Visual Skills: Studio Brief 1 (Developments & Final)

 During the week I had made a great deal of exploration within my sketchbook. Paradoxically the minimalist approach had resulted in the need to create a large quantity of development work.
Within the sketchbooks I mostly used ink based pens in order to quickly address visual ideas and try small scale layouts.









After which I expanded onto a large scale format of A2, as the brief required that the final poster-based design should be of the same scale. For this image I cut a white card stencil of the design I had settled on. I was most unsatisfied with the result. The accuracy of the image resulted in a pseudo-digital look even after the application of the sewing. I chose to hand stitch the cards together because I was interested in the visual aspects of the dashed line. I found that it was quite striking, but did nothing to clarify the communication of the piece.



 My second attempt to scale up resulted with different issues. The thin linear design appeared weak and did not scale well at all on the large A2 piece. The lines were well measured and minimal, but had lost their hand-crafted appearance which gave the smaller pieces their 'charm'.


 I chose to use a broad brush with a thick application of black ink. This required a sequence of quick gestural motions to create the image rather than the slow measured process as before. I find that these images are far more intriguing than the cold logical pictograms that I had produced previously.









For the final image I resolved to use biro. Unfortunately this is a material I am most comfortable with and I am slightly disappointed that I did not simply combine the material uses. However the use of feathered lines is quite striking. I chose to simulate the quick brush movements with the precise biro shading. This effect actually caught out several peers who did not recognise the use of biro and presumed I had applied the strokes of line with a brush.
The shading follows the direction of the rain insinuating that the chap in the picture is being torn apart by the precipitation. The brief required that the two initials of our partner be present in the final design. The 'L' from Lewis is quire apparent, however I am disappointed that the man hole cover does not sufficiently describe the letter 'B'.