MONOPRINT EXPERIMENTS

Before the second mono print induction, I decided to go to the print room and start making work to inspire potential designs for my prints.

I really enjoyed mono printing last year, I find it an exploratory process full of discovery and creativity. Although I struggle with producing the specific designs that I set out to create, I really enjoy creating the new shapes and colours, and at this stage of the printed pictures brief, I feel like it's an important process to just MAKE and CREATE without putting too much thought and specific considerations for the outcomes.

Based on my initial design ideas of the baby surrounded by natural elements, I played around with shapes and cut outs to see different compositions and dynamics that this design could work in.

WHAT WENT WELL?

• Just being able to PRINT, I've forgotten how good it felt to just produce work and have fun whilst doing so in a creative way!
• I have a better understanding of the potential layout for this design. I need to work on it more but I feel like it's really progressed in terms of understanding the potential and effectiveness of it. 
• Every time I mono print, I feel like I improve, I learn something new about being able to use overlaying patterns and colours and learning about the way changing just one simple element of the print can effect the whole narrative, and thats so interesting and intriguing to me! I can't wait to find out new things about the other print methods.

WHAT COULD OF GONE BETTER...!!!

• Like I said, I'm still learning about printing, I was finding it tricky to get the colours that I actually wanted in the first place, sometimes just being experimental isn't enough when you have a specific idea of the design in your mind.
• I find that I'm quite a specific person within my work..dare I say PERFECTIONIST? so printing methods such as mono printing are difficult for me. I really have to force myself to step out of my comfort zone and ignore the fact that some of the colours arn't perfect, or the shapes didn't overlay in the way that I intended them too. But this is FINE, sometimes its better to be messy, it feels more creative and then you can take elements from the mess to create something perfectly messy!

I'm looking forward to the actual second induction, I might learn new things that I've forgotten so that will be interesting!

YCN BRIEF: BEAR

The Brief
To create our next set of yoyo cards, whisking kids off on a magical adventure with BEAR.
The Creative Challenge
We would like you to create the next world of BEAR’s yoyo cards - it’s up to you to pick the theme! We would like to see at least three card designs, both back and front of the cards. 
To get your brains whirring, previous card sets have included: ‘Around the world in 80 days’ with BEAR, with each of the individually illustrated cards being a miniature postcard sent from one of BEAR’s stops on his travels. Each taught children about amazing places and cultures around the world that they might never have heard of.
Our ‘Super Species School’ saw Head BEAR assemble the world’s most incredible species as students in his school- each had a super power that related to what made that creature incredible in real life, children could take a test online to see what ‘super squad’ (house) they would be in, and there was a specially designed yearbook that children could collect ‘bearcodes’ (barcodes) towards and be sent for free.
This year BEAR has gone off in his Time Cave back through history, with 80 stops in the grizzly past, and 20 in the furrific future showing some of the wildest inventions that scientists believe will roll out in the coming centuries.

Out of the three YCN briefs that I've selected, this definetly seems the most challenging, I would consider collaborating with a graphic design student on this as I think I would struggle to lay out my designs of the cards alongside my illustrations and ideas without over complicating the design! Despite my worry of this, it's still an exciting concept, the idea of my work being used in a context such as this one.

YCN BRIEF: UK Greetings

The Brief 
Imagine nipping out to the high-street, or a cool little local shop, or even the place you buy your food, and seeing your designs on display. 
UK Greetings is the UK’s leading direct-to-retailer publisher, making innovative, beautiful, cutting edge and classic greeting cards and gift dressings.
We want you to develop your own collection of greeting cards and gift dressings. 

 Creative Challenge 
Create a collection of greeting cards, notecards, notepads, gift bags and wrapping paper.
We are open to any graphic or illustrative style — geometric patterns, painterly illustrations, designs that feature characters or that use humour in a playful way.
You should come up with a name for your collection too.
Remember to have variety within the range, but make sure your designs comfortably sit together to create a cohesive collection.
We’d also like you to demonstrate how your ideas work as a collection, so one of your design sheets should show your work displayed together.

I really like the openness of this brief, I feel like I have the eye and illustrative knowledge in order to deliver the outcome for this brief without overcomplicating or going too far with the designs.
I have created series of greeting cards in the past for personal projects so I feel like I could transfer this knowledge over into this proffessional brief!
I'll start by looking at existing greeting cards and seeing themes and ideas that i could potentially use for my own work in my own way. I'm excited!!

The problem identified in the brief is the need for a set of greeting cards and gift dressings that will appeal to a mass market but is still quirky and 'cool'.

YCN BRIEF: Roald Dahl Literary Estate

Brief 
To illustrate iconic characters and scenes from your favourite Roald Dahl children’s stories. The illustrations should appear as if they are part of a published series. 

The Creative Challenge 
We invite you to illustrate a series of iconic scenes, featuring at least three iconic characters from Roald Dahl’s inventive, revolting, wicked, or friendly stories in a style of your choosing. None of your illustrations should be boring, safe, or predictable. All styles welcome.
The scenes can be from any of Roald Dahl’s stories for children. You’ll find a list within the project pack as well as a selection of extracts for your inspiration, but you don’t have to stick to these. 

This brief is a really exciting one! To step away from the ICONIC Quentin Blake illustrations will be a challenge but I feel like my different style of working would allow me to do so. I'm passionate about narrative so I feel like I would be able to create a set of effective characters appealing to the target age group and the aesthetic of Roald Dahl's stories!
I would need to explore the different possibilities and way of creating characters before starting this brief and also research into the existing characters in the stories. 

John Powell Jones

 After my tutortial with Ben, i felt inspired to use a mixed method of printed techniques! I looked at the illustrator, John powell Jones who uses screenprint and other methods to create textures, colours, shapes and pattern. I FELL IN LOVE with his work! I just love all the detail that the ink and merging of inks and overlays of colour creates, I really really want to try and make this same effect in my own work!
I feel inspired to get down to the print studio straight away!!

INITAL DESIGN IDEAS

Following on from the last studio brief, I felt like I had a large range of ideas and thoughts that I could work with in order to create my book prints. Despite the roughs being designed for different sizes, I feel like i could easily transform a lot of them in order to work within the new dimensions.
For this brief I need to make sure that my ideas

• don't get too repetitive
• each have their own narrative yet still work well as a set
• use a print method effectively, using hand print techniques in order to achieve the traditional aesthetic (something that i love about hand print methods)
• consider how i'm representing the life and stories of angela carter, am I still doing this in an effective way and how is the narrative and visual language supporting this?

I think the most important thing is the idea of the prints working as a set yet still having their own individuality. I think by exploring one specific story or poem then I'll be able to make this possible!

I started by exploring my previous thoughts, those considering the feeling of maternal instincts, exploring Carter's consideration of the feminine form and the idea of precious life. I find this topic such an interesting theme to explore and illustrate, similar to my zine, I want my prints to feel whimsical, and dark yet still enchanting and almost, peaceful? if thats possible!

I started by making really quick roughs and initial sketches, thinking of this maternal idea. I had previously explored this image of a baby in the fetal position within my roughs for the editorial images in studio brief one, but I didn't go ahead with it due to time restrictions and decisions about other ideas, but I feel now that with a longer chance to explore imagery and ideas, I would like to play around with the possibilities of this idea.

The idea initiates from the fairy tale, Kakuarshuk by Carter that I read and found so intriguing and inspiring in terms of idea generation. 

I wanted to respond to this tale in a way that shows the tale in a enchanting and endearing light! I'm really enjoying using the natural and floral imagery so this is something I'd like to use within all of my prints, and I know that it will work particularly well within this one. 

There's something so sacred about a baby in the fetal position, vulnerable and it shows a human in its most basic and natural form. I really love the idea of this natural and pure human pose surrounded by nature, yet another element of the most pure and REAL qualities. 

I'm finding it hard to put into words about what I'm enjoying so much about working with this imagery, just the free and wild elements, nature is unpredictable, there's no straight lines or borders such as buildings or man made elements, plants and the human form and I think that's what I love about Carter's writing, her fairy tales, poems and even stories are so unpredictable and vivid with ideas and all seem to have so many little elements and details making them feel full of pure and real emotions. This is really something that I'm trying to CREATE and make the viewer FEEL in my work, that REAL, NATURAL and ENCHANTING visceral feelings that Carter creates.

I continued to experiment with the baby in the fetal position, I just wanted to improve my actual drawing ability and understanding of the shape before I began making and designing prints.

I don't want to be to experimental with elements such as line qualities or other shapes as I feel like this will take away from an already rather complex shape, especially when it comes to printing, which is often very shape based.

WORRIES?

• I'm slightly worried that my work won't come across very well in the print format, i keep thinking about how I'm always working with purely line based work and how a lot of print RELIES on shape and this just isn't my strong point.
• I suppose I'll have to just experiment with shapes and my line work and see where this takes me, but at this point in time, that is a slight worry for me...

SOLVING MY WORRIES

• I spoke to Ben the tutor and he suggested working in a collage format before considering any printed techniques. Working with the cut paper would allow me to see how the designs would come across within print and then re work into that design with my line work in order to get a better understanding of the process.
• This actually really really helped me, I was able to consider how the larger shapes would work alongside smaller details.
• It was also helpful to be able to move the paper around in order to create different compositions as opposed to drawing out the roughs in my sketchbook. 
• This is was so helpful and I feel a lot calmer about having the ability to create my prints with less worry.

NEXT STEPS?

• I think my next steps in the process will be to just start printing? start being experimental, now that I have a basic idea for one of the prints, I'll be able to consider potential possibilities within mono print, lino and screen and think about how each of the textures and qualities of these processes will effect my design in different ways.
• I'm excited!!

PRINTED PICTURES PROJECT PROPOSAL

I intend to produce:
An A4, 16 page book based on the enchanting and feminine themes that Carter explores in her work. I want my book to have a natural handmade feel to it yet still look professional and well made.

I’d like to explore Japanese binding techniques and see how I can use different stocks in order to create different feelings when reading the book.

I’ll include some text and quotes but I’d like the book to focus on the images and colours in the book.

The content will focus on (identify 3 specific themes, texts or concepts):
Poetry and metaphors explored in her poetry book ‘Unicorn’ which explores the purity of females.

Comparisons between femininity and nature and natural objects through her use of metaphors in her writing.

 Carter’s exploration and use of animals in her writing and how I could incorporate this with images of femininity and nature.
I will be aiming to communicate (identify 3 specific messages, ideas, moods etc.) :

 I would like to create an almost dark and mystical mood when reading my book, I would like the reader to be taken into to an enchanting and natural world.

  I’d like to communicate the idea of femininity and purity whilst still using dark natural images – deep forest, caves, toadstools, crystals and gems, moonlightI’d like my book to be detailed and intelligent in the way that I use colour and mark making, I’d like the reader to study each illustration and see new aspects of the prints and to keep discovering new elements.

To an audience of ….. (name 3 characteristics)  

Someone who has an interest for the handmade and analogue aesthetic.

A fan of detailed illustrations with meaning and theories behind them.

 Someone who is interested in the concept on feminism.

 

PRINTED PICTURES - INITAL REACTIONS

When receiving the printed pictures briefing, I felt excited but slightly anxious. I've been telling myself and blogging since first year about the fact that I'd like to be more involved in hand printing methods. I've never attempted it as it's always been something that seems too intimidating to me, but now that it's something I have to do as part of a brief, I feel excited and ready to LEARN!

What I'm excited to learn:

• Combining different techniques - I feel like this would really enhance my practice and challenge me to create work in a different way. I often create purely line based work, so this would really challenge me to consider shape and colour alongside what I'm already confident with.
• Pushing myself! - Hand print methods, in particular screen printing has always been intimidating to me, the whole process itself alongside creating positives is something that has always seemed complex so i've put off attempting it, HOWEVER, i'm excited to learn and discover!
• Colour - I'm eager to learn about the concept of colour overlay and how i can use this to my best advantage, in all three methods of print I could explore this concept and think about how I could potentially create three colours in order to fit to the brief of using two inks.
• Composition - as I'm creating a book, I'll need to consider how I'm using composition in order to make the most effective pages that can also be stand alone images. I'd also like my book to have a strong narrative within each image so this is something that I'll need to consider to be able improve my practice !!

Overall, I feel confident that a within this brief i'll be able to improve a lot, I feel ready and excited to learn new things!!

Marco Mazzoni

 

Marco Mazzoni is an Italian artist, he looks at the connection between feminity and nature in a similar way to Angela Carter.

His work, I feel is very close to how I feel about Carter's writing. I love the dark tones and the natural feeling and moods that are associated with his work. Despite the flowers and creatures often being associated with brighter and happier emotions, I like the switch of this and the high key tones as it brings emotions of fear and an almost sadness.

I'd like to try and explore similar themes in my printed pictures book, I'll need to work out how I'll be able to create a similar message and emotion with just 2 colours in the printing process.

FINAL DESIGNS - IDEA PICTURES

WHAT I LIKE?

• I'm really pleased with how the colours of the paint, overlayed with the drawing has turned out, despite using a digital platform, I feel like i've created the 'analogue' and handmade feel well.
• I'm pleased with the actual drawing itself, I'm glad in the peer review it was suggested to me to add some extra leaves without overcomplicating it.

WHAT I DONT LIKE?

• I'm not too pleased with the background of the egg illustration and the other two in the series, despite using pencil marks in order to create the same handmade texture, i feel that it has been taken away from by being made lighter, however this was a nessasry step that I had to take in order for the idea of fertility to come across without the illustration being too dark!

WHAT I LIKE?

• Again, I'm pleased with out the colours on the heart have turned out, I like the different tones of the pink/red that i've used, i think it really adds another handmade element which is the main  feature of my work that I was striving for.
• I like the simplicity of the design, usually I seem to overcomplicate my work but I've tried hard to keep this design simple and I find it really works well!

WHAT I DONT LIKE?

• I do LIKE the simplicity, but theres just something inside of me that seems to want to add more detail and elements to the design, I'm not sure what it is, I suppose I would have to play around with adding other drawings but like I said, I'm not really sure that the design needs it!

WHAT I LIKE?

• I'm really pleased with the concept behind this piece, I think it corresponds well with the idea of visual metaphors, I used roughing well in order to come up with the most effective composition.
• I like the use of the frame, I feel i've used the drawings of plants and bodies well in order to create an effective illustration.

WHAT I DONT LIKE?

• I'm really not pleased with the actually drawings themselves, I feel that I should of spent longer on the bodies in order to make them more effective in terms of portraying the metaphor.
• I'm not pleased with the coloration on this design, I should of worked longer and been more experimental with the paint brush marks so that I could come up with a more effective way of colouring the illustration.

MEGA CRIT

IDEA PICTURES

After creating the zine I felt excited and ready to start work on a brief with my knowledge and passion about Angela Carter as an author.
I love the idea of working with visual metaphors as i feel this is exactly what Angela Carter tries to portray in her writing.
As soon as we were briefed, images and ideas came rushing into my mind, I have a specific way that I want to portray Carter and I began making roughs exploring different stories, themes and characters that have stood out to me in my work that I have explored of hers so far.

SQUARE (110MM * 110MM)
LANDSCAPE (220MM * 110MM)
PORTRAIT (110MM *220MM) 

ROUGHING

HOW DID I FIND MAKING 60 ROUGHS? 

• Extensive - making a (what seemed like) ALOT of roughs, really made me think about what and how I wanted to portray Angela Carter, what did i want to SAY about her and how could different illustations show this without being to blatent and obvious!

 

• Helpful - i loved having to really wrack my brains for ideas, it really made me push myself coming up with 60 different concepts, but at the same time, i found it incredibly helpful for idea development and I know that now in the future I'll be able to come up with even more successful designs.

• Thought Provoking - the more roughs that I made, the more ideas I began to consider and think of, i became more creative and expressive with my ideas and this was really helpful when it came to thinking and creating visual metaphors!

 The main themes I wanted to explore in my work was Angela's exploration of fertility and the comparison of the female form and nature. I love this idea, i find it delicate and natural and feel like I would be able to make successful illustrations by exploring this concept further. 
I based most of my roughs around this concept, along with the charatcers and other concepts that Carter explores. 
During the feedback session with tutors and peers I was told that my inital roughs represented Angela Carter well, i LOVED that i had been able to do this, I want to try so hard to really get that feeling that her writing creates for me!
I was told this feeling is called : VISCERAL

• Based on a deep feeling and emotional reaction rather than on reason or thought.

I find this concept really interesting and want to explore in more depth what it is about Carter's work that makes me feel this earthy, natural, empowering way!  
 
I was told that the Egg design, where a collection of natural elements such as leaves, flowers and plants are spewing out of an egg works well in suggestion the idea of fertility, I definitely want to explore this concept further.

NEXT STEPS

I began to develop my roughs further, looking at the chosen ones from the crit in more detail, exploring composition and how the visual metaphors could come across more successfully.

 

SQUARE DESIGNS 

• Although in my crit, i was told that the egg design worked the best, I still wanted to explore my other roughs a little further as I personally liked the design.
• I played around with the composition of the egg design, adding elements such as extra flora or other elements of nature such a toadstools and leaves and even other eggs but in some ways i found that this took away from the original idea. I'll wait until the crit to see other people's opinions but that's how I feel about my designs SO FAR!
• I'll also have to be considerate of colour, I find that the peachy pink colour represents fertility quite well, but again I'll see the opnions of others during the crit.

 

LANDSCAPE DESIGNS

• In the crit I was told that my inital heart design worked well due to the composition of it, I do like the design of it but I feel it's slightly too simple, but I can't work of if this is me feeling the need to overcomplicate pieces or if it actually IS too simple!
• I tried the heart idea as a metaphor for life and feminine life surrounded by and being compared to nature, in other compositions in order to see if it can work when put in different compositons.
• I really like the design with hands around the heart, almost clutching life, but again, I'm not sure if this is just overcomplictaing the concept as a whole or if its adding to it. I suppose this is something that I'll have to ask people in the crit. 

 

PORTRAIT DESIGNS

• Again, following on from the crit, I was told that the design with the naked woman with flower heads and necks works the best. This idea was based on the quote from the bloody chamber but I find it really intruging as a concept and want to take it forward into a physical sense!
• I played around with the design, adding two women, zooming in and zooming out, this helped me to get a sense of how the idea and concept could change just through tweaking the composition of the work.
• I struggled a bit with deciding which rough would work best and this has been an issue for me throughout all of the size roughs now, but i'll wait until the crit and then take the advice from my peers and use this in a constructive way!! 

MEGA CRIT NUMBER 1

 

• The mega crit was really helpful in terms of deciding which designs to take forwards even further to develop into my final designs.
• The majority of feedback suggested that I continue with the simple egg design, with no extra detail or nature added to it, as it takes away from the concept
•  A few suggested that i take the design with the sea maidens face forward, but I feel, although i Like the concept of this design, it wouldnt be relevant and correspond with the other two concepts, and i'd like my work to work as a set or series of 3!

• Alot of people suggested that the simpliest heart design would look the best compared to the others as it looks the most 'editorial' which I agree with, the bold shapes and clear imagary are simple enough to see what I'm trying to say if the illustration were alongside a text. 

I also asked people what they thought of the marks and lines that I often do in the background of images, I wondered if this took away from the drawings and made the piece confusing? People said:

• Possibly, still think you could incorporate pattern well though.
• I think they add alot to your imgary and style, but it would be interesting to see a more simplified version.
• I think it's personal preference, I really like it, but if you do include the marks, i would do so sparingly. Very nice.

Based on this feedback, I will be considerate of how I use the marks, making sure I don't overcomplicate the designs, but I'll still use them as I feel that especially for Angela Carter's work, they add an enchanting and magical touch! 

DEVELOPING IDEAS FURTHER

 

SQUARE DESIGN

• Following on from my feedback in the crit, I was told that the simple egg design worked the best.
•  I experimented with keeping the simple egg and adding more of the natural elements in order to see how this could work, I wasn't keen, i feel like again, it just takes away from the concept of it.
• The next step was to experiment with colour and pattern and how I could use this in the best way possible to represent the concept of fertility within my work.
• The peachy pink colour definetly works the best as it gives me the feelings of new born and purity, but again, I'll ask the opinions of my peers in the crit.

 LANDSCAPE DESIGN

• Following on from the crit, the heart design with the heart in the centre of the image was defietly the most popular. I feel like the composition of this rough is the most effective element of it.
• I began to think about other ways I could have the heart image in the landscape format, I added some extra elements of flora and nature to increase the 'earthy' and natural feelings of the piece.
• I'm personally not sure if this adds to the design or just over complicates it and takes away from what I'm trying to convey in my work.
• I often struggle with the idea of overcomplication, it's something that I really need to work on and i feel like an editorial illustration is a great opportunity to simplify my work down to be able to get across a message!

PORTRAIT DESIGN

•  In the mega crit, the most popular design was the rough of the two women with flower heads, I agree! I think this design will work the best in terms of representing the idea of feminity.
• I now had to decide whether I wanted the focus to be on the female bodies or on the flowers and nature. This would determine how the image would be seen so I feel like this is an important choice and is one that i'll ask in the next peer review before continuing with the final design!

 PEER REVIEW

• The peer review was a helpful way for me to find out the opinions on my more refined roughs before creating the final designs.

Suggestions given included:

• Have vines wrapping around the egg and keep it centred.
• Dark background around the egg/heart/bodies takes away from the idea of fertility and feminitity.
• Experiment with green as colour alongside the pink to show the natural elements.
• Keep it simple!

 Overall I found this peer review really helpful to get a sense of other opnions on my final designs. I had a last few tweaks to make and questions to ask before I began creating my designs. I agree with all of the suggestions given and it just took the suggestions from other people to make me see this!

CREATING FINAL DESIGNS

Once I had the detailed roughs of what my final designs were going to look like, I could begin to draw the final illustrations for the three pieces. 

I have decided that I would like to use a digital process to add the colour onto the final drawings, I feel like this will add a sense of profesionalism to my work and will allow me to create multiple copies with a clean finish to them.

Despite wanting this professional digital finish to my work, i still want my work to look very analogue and have the 'real' hand made asthetic to them, I'll have to experiment and play around with this concept.

I scanned in my final drawings and began to play around with a digital way of adding colour, I really enjoyed being able to see my designs 'come to life' in a way, I feel like all the roughing has been an extensive but very helpful process and it was almost an achievement to be able to see my work in a digital format!

Initially, I was struggling to find a way to add colour in a way that didn't look purely digital. I'm really not pleased with how the images are turning out using this way of colour blending. I need to be more experimental with how i'm adding colour if i still want to achieve this anologue appearance that I've set out to achieve!

I began to think about more creative ways that I could add colour to my work, especially as I wanted to keep the handmade feel and texture to my work, i considered the use of scanned paint marks and pencil marks!

After using the same colour theme that I had previously decided on, I began to experiment with using the multiply tool on photoshop to overlay the paint mark samples. I was instantly more pleased with the outcome of this and started to make tweaks and changes until I was happy with the result of all of the designs!

Study Task 2 - Visual Metaphors

Angie Wang 

 

Illustration for the Article "is depression inherited?" in the New York Times 

I was instantly drawn to this illustration by Angie Wang by:

• The colours
• The composition
• The use of media
• Instant narrative

There's a clear use of a visual metaphor in the sense of the article focusing on the idea of depression. The foggy dark cloud surrounding the mothers head suggests a sense of low tone and mood indicating  a darker mood for the illustration. The rough scribbled marks used for the head of the mother shows an almost 'confusion and gives the idea of being lost, almost like the messed up route on a map.

Blue is often associated with being low and depressed, this colour scheme follows on through to the dress of the daughter, which is yet another hint towards the article being about depression being inherited.

Colour plays a large part in this illustration, the way they're placed in diagonal to eahcother each time, with the high key tones and the low key tones shows a strong bond between the mother and daughter but also a link with the article.

All of these features play a strong part in making this illustration a successful visual metaphor to accompany a text within a newspaper, I would like to try and take some features of this creation of visual metaphors in order to have a strong and successful set of illustrations.

MARION FAYOLLE

 

Illustration for the article - Infidelity Lurks in your Genes

I'm really intruged by the narrative in Marion Fayolle's work, the illustration, although one piece, is positioned in the format of a series of sequential images. This is an interesting concept, demonstating the idea of story telling within editorial illustrations. 

This use of sequential images gives the impression of a strong narrative which is inforced by the use of colour.

Red is often seen as a colour of seduction, the woman wears a red dress which enforces this idea within the illustration.

ANGELA CARTER ZINE

Overall, I'm really really pleased with how the zine turned out. I feel like I used my research well in order to say exactly what I set out to achieve.

WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THE ZINE?

• The delicate appearance of the pressed flowers and how they compliment the themes and emotions that I'm trying to achieve.
• The colours and emotions that they provoke. I'm trying really hard to correctly portray the feelings I have when reading Carter's work.
• The simple line drawings combined with the other elements such as collage (pressed flowers) and the bright colours and mark making, very effective indeed!!

WHAT WOULD I CHANGE OR DO BETTER?

• I would  try to be more experimental with my drawing style. The illustrators that I looked at before starting the zine used dramatic paint marks and effective pencil marks and I have just played it safe with fine liners. I do regret this choice but at the same time it worked with what i was doing!

FEEDBACK

 

GENERAL COMMENTS

• Mixed media works well
• Aesthetic of writing on tape looks really good
• Well thought out composition
• Visually consistent