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[thealternativebanana]

I know it looks kinda terrible in the lighting but you have to trust me it looks better irl

@artsy-arrowl is such a sweet person and has an incredible art style and it was an honour to draw this thank you so much :)

@batneko 💙💕❤️

[ollyuca-blog]

Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose - Analysis

The painting is off two little girls in some overgrown garden, where they are seen lighting some paper lanterns to hang from the branches of the plants. The colour palette is made up mainly of natural tones such as greens and blues to show the grass and hw the sky has given the landscape a blue glow. Some orange, along with some vibrant pinks and reds.

[davidrabinuca]

18/09/18

Today we ventured into Margate on a quest to create a map of our travels through the windy seaside town and to take some photos, sketches and videos along the way.

The line sketches proved to be difficult over the course of the day due to the abrasive sand tormenting my eyes and paper with every gust. To avoid such, I nestled myself in a coffee shop by the seaside, observing the walks of life gracing the streets of margate. 

[davidrabinuca]

13/09/18

Today we created pinhole cameras with laser cut wood, a dab of glue, a ton of duck tape, and a pin-pricked piece of tin foil.

We then ventured into the B&W darkroom where film sheets were administered. Afterwards, we had to quickly find a place of interest as we held the pinhole cameras against our chest,; desperately trying not to let any light in. Otherwise, the mission would've failed. When I identified my location, I set a timer for 18 seconds and flipped the camera around towards the subject - holding the camera as still and steady as possible. Once the 18 seconds had eclipsed, I flipped the camera back around towards my body and charged back to the darkroom, up the stairs. I then put the piece of exposed film into the developer for 60 seconds, allowing the exposed parts of the film to emanate. Straight after the film stopped developing within the developer, I put the film into the stopper for 30 seconds and then into the fixer (for the film not to fade out) for approximately 5 minutes.  After the break, we are turning the negatives into positives!

[davidrabinuca]

Today we started the day touring around the campus identifying specific points of where we would like to start shooting. Our group used manual controls throughout, varying the aperture, shutter speed, and ISO to generate different results.

For this shot, I used a relatively low shutter speed and zoomed into the subject just as I pressed the shutter button. This gave a cool motion blur effect towards the subject.

[ollyuca-blog]

SKETCHBOOK - Part 4

[ollyuca-blog]

FALSE ICONS 

Here is a poster I created that is to promote thinking for yourself and idolising role models whose real nature and agenda is behind closed doors. In this modern day and age children are being brought up with social media and television that promotes celebrities as role models and puts sexual perversion in a good light creating a generation who look up to these facades of celebrities for morals and guidance.

I try to convey this through my poster with the use of striking red typography. The image behind it is of a statue of George IV as I wanted to convey the image of this king offering his hand as a symbol of compassion towards the people, is false in a day where the leaders of our country are making decisions that don’t reach the public eye.

I distorted the image to create a sense of a collapsing system and deteriorating society.

[ollyuca-blog]

Final Evaluation

In my project proposal, I spoke about how my project ‘centred around creating images and posters that have a political message or commentary on today’s society’, and I successfully followed my plan as I have produced three posters as my final outcomes. Thanks to my planning I knew what I had to research and investigate so I made sure to leave lots of time to research post-modern art and artists.

Since my original project proposal, I had to make some changes such as I originally planned to see ‘some of the pieces created by artists I research, for myself’ but when I went on the trip to London I could only locate a piece by Banksy and not the piece by Shepard Fairey that I also planned to see. I was still happy with the Banksy piece I saw and the primary research the trip gave me.  

To explore my project and expand on my work I went on a trip to London where I visited an exhibition for the animated film ‘Isle of Dogs’ and whilst there I also did a photoshoot of my friend and the buildings there, I later used these images to create three posters for my final outcomes. Along with the models and sets I saw at the ‘Isle of Dogs’ exhibition, I also saw some a piece by Banksy to extend my primary research.

 My sketchbook consists of lots of research of artists and my own personal experimentation with different photographs where I was using different distortion effects. I also created some drawings based on photos I took at Brighton, and one of a character from Hewlett’s Gorillaz. I also included some of my primary research from when I visited a Banksy piece first-hand on a wall in London.

To create the display for my work and also to produce the majority of the content in my sketchbook I used websites to find the correct information to understand an artist and their work and I also retrieved images of their works for my sketchbook displays.

 My project ideas have stayed roughly the same since the conception of my project proposal to this final evaluation. Some concepts, such as seeing the piece by Shepard Fairey in London didn’t come through due to unforeseen consequences. I also didn’t have time to visit the Tate Modern to see some of Kruger’s original work first hand as part of my primary research.

 I used written work such as my blog to convey what my pieces meant and why I was doing what I was. The blog was a useful outlet for me as I fully describe my reasons behind my actions and ideas. I also feature typography on all three of my final outcome posters. One features the text ‘FALSE ICONS’ which is to convey my opinions on the way celebrities are put on a pedestal despite having a false façade to the public and sometimes no talent. My next poster has ‘FOR THEIR EYES ONLY’ which was a response to the lack of evidence and CCTV footage released after the poison attack in Salisbury. Finally, my third poster reads ‘HOMES FOR THE WEALTHY’ which is in response to the homing crisis in and around London where the amount of new homes and flats being built has increased but so has the cost of living in these homes. This has left many homeless after being kicked out of their home for not being able to pay the high rents and mortgages. It also responds to the Grenfell Tower fire where many died as the council didn’t pay for new cladding to replace the flammable panelling on the exterior.

 I feel my plan was very useful as in the plan I gave a detailed plan on my London Trip and what I wanted to get some photographs to use to create my posters and these photos from my shoot came out exactly as I planned. I also was able to see the Banksy piece in Shoreditch as I wanted to for my primary research. I have put evidence of all of this into my sketchbook where I have many pages on my London trip where I detail everything I got up to and also the photos and posters I produced from the visit and why.

My strongest skill in this project is my photography, as it is a skill I have honed since I was young and it was my skill of choice to use to create the three posters that convey my ideas and views. I also feel like my display skills were very strong as the backgrounds effectively suit the tone of my project and have a theme throughout my book. I also used photo editing skills to colour grade and distort my images.

 I evaluated and annotated all of my development and research in my sketchbook and also featured some of my photography along with annotations of what the photo means. I also posted some of my artist research on to my blog. My sketchbook shows the whole process in a timeline of writing about my developments and also my views and ideas. I also go into step by step guides of how I created each poster from the RAW image to the final poster. This was to further show I understand how to create the posters and also show how my project was developing.

During my tutorials and talks with my tutors about my work, they were all very impressed with the amount of research and development I had put into my sketchbook and also the quality of my photos. They told me that in order to improve I should plan the display of my final outcomes and also make sure I post on my blog often and frequently with reasonable sized posts that hold use to my project and actually have meaning.

 My final piece is a series of three political posters created from my own photography and editing. They are created in response to recent national problems and events. The posters will be displayed along with some red and white tape and stickers.