This image is a piece that I created last year during my work experience at a local creative communications company. I used photoshop and it is about 21.59 × 27.94 cm (816 x 1056 pixels) big. I wanted to practice my photoshop skills and play around with colour and layering of images. I really enjoyed creating it and I like how I made each image I included have a different transparency as it gives it depth and dimension.
This is a second practice exercise I completed at my work experience. It is also 21.59 × 27.94 cm (816 x 1056 pixels) large. As I was still new to using photoshop, this was another experiment for me to get used to the different tools and techniques I could use. I experimented with the smudge tool for this particular piece, and I also used the grain filter effect to give it a more gritty feel.
For this page (above), I wanted to show more of my graphic skills, with some more work experience task pieces. These three pieces are part of a campaign poster design task where I had to come up with some ideas for a client, who needed posters for their campaign. I used InDesign and photoshop to create them and I used various tools to achieve different variations for variety. They are all 21.59 × 27.94 cm (816 x 1056 pixels).
The page above has two images of initial drawings pages from my A Level sketchbook. I was practicing the images I wanted to use (from multiple perspectives and close ups), colours, techniques and mark making I wanted to incorporate. Each page is 29.5 cm x 29.5 cm and I used coloured pencil, acrylic paint and biro pen.
On the left side, above, is a picture of a research page I completed about Dwayne "DOOGA" Royall. I looked into his background, style, media he uses and I also used him to inspire my development pieces for my project. In addition, I painted onto the pages two small copies of his work to practice his painting style. 29.5 cm x 59 cm.
The next picture, on the right, is a development composition I made to plan out a piece. I explored the image, colours, techniques and patterns I wanted to use. I even looked at the medias I was considering using. This page is 29.5 cm x 29.5 cm.
On this page, I have included a development piece I created for my A Level Personal Investigation. It was inspired by the style of the artist Dwayne "DOOGA" Royall, and I painted it in acrylic paint. This piece is 29.5 x 29.5 cm, and I used Royall's techniques of layering thick brush strokes and highly saturated colour.
Here (above), I have inserted two more developments that are part of my Personal Investigation.
The picture on the left is inspired by Dwayne Royall's work and is 29.7 cm x 42 cm (A3 size) in acrylic paint. I used his broad and thick brush stroke techniques and his use of vibrant colour.
The painting on the right side is in acrylic paint and is 29.7 cm x 21 cm (A4 size). I took aspects of Parag Borse's style by leaving parts of the headscarf unfinished and not fully rendered, so that the view's eye can fill in the extra detail. I incorporated Indian patterns and symbols in the background to show my mum's cultural heritage, as I focussed my project on my family's heritage and culture.
Image 1 (left): For this development I painted my dad, and I tried to capture his facial features as much as I could by photographing his face from a slight angle or side profile to highlight the beauty in African facial structures; such as his nose and face shape. I did this because I wanted to demonstrate ethnically unique features, as they are often not represented enough in mainstream art and media. This piece is 29.7 cm x 42 cm (A3 size) in acrylic paint and I look elements of Parag Borse's style, as I researched his work for my project.
Image 2 (right): This piece is 29.7 cm x 21 cm (A4 size) in black and coloured biro pen and I look elements of Mark Powell's style, as I also researched his work for my project. I chose to draw my mum over an old map of India and I added some water colour, that I bled onto the page.
Above, is an image of my final piece for my Personal Investigation project and it summarises all of my developments and research. I have taken elements from the artists Darshini Chetty, Dwayne Royall, Mark Powell and Parag Borse; who are four of the artists I looked into to further the development of my project. I composed the layout with pictures I edited together of my mum, dad and myself as my project is centred around my family background and cultural heritage, This was painted on canvas and is 120 cm x 160 cm. I mostly used acrylic paint and biro pen in some areas and I layed maps in the background, with colourful drips of ink.
For this final page (above), I wanted to showcase my observational skills and mixed media skills.
Image 1 (left): This is a sketch of a woman I completed in a life drawing class, that was at my school. I began by roughly sketching her figure out in curved lines and then I kept layering and building up more rough lines to add shading. This piece is A3 size (29.7 cm x 42 cm) and I drew in black fine liner pen.
Image 2 (middle): This next drawing is an observational piece of a glass jar in black biro pen and white gel pen. The dimensions for this piece is 29.5 x 29.5 cm. I wanted to capture the contrasting highlights and deeper areas, so I used the white gel pen demonstrate the shiny and bright points in the image I used.
Image 3 (right): My last piece is A3 size (29.7 cm x 42 cm) and I used a variety of medias to produce it; including: tissue paper, brown paper, black ink, fine liner, white acrylic paint and water colour. I completed it in a workshop that was run by artist Ian Murphy, and I got to create my own piece in his style. I really like the use of tissue to build up texture.
