Above is my final outcome from the 'Make a Mask of Yourself' project brief with my character, Happy Blind Strawberry, as the main focus. I styled myself to incorporate as many tones of blue as possible to help highlight the array of cooler tones found within the astral reflections of my UV glasses. As I was walking around Leeds with my peers, looking for somewhere to be photographed, I had the idea of visiting local shops and supermarkets to locate window displays of fruit and vegetables that I have come across a lot in both my local area and whilst in Leeds. As well as this, I also went inside the supermarkets to be photographed among the fruit aisles!
Compositionally, I tried a variety of angles but found that a central close-up was the most effective against a background of enlarged strawberries displayed in a shop window; leaving enough of the periphery, without cropping, so that the background image can be clearly seen and recognised helping to pull my theme together nicely. In contrast, the photographs taken inside shops and supermarkets were not as successful due to the lighting, the time of day / week (a lot of the fruit stock had been purchased by customers, leaving a less than desirable background of scarce shelves and boxes) and featuring shoppers themselves.
In reflection upon the first brief of my course, I have really enjoyed having the opportunity to get to grips with a simple brief that calls for quick image-making, process, development and fun elements without focussing too much on a perfect final outcome. I liked the personal angle of researching ways to represent yourself in a different form; whether that be through exaggerating features, identifying with an animal or object or highlighting personality traits. It has successfully introduced me to the process of blogging about my illustrative journey in addition to providing a social opportunity with fellow peers when photographing with our masks.
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