Hello hello,

In this lecture we were asked to make a collage, drawing or illustration inspired by Anna Piaggi. To start I struggled a little with the direction I wanted to go with this task as it was one of the first creating tasks. I think I spent a lot of time look at other people’s work and seeing what they were making whist I think I need to have more confidence in what I am doing. As I was struggling, I thought the best was to get inspiration was to just use google and Pinterest until I found something that I thought I could turn into something. I ended up finding an image on google of Piaggi, the picture caught my eye as I loved her outfit. I also thought it was an image that really captured her iconic features such as the hat and cane.

For this task I wanted to create a collage. I used the magazine supplied and found prints, textures and colours that looked like the image. I wanted to try recreating the image using shapes, I cut out the parts that stuck out to most the biggest and overlap like in the original images.  To go into further detail, I wanted to explain each section. To start I added a big green cut out this is to resemble Piaggi’s cain. Piaggi was known for having a cane to accessorise her outfits, this was one of the main reasons I was drawn to the image. I wanted to have this as the focal point of my collage because of how much it related to Piaggi’s personal style. When I found the image in the magazine, I thought the illustration resembled a cane so felt that made it fit.

Behind that I added some block colours that I could see in the image. I didn’t see any importance in this part but wanted to use these to generally just add a more interesting shape to my design. These yellow and grey cut outs are to show her yellow bag and her trousers.

The next shape in the pencil illustration, I wanted to add this as for me I thought the colours matched her jacket and I liked the idea that the pencil represents her arm, and it connects to her being an artist.

The next square I found had a design that looked like the pattern from her jacket. As I have already put a lot of details of her jacket, I arranged this to just be in the background. over the top I thought the image needed some more texture, so I got some different shades of blacks and greys to weave them to add something a bit more eye-catching.  As well as a smaller block of text as I thought adding any more colours would be too overwhelming.

Finally, a drew and cut out magazines to show the background of the original image. To make it more personal I also added an ‘S’ to represent myself being the creature of the collage. Think this made it clearer it is a reconstruction of the original image.

To conclude, I am happy with the outcome of the collage. I think that it has a lot of unexpected detail in, and I have used the information about Piaggi from today’s lecture throughout the task. I love how minimalist the design is as this is not my usual style, but I found it refreshing. To improve I would personally have more confidence in my work and try not compare my work to others.