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SELF GEN PROJECT PRT 17

I wasn’t quite sure how to develop my project further with the ‘blue-print’. So, I decided to look back and play around more with photoshop. I added more detail into these pieces compared to my previous photoshop artworks. I wanted to experiment with perspective, especially with the shapes surrounding the building to see if they then change the perspective of the whole piece.

For the first artwork, I was inspired with the colour theme I saw on a random old poster in Leith. I decided to also add a rectangle to which I them edited to made the shape have perspective. I thought the shapes and the colours themselves contrast against the glass building. Without the stripes, I felt the piece was dull and empty. By adding the shapes, it gives the artwork more depth and detail.

I enjoyed using the stripes and choose to continuing with experimenting with that aspect. I originally was just going have the shape and the building itself, but not only was it a boring composition, but also the colours in the piece contrasted, but in a bad way that made the piece look flat. By adding the white stripes it balancing the two apposite colours and bring depth. Also allowing the building to stand out.

Out of all three, this piece would have to be the most similar to my previous pieces. I wanted to look more to cutting the building in small pieces and they overlapping them. I thought it represent the feeling of buildings upon buildings feel that most people experience when living in a city.

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WAWWA: DEVELOPMENT PRT.1

I’ve been mainly focusing on doing contextual research and then responding to the new information through developing and experimenting.

With research about the virus’s cells and the how the human body fights the virus with antibodies and protein cells, I decided to draw a visualisation of the cells ‘fighting’. I used the colours that the majority of science articles use when describing which cell us which. The red is the virus and the blue is the antibodies. I was struggling when making due to not feeling any ideas are motivation.

I then started trying photoshop, and really enjoyed using it! I don’t have much experience using photoshop, so I experimented with my theme and just getting use to photoshop. I do like what I created, and feel this could be a path of potential development.

The last response I have done was just an idea I got when researching, with the thought of the cells moving in the body. I wanted to try and visualise that movement.

I want to know focus on the actual human body, especially the chest and throat area as that is where the virus first affects.

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NEW PROJECT: WAWWA

For this new project, we are to create artwork that focuses around our environment in anyway that we feel. We are also allowed to use whatever materials we wish.

Today, I did quick sketches of random thoughts or ideas I had when thinking about what I should focus on as a project. I started to think about covid-19, and started doodling loose drawing of DNA patterns, or what I thought looked like DNA, or cell related. At first I just used a black sharpie, but then I went on to create another pice similar but with paint. The colours being used are what I relate to cell colours, and they re not accurate. I really like the shaping created and hw they slightly over lap and I would be interested in looking into this futher.

I wanted ex[eriment with different ideas for this project, so I also sketch/painted nature related scene, with colours that I personally associated with happiness. The idea was that most of quarantine, I personally have found it difficult to stay in the present, and instead, most of my time fantasying about the future, and plans and just being completely separated from the current world pandemic. If I did develop this idea further, I would look more in mental health with connection to spending most of this year indoors, and the stress of not knowing when it will end.

This was a very quick sketch, using black acrylic paint. I made quick, rough shapes that could be recreated by the human body and adding sharp brushstrokes. I wanted to try and recreate the stress and anger myself and friends I’ve talked to about being inside for most of the year. When painting this I was thinking about the human body and how that could potray the feelings that I’ve been going through during covid.

Once I did these, and re-looked at my work. I think I want to continue the theme of seeing how can use the human body and the movement of the body to portray certain emotions. However, I also like the effect of the sketches I did relating to cells.

My next steps I want to start with contextual research on DNA, the virus cells, and the human body movement, and experimenting with how I can portray my current environment through that, as most people have spent quarantine on their own, and only have their self.

I also would like to start experimenting with photography and photoshop and looking into more sculpture.