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WAWWA:DEVELOPMENT PRT.11

I continued with the red theme, but I wanted to play about with the theme of royalty, and comparing that to the virus and the restrictions put in place.

I photoshopped a painting of a cell I did in a previous painting and played it on top of the Royal Crest. I wanted portray that the virus is above and is becoming a ‘higher being’. And with the restrictions, we have to do what it says. In a way we’re worshipping it, obeying it in a way.

I added stressed faces of myself, to representing the angry and manic feeling I had during quarantine. I still wanted to represent the graphs in this piece as well, so I added the counting in numbers between march 2020 and December 2020.

When thinking about royalty and covid and its restrictions, I realised they all have something in common. They all have slogans. I then went on to replace the royal slogan: “Dieu et mon droit” with the covid safety slogan: “Hands.Face.Space”. I wanted to show that the virus is becoming powerful in controlling how we live, and is becoming a modern god.

I continued to have the red circle as, with its placement it looks like in over taking. I really like this piece, and I’m looking forward to developing it further.

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WAWWA: DEVELOPMENT PRT. 10

Carrying on from my artwork created in the previous post, I decided to continue with photoshop. I wanted to experiment more with the graphs as a background. I also wanted to experiment with stop-like movement, so added photoshops of me, wearing pyjamas or comfort clothes that I wear around the house. I decided to wear this outfit as its what a wore throughout quarantine.

I looked into graphs and statistics on the deaths, cases and progression of the virus. I have been focusing on the actual cell itself and the visualisation, so now I want see more into the science, statistics and progression.

I added the swirl as its in a circular motion, representing the cell, in red because of since of danger that red is associated with.

I feel this piece is a bit messy and plain, boring. However I do feel it a successful in the developing episode, as if I was to add more aspects, it could become a good art piece.

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WAWWA:DEVELOPMENT PRT.9

From the feedback given to me at Group Crits, I decided to look more into information graphs the† have been used to show the covid-19 progression with infected, deaths and cases. I also wanted to look into the connection of the virus and royalty. As coronavirus connects with the word “crown” in latin.

I started off with painting a piece with a background and similar virus imagery like my previous painting. However I used the colours red and warm colours, as the news uses red for the virus.

When thinking about the restrictions, we listen to them and follow them and in a way we obey them, which is all surrounding the virus. Whatever the virus does we relate and in a way the virus controls us, like royalty would.

I then went on to do a photoshoot of me in a worshipping position and photoshopped the painting, so the painting is outline with me. I also looked at graphs showing the deaths in five days since getting the virus and the number in each countries.

I don’t really like the piece created, however I do feel I’m going down a good path in my project and looking forward to carrying it on.

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WAWWA: DEVELOPMENT PRT.8

I decided to look back at the painting I did previously and experiment with it using photoshop. I wanted to make the ‘cells’ actually look like cells, especially the corona virus cell. I cut the cell painting and then layered the Lino print of cell I also did on top. I fell this really looked like the actually cell. I then went to change the colouring with more bright and neon colours. I really like the outcome and find the pieces really effective.

I also did I piece of me, with the Lino prints of the lung layering on top on me with the colouring changed. I too like this piece and feel I would like to go down this type of path with my more resolved pieces in the future.

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WAWWA: DEVELOPMENT PRT.7

Today, I carried on making prints with the Lino cut I did previously. I experimented with them by layering over one another with different colours. I then went one to photoshop them and overlaying them once again and enhancing the saturation on them to give them a x-ray type look to them. I did this because I feel it looks like those science like animations you see on the television when they’re talking about cells and anatomy.

I really enjoy making these and found the outcome to be successful. I also decided to crop certain parts of the artwork to focus on the patterns and colour contrasts. However, due to file sizing and the original size of the images, the outcome photos are particularly small. In the future I plan to check my photo sizing and learn how I can fix it for next upcoming pieces.

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WAWWA:DEVELOPMENT PRT.6

I started to paint a piece where there’s a detailed cell in the centre, however it wasn’t going well, it just wasn’t turning out the way a expected, and I was struggling with the colours. So, I decided to put them into photoshop and change the colours into that.

I then went on to use photoshop as a way to collage my previous work together. For the first collage piece, I wanted to show a representation of how the virus can seem to be everywhere, and I put the Lino print of the ‘air sac’ over the body as I way to make it clearer. I really like the contrast in this piece and the dreamy feel it has.

I then used the painting I did, and photoshopped it into the background of a photo I took of myself. This was to show that the virus felt it was always looming about us, even when you’re in you own bed, its hard now a days to not be thinking about it, even when you close your eyes.

The last photoshop I didn’t like as much. This piece was more a experimentation, where I just wanted to if the composition would be effective, I feel it is effective to an extent, but next time I would either more colour or change the position.

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WAWWA:DEVELOPMENT PRT.5

I decoded to created some Lino prints, as I wanted to develop and experiment with colour more. I was researching why is the corona cell seen as red? Turns out they make it up for visual purposes, so I started thinking about what colours would I choose the virus to be. I did this to help with experiment and see what direction it take.

The other print I created was a crown, due to the word corona being connected to the latin work ‘crown’. Then went on to experiment layering print with multiple colours. I chose vibrant colours as I enjoy working with them and I was inspired by the recent artist talk I attended by Hannah Nugent.

The influence of Hannah Nugent, I decided to paint a painting of a visual cell piece, of two cells facing each other off. It’s to represent Immune system cells and the virus cell fighting each one off.

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HANNAH NUGENT

Yesterday I attended an online artist talk, where Edinburgh based artist Hannah Nugent talked about her journey and where she is presently.

Hannah Nugent studied at Edinburgh College, and graduated at Glasgow School of Art for painting and printmaking in 2018. Since then she has moved back to her hometown Edinburgh.

She mainly works with printmaking and paint, and has recently started using digital techniques like animation. I really like her work and how vibrant her pieces are. I find her artwork really inspiring and interesting, as she starts of using Microsoft Paint to sketch her paintings and then goes on to paint them with acrylic and oil or screen print.

Attending her talk really motivated and I feel it really helped me in being inspired about the current project I’m doing.

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WAWWA: DEVELOPMENT PRT.4

I took photographs of my myself in a curls up positions with my back facing the camera. I wanted to portray a tired, scared and fragile vibe. I then went on to change it to black and white and photoshop my prints that I did earlier into it.

This was completely experimental as I have never really done photoshop, but I really enjoyed using. I tried different colours and really pixel the last picture as it reminded me of little cells, which I felt fitted perfectly with the current theme I am focusing on.

I have more picture I would like to photoshop and experiment more with. In the future I want to add more to artwork as I feel this art piece is a little plain.

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WAWWA: DEVELOPMENT PRT.3

I decided to experiment with Lino print. I started off with creating designs that represent the lung and the air sacs that are located within the lungs. I decided to focus on lungs and breathing as that is where the virus effects the human body first.

At first I used green ink, as that is the only colour that I have, however I then went on to experimenting with acrylic paint as I can get more variety of colours. I really enjoyed printing and working with vibrant colours.

With some of the left over paint, I decided to attempt mono print. I wrote the words ‘covid’ and ‘breathe’. I feel this was successful as I would like to experiment with these prints on photoshop.

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