Researching on WSGN for trend board layout ideas, names and aesthetics for both male and female fashion. Wanting to see what fabrics are being pushed and if any silhouettes are changing. Helping with ideas for my own trends and how to begin a macro trend board.
Museum of Transology
What stand out most when you first see it? The collection of T-shirts displayed that have previously been used in campaigns due to large use of hashtags.
Explain the reason you notice what was mentioned in Q.1? The centre of the exhibition and the largest piece, for me it was also the boldest statement within the exhibition with huge diversity and linked with fashion.
As you keep looking what else seems important? The personal stores behind each item within the exhibition due to the little brown tags attitude to them all with the individuals stores written on them.
Why does the element you mentioned in Q3 seem important? It gives every aspect of the exhibition a personal story making each person think more in depth of what they are looking at and gives everything just a bigger impact.
How has contrast/structure/space/colour been used? The white walls made the text stand out giving a bigger impact and draws the eye to it. The different levels and directions of the layout of the pieces make it the exhibition feel more interactive.
What seems to be hiding in the composition? Passion, understanding and knowledge on such a huge topic that so important in this generation.
Imagine the feeling and meaning this work represents – what are they? The emotions and stores behind each person that has any connection with transgender. And putting across the message that even is equal.
What other titles could be given to this work? The story behind transgender
What do you think the artist was trying to convey in the work? The elements of feminism, sexuality, equality, pain and happiness.
The real and imagined city scapes of post what Britain.
What stands out most when you first see it? Small space exhibition, with focus on the photographs along with walls.
As you keep looking what else seems important? The changes in Britain, the new era and and elements that effected the surroundings.
How has contrast/structure/space/colour been used? It was a small space exhibition, Photographs along all the walls in different sizes for a more aesthetic feel, with information placed next to each one written in black on black panels, on a grey cornet walls connecting with the feel of the buildings in the photographs.
What leads your eye around from place to place? The parallel walls and the perfect alignment in the photographs and text. A clean design that worked with with the topic of the exhibition.
What seems to be hiding in the composition? The changes in Britain and how different situations and political issues can effect an outcome.
Imagines the feelings and meanings this work represents – what are they? Post war projects and how its influenced designers and the futures created by the impacts around.
What other things interest you about this work? The structure, lighting and the rustic feel the black and white has on the photographs with the complementing cornet walls around the whole exhibition.
Wolfgang Tillmans – Eleanor / lits a 2016
What stands out most when you first see it? The fashion choice and make up
Explain the reason you notice what you mention in Q1? Its different and individual, it looks like a performance outfit but within such a simple environment.
As you keep looking what else seems important? The stage make up, giving of a drag queen effect, exaggerated beauty wanting to stand out and be the centre of attention but with all natural beauty hidden. A inner charter becoming the external.
How has contrast/structure/space/colour been used? The white make up against the white walls with the contrast of the grey doorframe and jumper.
What seems to be hiding in the composition? Inner and outer beauty, individuality and expression.
Why do you think this is hiding? Because of the exaggerated make up, the bold fashion choice and the feeling of stage performance influence.
My work from the photoshop workshop we had with mark on Friday. Looking at using the Anchor tool to deep etch the photos to be able to place the focus of the pictures to a different background, and using the magic eraser tool to be able to get rid of the background easier if there is more refined details in the photograph like hair.
After doing a couple of collages within my sketch book i experimented with different kinds of collages on photoshoot, working with my own photos colours and 60’s patterns. Collaging isn’t an area I’m very confident in there for its a weakness of mine as its something i don’t tend to do within my work. So i tried my best to try different types of collaging to see what i liked and what worked within the style of Zine i am creating. I wanted to perfect the collage in this project as i think it fits the zine perfectly so i tried and tested many different ideas on paper and digitally to get the right feel for my chosen theme.
When i was planning to do a 60’s inspired photoshoot i went straight to Pinterest to build up ideas and to get ideas from photographers looking a the style of the photograph, the styling, backgrounds and editing.
https://uk.pinterest.com/Milldyson/fanzine/
I didn’t want to replicate the photos exactly but i liked the colours used and took this as my colour pallet for my photoshoot and zine theme. I also liked the fact that even though you can tell the pictures are posed its fun and carefree with the two models, there for i used two friends to get that chemistry across in my photos as i wanted the same effect. I tested out colour and black and white editing to see what looked best with my photos, however i did sway towards preferring the colour photos because of how much the outfits stood out and the black and white lost this element, though i did use black and white for two pictures within my zine because a lot of iconic 60’s photos espesially ones with Twiggy are black and white.
These photos being a few i selected and edited for my zine, doing the photoshoot on location, looking at different locations to get the perfect backdrop, finding different locations to work with the inspiration i have taken from some 60’s fashion photos. The car was a perfect find and fit well with the style i wanted to portray, the white house and stairs stood out to me and i wanted to use this as the location as the makes the yellow and red stand out above everything else. Even though my zine topic is Twiggy i focused of colour and i think that was i have i managed to make stand out through out both my photoshoots.
After the workshop with Mark about creating animated gifs on photoshop i went and tried it with my own photoshoot work. I went a tested out a few ideas after i go
t confident in the process, experimenting with graphs on top, timing and effects to see what work best for different photo sets.
Here are a few examples of what i liked;
(click on them for them to play as gifs)
I knew as as soon as i picked Twiggy as a topic for my zine that i wanted to do a photoshoot dedicated to the make up of the 60’s looking at iconic looks Twiggy wore and 60’s make up trends looking at the colours that were worn and how.
I looked at the colours, the contrasts, eye shadow and liner shapes. The most common look was the bold black eyeliner with a catlike and cut crease line with the nude lip so this was definitely work from and adapt to the models face. I look that i really like that i saw used within fashion magazine’s through the 60’s was the bright blue eye shadow, a typical 60’s look that isn’t as bold when used today in fashion. I used the blue eye show and but stuck with the classic Twiggy eye liner shape but i did use a pink lipstick to completely clash with the blue, i didn’t want it to bold as the eye was the statement bit but also wanted to work to clashing vibrant colours throughout the look.
60’s make-up was always bold and vibrant working and matching with the outfit, if that was having clashing colours or matching. I enjoyed the make up and going over dramatic so it worked well on camera with the head shots i did so through my other photoshoot i will still like to use the make up as a stand out section to each photo.
A few photos from the photoshoot i did for the make up after editing them and adapting them within photoshop.
Deciding on the topic for the fanzine was a fun process and i just simply went through all my interest and created a mind map to visualise all the areas within the topic i could focus on for photoshoots. After looking at areas like; music, gymnastics and 60’s i cut it down to fashion icons in the 60’s and realised that why not simply do the Zine on Twiggy as she is such an inspiration and icon, with amazing photoshoots to work from for ideas.
Topics i decided on looking into are; the make-up, fashion, colours and feminism. Putting together photoshoots but being a bit more experimental with my ideas.
You say you want a revolution and the radical eye – Elton John collection are two exhibitions that i went to as they fit perfectly with my idea for the zine. You say you want a revolution was all about the 60’s filled with fashion, music and culture facts through out. However the Elton John collect was more focused of photographs however it was a great exhibition as it was filled with information on the art work and how it was done so collected tips on cameras and dark room techniques.
Third photoshoot for Ad137 – photography and styling
The final photoshoot we wanted to try something different so we went with male fashion. By carrying on working with the bold and clashing patterns ideas used through the workshops, but also taking inspiration from the 60’s fashion period and some of the photoshoots carried out with Mick Jagger as the model. The idea of black and white photoshoot was in my head as an idea when i was taking pictures, due to the previous photoshoot we did but also because a lot of the pictures i was using as a reference (through my Pintrest and styling board) were black and white. I did edit some of the photos to be black and white but i did believe some worked best with colour due to the pop of green background or the red lining within the suit standing out.
Working with a male model is different to a female model due to the body language, face structure and being able to create the right effect for the outfit. It took more research into each outfits and what looks good on the different body shapes of male models to make sure it worked on camera and for the models structure.
After editing my favourite couple of shots that worked best for the idea’s i had, for how i wanted to display and layout for the magazine spreads. I had to think forward to cropping the pictures in a few of these shots to create better angles and layout for them to work within a A4 or double page spread, working with black L’s helped a lot when i had printed out contacts sheets.
Second photoshoot for AD137 – Photography and styling
This photoshoot was based and inspired around the idea of the ‘Alter Ego’. I looked into different individuals for ideas on how to portray the idea through a series of photos, looking at fashion from people like, Lady Gaga and Prince. Both Maria and i wanted to create extravagant outfits with a bold statement piece for each one.
We did not indent to do the photoshoot in black one white as the outfits we picked were bright and full of colour, however after editing them as using a setting on the camera we decided they look of a more higher quality as gave a vintage edge to them. Carrying out the photoshoot on sight instead of in a studio as it gives a better finish to each picture due to the location not being fake, gives it depth.
In my opinion some outfits worked better on camera then others. I liked the effect of the mirror and the reflection in a photo, so we used this to our advantage and used it throughout most of the pictures. We had to work with the lighting and spacing available within the store so we learnt and updated out ideas to fit. I think the black and white worked with this due to the shadows and depth it gave each photo.
