossoms when it reaches your body, because <b>you are beautiful</b>. Take a look! :)</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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RJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16178042733190920992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2362139475852404708.post-84065812796352310502013-04-29T09:16:00.002-07:002013-04-29T09:16:55.115-07:00Turner's Gallery!<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This week Turner's has opened their gallery to show off all the 7x5 submissions! I unfortunately have to take mine down because i need it to hand in for my Final Major Project, but it did go in their gallery for about a week! Having seen everyone else's canvases I feel like we all thought out of the box, there were so many different styles and ideas and they were all equally eye catching. It felt like stepping into a gallery where snippets of art from each time period were taken and put onto the canvases. It was very nice to see that people from the community had come together to make such a lovely exhibition for a good cause! So well done to everyone!</span><br />
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RJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16178042733190920992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2362139475852404708.post-502349370633855742013-04-29T08:10:00.000-07:002013-04-29T09:53:04.557-07:00Hopes, Fears & Opportunities Part II<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So I think no is a pretty good time to start writing my Hopes & fears! It's 1 week until the deadline, and I'm pretty scared! With everything still digital it's making me nervous, I'll feel much better when I have more physical stuff to hand. At the minute I have a pretty big 'To-Do' list, and I've managed to get a lot of stuff crossed off. There are a couple of things left, but what's scary is that they are pretty big things, so to speak, and will be quite time consuming.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Teenage Market was such a fun event, we are all trying to figure out if we will be able to make the next Market in July, we met loads of really nice people and also bumped into a few familiar faces! It really boosts your confidence when people come to admire your work, and especially when people actually <i>want </i>your work. From what we learned today, we were not very prepared, since it was our first time there we quickly learnt what we should do for our next Market. It appeared that there was quite a variety of cards, so selling cards was difficult since pretty much everyone sold them. Our best seller was the Canvas bags, having sold nearly most of them! I went around to have a nosey at other peoples stalls and there was so much to choose from, from clothing & jewellery to art prints & canvases. Next time I would like to make some clothing, like different kinds of t-shirts (sleeveless, cropped) some thing a bit different. Tie-dye also seemed popular. I would also like to make more household items like tea towels, mugs, stickers, anything that can be used. I saw a lot of prints throughout the day but it didn't seem to get that much attention. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Annarack is a jack of all trades. I've been visiting and re visiting her blog many times now, and every time theres more artsy stuff to feed me for the day. She does a selection of illustrations and photographs, and also makes her own merchendise. I've also come to notice that a lot of new artists are taking to Etsy to sell their products and spread their news on social media sites to keep buyers coming. A useful element to having a successful shop that i have picked up on is having everything easily reproducible, for example, you can sell prints of your work in simple pieces of framed paper, or create a zine and have it reproduced. The main audience for these types of things are other artists looking for inspiration. Artist to artist trade is probably a good route to go down when getting yourself started, because you start to gain important contacts and friends within the industry, it also creates a healthy community to share your work and inspiration. I've also noticed a lot of successful artists tend to sell their goods on apparel and jewellery, which is also a very good use for work. I personally find artwork more appealing when i can wear it and make my look unique (and</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> not everything from top shop!). It's important to a lot of youngsters today to be completely unique and have things which appear 'unobtainable' to reach a higher social status. Anyway, moving on to my quick interview with Annarack, it's interesting to hear what she has to say about her experiences in the art world! </span><br />
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There are so many that I love and find inspiring, illustrators like Nigel Peake and Lizzy Stewart have influenced me in the sense of imagery and colour.</div>
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There is lots of doodling and sketching out of ideas in creating new illustrations and jewellery designs. I always bring a little sketchbook with me when I go for days out so if I see anything that inspires me I will doodle it down. I also bring my camera with me everywhere I go to document things of interest to me, that I think I can translate into an illustration.</div>
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Ever since I set my blog up it has enabled me to share not just my illustrations, but the processes involved in creating them. It also links up to all my other sites like Flickr and Twitter. Blogging is one of the best platforms to promote your work.</div>
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I want to say thank you so much anna for your wonderful insight, I am preparing for the world outside now and things like this really help me think about how I will cope. I also admire your honestly within your answers, as I can tell it comes from the real you. Thanks again anna! :)<br />
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<b>Here is her <a href="https://twitter.com/annajanesearle" target="_blank">Twitter</a></b></div>
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RJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16178042733190920992noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2362139475852404708.post-60902764971503635702013-03-31T00:18:00.000-07:002013-04-09T03:44:31.019-07:00Turners Art Challenge<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So a couple of weeks ago a small art shop close to my uni has decided to make an 'art challenge' called 7x5. Anyone of any experience can enter for £2, 50p of which goes to a local charity and then you get a small 7x5 inch canvas to draw onto. All the drawing will go on display in a small gallery they have opened upstairs. I decided to enter, since it's for a good cause, it's an opportunity to get my work in a gallery for free, and it's a ton of fun! So this last to weeks I have been planning what to make, and actually making my small piece! For the challenge, you can work in any media you want, the content can be anything you want, as long as it fits on the 7x5 canvas you are given, so it's pretty open. One of the main challenges is to think of a design that would fit onto a small canvas (which is why it's called the '7x5 art challenge'), and i don't mean to boast, but being taught how to be an illustrator may have given me a better consideration for using space well. I know all artists will have experience with this, but usually you create work to any specific size that you like, but going through the process of making editorial images, I have learned and practiced well how to make good use of space, and not complain!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So moving on from my mahoooosive ego (yeah right), I'll give you a bit of insight about my work and the meaning behind it. The piece I have named 'Unbound'. It took me longer to decide the name rather than actually making it, but i think the name is a good fit and says a lot about it. Being hit with a lot of issues regarding self confidence and not being afraid to EXPRESS yourself lately, I've decided to stick to my guns and go along with the theme. It sends a positive message out, and I feel very passionate about it, so naturally i went with it. If you didn't know I'm actually basing my entire FMP on this subject, so I'm really in the mood! The concept is that there is the girl in the picture, inside a picture frame, her face is neutral, but her hair is very striking. The hair itself is reaching out into the white plains of the canvas and even spreading to the side of the canvas that you would only be able to see from a certain angle, as if it is going to crawl off the canvas. Her eyes are closed and the mandala and piercing eyes on her forehead indicate she is using her mental power to reach a heightened level of ingenuity. It's all very intense. Her hair is laden with white dots that look like tiny stars in a black night sky, as if it contains infinite amounts of energies. I can't explain much more in words, please take a look for yourself. I am very proud of this picture! </span><br />
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RJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16178042733190920992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2362139475852404708.post-16341627861109999122013-03-15T15:20:00.000-07:002013-05-08T05:22:49.225-07:00Portfolio Visit with LBFL Consultancy<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">LBFL is a small website design agency that designs websites for various kinds of people and websites. In the future I could potentially see myself working in an agency when I get started, so this is why I have chosen to speak with LBFL. They work with a lot of people across the world, a lot in france and Monaco, so it would be a really great chance to get myself out of england too! With everything going digital lately i figured it would be a good step to take into getting myself out there. My work could be seen by hundreds of people & spread fast over the internet. The internet is really the best thing since sliced bread. Working over the internet also means that you an work from home, which is a lot cheaper than travelling everyday, so you get more time and money to spend getting yourself out there in other ways, though also it would probably be very beneficial to be surrounded by people in an office, being able to travel around more could get that done too.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So yeah, huge success! I've learnt so much about the web design industry coming out of that visit. The web design industry sounds like it's set it standards, and my work will have to grow before i can ace it there, but I definitely think i should give digital drawings a try!</span>RJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16178042733190920992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2362139475852404708.post-64091718212393084072013-03-02T02:30:00.000-08:002013-04-09T04:11:25.878-07:00Animation: Initial thoughts & inspiration<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another video that i've been looking at is The Wall by Pink Floyd. The video is quite dark actually, but the art is a lot more simplistic, often surrounded by darkness or dark scenes. The art goes through some kind of metamorphesis where things change, e.g a raven turns into a german plane. Most of the video is actually like any other movie, is filmed on a camera with real people, and theres a strong storyline. The art is quite abstract. I'd perhaps like to try some abstract moments, perhaps i could switch from photographs to sketches, like the animation 'The Johnny Cash Project', where each still is a completely different drawing, with different medias and in some he draws the characters differently. For example in this scene here, this man is walking through a tunnel, carrying a guitar, surrounded by beautiful plants but then a still comes on for a split second and it looks like he is a skeleton. It's very interesting, do not miss this animation! It is one of my favourites.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's been quite a while since i posted on my FMP! </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I guess it's not really changed loads, but it's developed into a really nice idea. It's turned into a charity called 'Arturself' and the slogan is 'Heart Yourself' (which is what the name is saying too! Ha!), which hopes to challenge the way people see themselves. The charity focuses on helping people love themselves and encourages individuality and self confidence. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The second part of the charity will be the live event and workshop, which in the real world be a street campaign, but because this isn't a 'real' charity it will be done inside of college at our end of year show. The event would be aimed at young people (8 - 16 years) and I would get the children to paint mannequins that I have reproduced & made myself, out of clay, and display them in a city centre (but this will be at the end of year show). The children will paint themselves and aspects of themselves in a stylised way onto the mannequins, portraying themselves in any way they want, ignoring the generic things people want to see. They would for example, paint themselves with wings to symbolise freedom, or use pattern to express a certain emotion / passion for something they want to express, that they perhaps feel that they can't because of peer pressure. I hope to have about 100 small dolls, some painted by myself, to fill up all the space I can get in my show. I want this to create a big impact, although each model is identical to the other, the individual feelings and passion drawn onto the models will shine through above all else, which is essentially the main thing that the charity wants people to feel, a sense of individuality and no fear! So by targeting the younger audience, we want to make them unafraid of being themselves!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of the most amazing people EVER. Theres just too much good work to chose from to show you, but here are about a microscopic selection of my favourites. Mostly working in black and white, Daria uses pattern and shapes to create slightly gothic and other worldly images. They resemble old english pagan illustrations and old creepy carnival posters. I've never seen such clever use of black and white shapes making such amazing structures like this. It has a very unique look and feel to it, and every now and then a splash of colour around the eyes of focal point will be used.</span></div>
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<br />RJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16178042733190920992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2362139475852404708.post-22778127775993396332013-02-13T08:13:00.000-08:002013-02-22T08:37:02.844-08:00Wordless Wednesday<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But not really... kind of more like a limited word wednesday. Have some pictures that i've been working on recently. They are related to a short brief we were given relating to Poems written by Edward Lear, we made image responses to one of our choice.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Although I didn't actually like my final thing (It was a bit rushed) I like the elements when they're in parts and not together.</span><br />
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<br />RJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16178042733190920992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2362139475852404708.post-60872048990365332312013-01-18T05:22:00.000-08:002013-05-08T05:22:35.119-07:00Portfolio Review with a Post Graduate<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I chose Alan Dalby as my 1st portfolio review this year. I chose him because he is new in the world and he is experiencing right now what I will experience soon, so I wanted to prepare myself. I actually had to send Alan my old portfolio since I hand't got round to updating it just yet, so after he gives me his advice I suppose it will help me redesign my Portfolio in a much better way that will show off my work for what it really is. I decided to do the review over email since everything is digital nowadays, and it will be a good experience to see how different things are to translate.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I would strongly recommend that if you're going to send your portfolio digitally, to use screen ratio.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Obviously keep using the portrait portfolio for the physical copy, but avoid sending digital portfolios as portrait. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Let me explain a bit why this doesn't show your work to it's best!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When I open the file, I get a big band of pixelated birds across the screen as the pdf stretches the fill the screen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This doesn't sell your work as well as you could!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It also causes the problem of having to resize the PDF. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This makes the work small on the screen and also will frustrate people who want to look at your work.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Obviously you want people to really enjoy looking through your portfolio, so this small change will help that a lot. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(Also, it's a lot easier to flip through pages with a landscape portfolio on screen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Portrait makes you have to scroll and doesn't display pages as individual while pages.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I know that will be a bit of a pain to sort out, but I would really recommend it before you start sending your portfolio out digitally. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The second thing that I would really recommend changing, Is to put a bit of detail about each project.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For instance the second page, "BMW WHF, t-shirt design"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I don't really know what BMW WHF is, and it would be great if you could put just a few words, explaining a little bit about each project.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Remember that you're not going to be with everyone when they see your work.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Each page design looks nice and minimal and is laid out well with a nice level of white space. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I think I'd personally get rid of the key line around the bird on each page. It looks a bit weird in the box and takes the focus away from the work.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On that subject, I'm not sure you need the fourth page (with the three strips on birds) as they're on each page, as well as on the title page in the strips.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photographs of the design on a mug, might be a good replacement If you feel you need it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Right, I think I'm going to leave it there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I strongly believe I've given you good advice and having taken an hour to write this (time slipped away), I'd really appreciate if you'd follow at least my first couple of points.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Obviously It's your decision but If you decide to revise the portfolio, and you'd like any more advice/opinions, feel fee to send me the update and I'd be glad to help you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Alan"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I enjoyed reading Alans views, because it's completely different to the other reviews i've had. it focuses a lot on the design of the portfolio, which is something other people didn't take as much notice of, and I do think it is important. After Alan had mentioned the portrait layout is not good, I was thinking of how I could make it work in a landscape view instead. I had chosen portrait because most of my work was actually shot portrait when i was working on it last semester. It will be a challenge to get everything to fit in landscape, but I know i need to do this. I also agree with the extended descriptions of the images. I never thought that I would be in a situation where i could explain something about each image, so it's hit a key point i have clearly missed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am working on getting my designs on actual products at the moment, but since i want to focus all my time on my Final Major Project i'm struggling to find a whole day to do this, I still have made no plans for this, but I have to do it. Last semester I did buy mugs & transfers, but I was told (after i had applied the transfers to the mugs) that the transfers would not be able to be glazed. So this let me down in some ways. I must schedule this. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The lines around the work I've began to notice after Alan pointed it out. I would definitely agree. I'm even thinking as far as removing the birds completely, and just having my description. I don't want it to be too fancy or else we won't know where to look!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thank you <a href="http://www.alandalby.co.uk/" target="_blank">Alan Dalby</a>!</span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times; line-height: 200%;">"One is either free or one is not. The concept of freedom is an
absolute. After all, one cannot be moderately dead or moderately loved or
moderately free. It must always remain a matter of either or."</span></i></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, I'm going to address the problem, which is vary vast in a way where i can connect to the 'victims' and people who are in desperate need of help! I want to help them obtain a sense of freedom and help them learn how to ignore everyone and not be afraid to be themselves! I feel very strongly towards this subject because I have been in that situation and you can feel very trapped. In more serious cases of these kinds of things, people are committing suicides, developing eating disorders, becoming afraid to even go out because of the way people are expecting us to be, a lot of pressure is generated from the media, and celebrity role models. </span>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I went out into the city and decided to start by asking individuals who look confident and <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">different</span></b>, because i want to know what makes them not afraid to put themselves out there in a different light. I wanted to get some really nice quotes to inspire some sketches and perhaps some ideas for later on in the project, to inspire others. The day was very successful, I met some really wonderful people, they were all very inspirational, and had very insightful chats linking to the cause and effects of the issue. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've only been doing some sketches linking to the quotes and issue so far, but I like where it's going.</span><br />
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