Jim Henson
• After completing a few notes, portrait sketches, basic icons (Kermit, The Dark Crystal, a crystal ball from Labyrinth and marionette strings) as well as paper cuts of Kermit and Miss Piggy - I knew this wasn't't the project I wanted to embark on...
• I've already spent so much time doing paper cuts for my Visual Narratives picture book and looking at characters for the GIFs and stickers that I didn't want to continue down that route for another few weeks! I am feeling uninspired and have made the decision to take a step back and leave it there.
• What am I wanting to create? Something that surprises me. Something that injects excitement and adventure in the final parts of the course.
Zaha Hadid
• After going to the library and getting a few books out, drawing some blueprints and schematics from reference photos, I much prefer the possibilities that this project presented!
• My drawings aren't entirely accurate but I like that they are not representational.
ª For the fluid contours of the first organic form, I was inspired by the front cover of one of the books - but channeled my own thoughts and emotions whilst listening to some classical music on Spotify (I'm obsessed since learning the violin!) and created an individual response to the piece of music - learned and applied from the first 'I See Faces' brief.
• What would happen if I was to scan these into Photoshop and change the layer properties?
• What would happen if I was to layer these on top of each other? What qualities and information would be communicated?
These are so unlike anything I have ever done before and I absolutely love being in this uncharted territory! It is quite strange being out of a comfort zone I have developed for myself again, through being daring and challenging what I did at the beginning of the course (being entirely photo-realistic and representation in my pencil drawings), so this fresh, new approach to the development of my practice is just what I need to inject a new sense of challenge and adventure. Where will this end up when it comes to creating my stamps, postcards and poster? I have no idea - and I find that thrilling!
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