Studio Brief 1- Idea Pictures

What went well:

I think the general idea generation stage of this brief was the best part of it for me, as it made me realise I am very passionate about Angela Carter and her work. I found it very easy to select ideas about her and The Bloody Chamber to translate into my editorial roughs, and almost more difficult to decide on which roughs to take forward because I like something about them all! 
This brief also got me excited to do more editorial work because sometimes I really enjoy working within parameters such as size and colour limits, especially if its just for a quick project as I find it limits the time I take to make decisions. I also think I'm developing a stronger visual style which works to my advantage in briefs like this because it means that all three pieces look coherent. 

What went wrong:

One issue I had during this project was time management, which usually isn't something that I find difficult but I think being that it was one of the first practical tasks we were set after summer, I forgot how to pace myself. I went all out at the beginning getting really into the roughs and making lots of work, but then when I'd chosen my final three ideas I lost momentum and didn't experiment or play as much as I could have. I felt I already wanted to work with ink because I'd been enjoying using that in my personal work but I should have trialled it out more in my book as now I can see that the images might have looked good as a collage.

What I'll improve on next time: 

Next time I'll obviously manage my time better, but I also want to try and push the limits of the frame more and be a bit more playful with it. The way my brain works tends to mean that I go for more simple compositions as I personally find those more easy to understand, but the portrait image of Carter herself is maybe my favourite and it has the most sparse composition. Its really out of my nature to go for something so simplistic as well but I really liked the ambiguity of it and would like to make more work like this in the future because I think it looks the most evocative. 

Study Task 3- 3 Print Based Illustrators

Pippa Toole:

• SO EXCITED BY HER WORK
• lots of cool bikers and witches and strong ladies
• BIG into DIY culture so most of her print making is based around risograph printing
• very jagged lines and shapes but LOTS of texture
• opaque
• great contrast between high-key and low-key colours
• SIMPLE but that works well for riso printing

Kristyna Baczynski:

• again, mainly riso and very DIY
• images are like a big jumble of lots of things going on at once
• patterns, repeats, limited colour 
• muted colour palettes, pastels
• LOVE how she fuses character, words, animals, lines and pattern into one zine
• very fluid looking, although they're printed so obviously have to be planned out before hand they look very natural, HOW?
• need to learn about risograph printing

JooHee Yoon:

• Screen print and lithography
• very limited colours
• AMAZING detail, lots of textures to create depth
• plays with overlapping really well 
• some look like they could be lino?

Printed Pictures Proposal

STUDIO BRIEF 2 PROJECT PROPOSAL: Production & Presentation of my Printed Pictures

I intend to produce ……

A set of prints that portray the unintentionally feminist view of Angela Carter, centred around the strong women she writes about. Maybe including herself as one of those strong women. I’d like to identify the motifs, objects and themes that describe the character the most and explore those in each print. I assume these prints will probably end up as screen prints but I’d also like to play around with how they might shape up as lino prints as well as I think this style might suit the dark subject matter.

The content will focus on (identify 3 specific themes, texts or concepts)

1. The loneliness and isolation of Angela Carters life 2. Strong females including Carter herself and the women she writes about in The Bloody Chamber 3. The relationship between animals and humans

I will be aiming to communicate (identify 3 specific messages, ideas, moods etc.)

1. Feminine strength and power 2. Darkness 3. Opulence

To an audience of ….. (name 3 characteristics)

1. Creative 2. Bookworm 3. Ladies?

Study Task 1- Zine

What I'm happy with:

• the overall effect of the zine is pretty dark and evocative, but with an edge of humour which reflects Carters dark humour 
• I'm pleased with the fact that I haven't over worked this zine as it was supposed to be a quick task, I've used methods that I learnt last year like collage and scanning/ photo manipulation to make the process a bit quicker

What I feel I could have improved:

• although it didn't take too long to make it does look obviously rushed and messy in some places. The page with the blood drops on especially offends my eyes as I'm such a perfectionist
• I also realised I literally didn't include any drawings that I'd done in response to the author or her work

My feedback:

• the images and quotes linked well
• really like the paper-cut type
• really clear facts about the author
• good use of colour
• could include more of your own drawings
• not sure who the author is
• include more about the work of the author
• could of cut the edges with a guillotine, to make it look neater 

My Thoughts:

• Although I am mostly happy with the outcome of my zine, I do agree with the more negative feedback. Looking back at the zine it really isn't clear who the author is if you're not me and haven't been researching her all summer! I can also see that although it was good that I included a lot of information about the author, I think I got too wrapped up in that and forgot to put any effort into the craft of the zine. I think considering this was just a quick exercise I'm happy with the outcome as I think its made me realise how exciting and engaging I find my author and it makes me excited to carry on making work based around her and her work.