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During the Hay Festival, we are being marked on a little task that involves taking part in activities with children, in order to create sustainable art for the children. Our group has decided to create origami creatures, mainly sea creatures, which we will teach the children throughout the day. Also to accompany them will be some colouring pages and word-searches to give the children more of an idea about what we can do to save those animals. This task will take place on the 30th May, using the make and take tent as an activity sight, where children can come and have a go at making craft using sustainable materials. Down below are some samples that were made by a person in our group, using animals like frogs and fish to have the children make under our supervision. Some of the artwork down below is some of my ideas for colouring pages and some word-searches, using some facts that a child in key stage 2 and 3 would find interesting and fun. In order to create this activity, we have needed a lot of planning in order to get the right amount of research and other related topics to sustainability in order to get the marks. More to come on this, watch this space!

Following from the latest post, these prints/illustrations are the final outcomes that were sent off for the Hay Festival brief. These will be distributed through the festival. The current drawings/illustrations are of oil spilling, deforestation, gas pollution and the destruction of habitats. The whole collection showcases different sustainability issues plaguing our planet. One of the illustrations follows the destruction of our forests for the use of creating materials e.g. paper, the hour glass is one of the most prominent things in this image as it shows us we have a limit time to figure out how to create a better sustainable future. The 2nd illustration that i created follows the idea that the use of cars and other things that produce CO2 are harming the wildlife and affecting the creatures in our oceans. The image is used so simply that it gives the direct message while using no text. This one of the best pieces i have done in the past couple of briefs, using the simple yet descriptive approach to the task. The other drawing is to show how global warming is affecting the ice caps, which is harming the animals, like polar bears and penguins, who are loosing their homes due to the gases trapped in the atmosphere. I used the sign to create the sense of urgency in the situation. The last 2 designs focus on the natural gases that pass through the air are harmful enough to our everyday lives but mostly to the animals that live here. Using the little boy in this illustration and the sand castle was a good idea as it might get more of my point across. The last one was all about using less cars and adapting to more sustainable travel e.g. bikes, which is what the Hay Festival are doing, which is good for planet. Using facts and watching some documentary’s helped me to create these 7 individual designs for this part of the brief. The next part is to come!

All 4 of these ideas were created after the borderlines festival postcards were due in, these are based on our next client, the Hay Festival. These ideas were primarily based on COP26, where there were talks about how to limit the CO2 in the air. These rough drafts that i had created, using the knowledge of how CO2 affects us and the planet, however I didn’t factor in how the Hay Festival is trying to combat CO2. However, Adrian, the Hay Festival advocate liked one of the ideas that i had created, the design of the fish going through the CO2 sign, i had created the idea that CO2 is killing our fish, using the CO2 logo to make it look the fish is going through it. He liked it because it was a simple idea that i had illustrated effectively to tell a story. The last design will be appropriate for the message, and will be used for different sections of the festival with different designs going with the idea of the documentary. These were created using procreate, trying out different styles and colours, using the last one, i have yet to create the final look, but will try out more styles and create a poster with the dates that the documentary will be shown, but that’s to come!

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This next brief is all about the Hay Festival, using my illustration skills and some communication skills to enable me and my classmates to create some sustainable art for the children who attend the Hay Festival. These illustrations are being distributed through the Hay Festival during May and June. The next part of the brief includes a day where we use our recycled materials and some art activities involving some key facts about the oceans and how we can keep the oceans clean. We will be using the ‘make and take tent’ to give the kids interesting workshops and other sustained activities to teach them all about how to save the planet. The Hay Festival is a literature festival that takes place every year through May and June, where many people take their children to see the wonderful books and other fun activities. It enables us to read new books or just take a look at the tents. They host some amazing activities for children, which we will be apart of this year. I have included some ideas in the pictures down below, but more to come!

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Continuing from the last post, these are the updated versions of the borderlines film festival ideas, I had used some still from the film to create 4 ideas to sell at the festival itself. The 2 that were included were transferred to CMYK colour, and then copied at 300dpi, using photoshop and then sending them off the borderlines advocate. These 4 ideas were designed when watching the film, using the struggles of “coming out” and the struggles that were faced throughout the film. These were drawn using procreate and some sketches using traditional media. The 2 that were chosen to sell at the festival were the “acceptance is key” which was one of the best that i had done. The other one that was chosen was the 2 self portraits of her, capturing the emotions and facial expressions well enough to grasp the emotion through the illustration. The other images included are some of the other ideas i had done in order to choose the designs I really liked. These were drawn from the film “Nightmare Alley” which was a really interesting film to me, the scenes were really good to drawn and one of the ideas i had was turning one of the drawings into a tarot card , using the original character, making one of the scenes come to life. The other idea was to create an entry ticket, like the ones that you have when entering the circus, using the characters to cover the ticket. I really liked this idea as it had potential to go further into development. The last idea i had for this brief was the women film-makers, using one the films, which was an original story of one of the women who wanted to narrate a story of her own life, using some stills from the film to create it. The idea that we went with was the “Lola and the sea” idea as it had the most potential and the best illustrations.

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These are the current designs that i had been working on over the past couple of weeks for our first client, the Borderlines film festival, which takes place from the 4th of march till the 20th march, showcasing the ‘chills in the hills’ saga, which is films based all around the world, from films about gender identity, which is what this postcard is based off, using some of the stills from the movie, creating the aesthetic look and feel of a postcard. These were sold by the social team, selling at £1. These were created using procreate and then adding the element of photoshop, turning the colour theme to CMYK, which makes the colour and texture a different tone, like the yellow on the before image has a brighter tone, where the after image has a distinctive change in tone. These were reviewed by the borderlines festive rep, which then had the go ahead to be created and printed from their website. Working on this module has given me the idea of what clients want in order to get on the market. This was a really good idea to work on my technical skills and for me to understand what i need to do in order to create good quality pieces to sell.

Commission And Competition

This term, we have been focusing on the commission side of things, working alongside clients like the Hay Festival and Borderlines, creating postcards and posters that would be displayed on a screen and on flyers. The whole idea is to collaborate with real life clients and create artwork that would be sold and distributed between clients. Some of my current artwork for the ongoing module to come!

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This type of book was a type of technique called a ‘star book’ which was some carefully folded paper that formed triangles which were stuck together to create a pocket type book. This book was based off a theme park that was from my childhood, where I would spend most of my time. The book was created using my own typography and some illustrations, where I used pen and pencil to create the marks, and created the final outcomes on 3 folded sides. There were stuck together using glue, which held them together really well and it meant you can see all the illustrations that I drew to create the final outcome.

This was a Christmas project, which was the final outcome from all the current book techniques we had been working on during the module. Using 2 of the techniques we had recently used, we had to chose 2 that would work well for storyboarding. I had used an envelope book and an accordion style books that was all about the joys of reading. Using some stickers but mostly my own illustrations, I had put together the final project during the period we had off. The whole outcome had come together really well as I had used my own skills and the ones that had been taught to us. Putting together this book using some folded paper and lining up the accordion part to make it pop like a children's pop-up book, and adding the accordion book just made it even better.

This is another type of zine which was created as a whole class, where we used a technique called ‘black-out’ poetry, taking a piece of text from a book and using a highlighter and taking out certain words to re-create a better story. I had used a story about a little boy by a lake, where I then added little illustrations to accompany the text, using certain cut-out images and some of my own illustration to create the drawings behind the story. Then adding the colour, had taken the both sides and put them through the photocopier, which played about with the colour, taking the images to new levels.

This book was created using a type of technique called a ‘flag-book’ which is a folded book that uses the accordion fold and then adds flags which is used to add the effect of images moving on the page when you open and close it. The finish product was created by using coloured paper and some more cut-outs and stickers to create the effect of spider-man swinging and holding onto the shield. The finish product turned out pretty okay, but I could have created it in a way that showed off my artist talent.

This type of book is known as a typography book, where using wasted materials and some printmaking techniques, I had created this entire book. Using the printmaking equipment in the facility, I had cut-out words and letters using cardboard and then using some wet paper, had used the roller press, which put pressure on the page making the letters and words appear lightly on the page. Sticking this together, using the front cover as a base for the more fancy typography, I had also stuck the paper version of the word ‘tear’ which was a rough draft of ripping the paper to make it look like a deliberate tear. The whole book was created with more techniques that I enjoyed, taking the book to a whole new level.

These books were created in our 3rd week being taught by and artist, Sara Kulman, who has been teaching how to make books most of her life. Being taught by this artist gave me the confidence to create more books that using more stitching. The 4 small books were created using 4 types of stitching e.g., Hemp leaf stitching, tortoise shell stitch, 4 hole binding and kangxi binding. These books were one of the hardest books for me to make as I have yet to master stitching to a good level. Although these were hard, I had overcome this and created the top image using exotic paper from her travels around the world. Creating the top book using Hemp leaf binding, I had created this doing the most advance stitch that gave me the most confidence and enabled me to create the right piece of artwork. The last image was the one were we used 3D techniques such as a peep-show book, where using 3D objects cut out and placed in overlapping paper gives off a ‘through the looking glass’ type of effect which was one of the most fun activities ive done so far.

This book was known as a pamphlet stitch book. Using more recycled materials, again like the envelope book, I had used the same idea like the zine, but this idea was to create the pamphlet on country music lyrics that spoke to me the most. I had used some coloured paper and some cut-ups from magazines and some more digital illustrations, which I'm currently loving at the moment. This book is all about country music lyrics and the effect it has on me. Using my own typography, I had placed certain lyrics in certain places and made my own illustrations to follow the lyrics. This one was one of my favourite books to do as it enabled me to create my own typography using materials such as cut-outs and collage.

This type of book illustration is known as a zine. This type of book was made by using the typical zine layout, but adding my own twist of illustrations. This zine is based on my favourite type of music, country music, using the facts and some lyrics from certain songs that gave me inspiration to create my own drawings. This zine was then photocopied and I placed certain images that were good quality on some separate paper to show off some of the final pages. This zine included some well known facts about where country music originally started and how it came to be. Using more digital media for this one, I had tried to be diverse and get more of the old style of zines.

This was the first book that was attempted during the first week at this module, using the technique of an envelope book, which is a folded book that uses cut up envelopes that contain little illustrations. I had chosen to do the A,B and C’S of fragile items, which is why the clock and the glass are hidden inside the book at the back. I had used other materials including cut-ups from magazines to create the headings on the front and back. The whole book was created from recycling old magazines and some of my own illustrations which i printed out to finish off the whole book.

This book was created fun the 4th week of the book binding task we were set, using a technique called peepshow, which incorporates 3D elements into any format, even book binding. We had templates we used to create the 3D elements using the sun, moon and stars as inspiration. We had created this with a visiting lecturer Sara Kulman, who was skilled in book binding and taught us to incorporate this into our future books.

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