I can’t make up my mind!

I can't make up my mind about the background! I was originally aiming for a solid and consisted pale green background but while trying to spread the paint I thought I liked how it came to be. And now that I'm looking at it I'm like 'uhhhhhh'. I feel like replacing the green with plain...

Fear

Just recently, I watched American Horror Story: Cult which, for the first few episodes, explored fears such as coulrophobia, haemophobia and trypophobia. It was because of this season that I became interested in trypophobia specifically, which through the show, I discovered to have. Ever since the show introduced the phobia to me I became more interested in it...

First experimental composition with Rimada

Because I was very inspired by Gustavo Rimada's style, I decided to experiment with it by coming up with my own composition on a canvas. The first composition I came up with is mostly based on Rimada's own compositions but despite that, I was mostly inspired by the images of the Virgin Mary. To be...

Post-Brookes: Trying to find my own style

It's been two months since I finished my time at Brookes and I'm happy to say that my exit from Brookes was successful! But nevertheless, I will certainly miss the amazing times I've had doing this foundation course and I'm hoping that I'll return to Brookes perhaps to study another subject that I'm interested in....

FMP: Evaluation

This project has been tight for me in terms of time and I think that this is the main factor why I think my final outcome is lacking. My final piece consists of three illustrations depicting different figures that are supposed to represent three types of power that humans desire: authority, freedom, and strength. I...

FMP: Set up for the end of year show

Now that I've finished all my final illustrations, I now have the time time to spare on setting up for the end of year show. The first thing I had to look at was the layout; I had to determine how I'm going to put my images on the wall and how I will be...

FMP: final illustrations – production

  The production of these final illustrations has been very difficult because I had to ensure the I was following the procedure that I came up with and also make sure that not a single physical flaw was found in these. Time has been the main challenge because I only had 2 and a half...

FMP: Planning the final composition

I am now in the early part of production where I'm beginning to plan my final composition for my final pieces. These are the first two plans that I created in my sketchbook and are based on the research that I've done in terms of finding my style for this project. I have the tendency...

FMP: How can I combine human and non-human qualities to create a character?

After having a talk with one of my tutors, I decided to look at the anatomy of humans and non-human animals to resolve my problem of coming up with an effective way of combining both human and animal qualities. I have always been fascinated by anatomy because of its intricacy and complexity which I've always...

FMP: How can indicate the theme of my illustrations?

As a way for me to visually show a narrative or a theme in my illustration, I looked at ancient symbols for power. I decided to focus on simple symbols because I only wanted to place these symbols for the background of my final piece(s). I feel like if I used less simple symbols, it...