Summer 10 Brief Re-design Part 2

Here is the finished piece for my Summer 10 Brief redesign. 

My reasons for not liking seagulls are as follows:

1. They poo on you
2. They steal your food
3. They go around in gangs
4. They are bigger than most babies
5. I would definitely lose in a fight against one
6. They have a misleading outer appearance
7. They ruin people's day
8. They make small children cry
9. They are probably very strong
10. They scream a great deal

I enjoyed the lead-up to the final piece more than doing the final piece itself. Through the lead-up I gained a greater knowledge of materials and how they work on different papers. For example I had never worked with Quink until this project, so gaining an understanding of the properties and the way that this ink works was really interesting. Quink became something that I was really liking in my sketchbook as it provided some great tones when us as a dry brush. For my final piece I used white card because it is a slightly better quality than the paper provided (and i also thought that bright white instead of a dull creamy colour would look more professional). To my disadvantage, this white card's surface is very flat compared to the paper in my sketchbook so when trying to get these nice tonal effects, like in the second bird on the previous post, it did not work that well and left unappealing brush marks. This made it very difficult for me to achieve a good quality line work. 

As we were only allowed to use analogue methods, I decided that my typewriter would be suited to this as type is much easier for the viewer to read than handwriting as it understands the letterforms- it is especially favoured when it is small. 

Overall I have found this brief really useful for learning. However, I am not really pleased with the final piece and feel that the approach that I have took to the piece (the delicate brushed Quink) does not suit the tone of the idea that I was trying to communicate. Something better suited would be gouache to get big block colours, maybe also with a black outline. 

It was great to look at other people's work. The variety and range is extraordinary. Everyone takes different approaches and uses different techniques to produce their outcome. And often, people's personality shines through their work which is really nice. I received some feedback on my work from a few people- most people liked the idea more than the visual image itself- I completely agree.