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Authoril Project Result - Models of two bedrooms that would belong to me and my twin.

Each room represents our interests and personalities. The lighter room in my twins as she is extraverted and likes pastel things, and my room in the darker one with a ‘mediator’ feel to it as I am more introverted. It turned out to be a difficult project as I had to think of the meaning behind it as well as continue with the process of making objects for it in order to finish it. In the end it’s a nice model to look at and that’s what’s important.

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Me and my twin. Rough sketches

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Unbinding the Book outcome draft

Each step/colour represents a new chapter of the story. This was a prequel to a performance I did in a group that showed different emotions/personalities in one room in conflict.

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Some colourful sketches from New York. I found location drawing here difficult and I don’t feel that I managed to capture the atmosphere of New York in my drawings. I’m unsure how to improve this.

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The Unknown Collaborator - ‘Trouble in Paradise’

Reflection: This project required the illustration students to work in groups and produce an exhibition piece with all of us contributing to it to fit the chosen theme ‘Trouble in Paradise’. We looked at this idea environmentally and chose to explore the notion of trash and it’s danger to the natural environment. We decided to investigate the aspect of trash on plants and the possibilities of the effects caused from this combination,leading to pollination from bees and then humans, each getting infected one by one. I enjoyed working on a group project and I feel that collaboration is something I am strong with. The act of making was exciting and engaging and I want to pursue this medium further.

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‘Alter Ego’ Character turnaround using Adobe Animate and Adobe After Effects title page screenshot of my name in a neon themed look.

I found it useful to learn these programs this way and although the results weren’t perfect I was glad to have made something from it.

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Location Drawing in Southbank - REACT

I enjoyed doing this location drawing as I managed to draw a variety of things, from buildings, to people, representing the day I had in London.

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Curious workshop.

In a pair we created the word ‘assemble’ by cutting into assembled fruit to reflect the meaning of the word. We looked at the word unstable and created the letter Q to look unstable as the O part is held up by a tiny wire for the line.

This was an interesting workshop for the day, however I didn’t gain much new information of inspiration from it to carry it on further.

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Some drawings from Margate.

‘Seaside Splendor’ was a one day trip to Margate for location drawing purposes where illustration students worked with graphic students on a brief. 

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The Original Multiple outcome,

I created two lino cuts of a cafe scene of opposite time periods. One resembles a 1920′s french cafe while the other is a modern day cafe. However if you look closer the person in the center have been swapped, making them out of place in this new environment. I could have improved my work by not just doing line cutting but filling in more gaps and being more expressive with the linocut medium. Overall this project was one of the best for experimentation and I learned a lot about printing.

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Exploring change of cafe culture and what it is today. Lino cutting of a guy in coffeeshop, and tonal monoprinting of people in costa. Last tonal monoprint of both a 1920#s french woman and a modern woman doing different activities in the same photo. as if mirroring each other but as an ancestor or parallel universe.

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Experimenting with mono printing and rubber stamping for print project. The monoprints are drawings of a women in somewhat french attire to display interpretation of original study. I continued this with rubber stamping and cut out another design of a woman. I also created a stamp design of a section of the original piece which shows members of the audience.

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New Brief: The Original Multiple

Artwork given: ‘La Danseuse à la Corde’ by Paule Vézelay in 1923

Using this work as a primary influence for a print project. Explore this medium in a way that reflects understanding of the practice.

-Initial drawings of original and from another work by Vézelay, being aware or the linework and quirks that come with print mediums.

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CRIT: The (extra) ordinary

Feedback: -Block colour works best -Could have used just the people instead of merging them with letters -Explore font and colour -What makes a passenger -Development of idea is shown

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Location Drawing

Meeting at Cutty Sark Location drawing at Mudchute farm and the Market

Feedback: -Chalk pastel works well, with less lines and filling in -think about framing of image -work better smaller

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Type in Space ideas - Looking at the letter S

1. Story of the night 2. Snake 3. Cracked

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Tutorial: The (extra) Ordinary

-People as letters, how they sit/stand -Cut shapes out -Emotions of passengers -Create quick images -In the environment -How you’re going to present work -Be experimental with materials and shapes on train -show the ‘mood’ of your subject