Observed Drawing & Repeated Information

Today I have been doing some observational drawing. This was a nice change to my brief where I was studying the Olympics. I tried to make my drawings varied by playing with media and testing its boundaries. My favourite study was the one where I took the most risks- where I worked with oil pastel and Quink ink as this was new territory for me and I had no idea what the outcome would look like. Another study that I feel that I learnt a lot from was where I was continuously drawing the buckles on the bag using different approaches.  

I have learnt that using different medias can instantly change how you read the image despite it being of the same bags and scarf composition. 

'Things Holding a Pie' Hotdog Screenprinted Book

Above are a few images of the hotdog fold book that designed and screenprinted. The hotdog fold is great for producing a really quick book that only needs printing on one side, conversely it could easily double up as a poster if you wanted. 

Here I experimented with texture by using a coloured pencil in some areas, never before have I used anything other than block colours in my screenprints; I am really pleased with the outcome. I have also really loved collaborating with other illustrators- the brief we all decided on setting for this mini-project was 'things holding a pie'. 

Due to my previous knowledge in screenprinting, I found this project fairly easy however I know that some of the group that had never screenprinted before found it a little more tricky with things like alignment and layers. The hotdog fold book is great for a quick, low cost way of printing/binding however I feel that something a little more professional and better quality (hardbound/japanese etc) may prove a better choice for the book that I will make. 

Collage & Ephemera

i don't like the one below- too simple & cliche

I have really enjoyed this week's task of focusing on collage and ephemera in my work. I have predominatly worked digitally but have been scanning in textures, photos, text, my drawings etc. The reason why I enjoyed this week so much is because I set myself mini briefs- generally to make humorous work  or work that would make someone smile. I was quite inspired by Kate Gibb as you can see. The 'Rio 2016' is more of a promotional poster. I struggled a little with collaging well; as you can see in the last piece- it looks like I have just put images in anywhere without much thought. I love collage and ephemera in my work and I will continue to explore this more.

Below are some of the pieces of ephemera i found and collaged.

below are drawings i did for my collage