sequins + fish

On Friday the 20th I had a session with Joao completing bits of my sketchbook that weren’t finished and a tutorial with Noel. This was really helpful because all the pieces of researched I’ve done are now linked and I feel more confident in completing my zine.

I then went home and experimented more with collage and ate lots of fish. I love sequins and think this technique is very effective as photographing the collage flattens the image.

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memphis

On the 20th I began researching memphis studios and their iconic, repetitive, bacteria-looking patterns. I love these because they can be any colour I choose and look very unusual. They will definitely fit the contrasting, colourful and mis-matched theme to my fanzine. I also experimented with gradients on photoshop.
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The clothing brand Lazy Oaf uses memphis patterns as a source of inspiration for their clothes, including a cropped sweater I own photographed below.
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I thought this clutch bag could make an interesting background when photographed up close. The bag is pale pink so I edited it in photoshop to vary the colour.
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I really liked the images I used when creating digital collages so have taken more which I think I will take further and use in my fanzine, perhaps with emojis layered on top.
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emoticon fruit

On Thursday the 19th I photographed lots of fruit and a plant to be used as backgrounds or layers in a collage in my webzine. I used brightly coloured card to create contrasting backgrounds that look unnatural but pleasing to the eye. I made some fruit transparent to make them easier to layer.

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I took inspiration for the types of fruit I used from emojis which are currently very big in popular culture. I will also use these to layer over pages of my fanzine to add colour and an element of fun.

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american apparel

 

 

On the 16th I did a photoshoot with my friend, Kit. I wanted to recreate an American Apparel style using bright clothes, muted or white backgrounds, a naturally attractive model, minimal editing and the in-built camera flash. I really like these images and think they will work well within my fanzine.

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html

On the 6th I had a session with Joao on html. I’ve done quite a bit of HTML and CSS editing in the past so found it really easy, but I still learned a few things I didn’t know before so I’m really glad I attended! I plan to make the layout of my fanzine fun and interactive and innovative.

february 2nd collage

On Monday the 2nd Aaro gave use a lecture and workshop on collage which gave me lots of inspiration for collages I could create.

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Here are some collages I made in the workshop from Elle Magazine cutouts. I researched Tony Oursler, Rene Magritte and Arnulf Rainer after the workshop and painted/drew over some of the collages.

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Experimenting with collage layering using tracing paper:

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Photographing collages to flatten them:

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Creating a real life collage: sticking things on to a wall (by Andreas):

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