Concrete Zoo
January 13, 2017
The Southampton project lead me to creating 3D concrete zoo animal models, based from development of digital origami. See the full project here.
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Concrete Figures
December 11, 2016
For a final outcome I have chosen to develop my concrete zoo even further. By making into a reality. Taking the research and try outs I had done using the origami, then using that style and creating digital ones; I have used the shapes I created and made templates. To make these animals, I had … More Concrete Figures
Concrete Digital Zoo
November 16, 2016
Taking my development further from the origami fail, I’m glad I tried to make origami animals, as it has lead me onto creating something new. Having looked at another way in which to make origami type figures/shapes digitally, I decided to make 2D digital origami. For this I needed to create shape silhouettes of my chosen animals, and … More Concrete Digital Zoo
Text & Image
November 14, 2016
Providing text and image in one piece of artwork, to me, is the most clear and direct form of visual communication. A piece of text can take the form of any message; a spoken word, a sentence, a fact, some fiction, a slogan, even a whole 200 page novel. Words can be written, and read, … More Text & Image
Origami fail – plus Research
November 13, 2016
Taking my animal study a bit further. I needed to get away from the pencil. I was going to try and create a miniature zoo of origami animals. This has been proven to be extremely difficult. As I begun looking at how to make origami animals, I wanted to make some that were more 3D … More Origami fail – plus Research
Animal study stop motion
November 10, 2016
Taken the animal descriptions from the Ann Vickers Southampton Zoo text, I am now thinking of a different way of using my drawing skills. Instead of just producing drawings on paper with pencil, I am trying to find different, more interesting ways, of doing that. After some thought, it was not the pencil that was … More Animal study stop motion
Cropping Images
November 10, 2016
Taking some inspiration from the John Baldessari art book in my previous blog post here. I have also used a previous studio workshop where we were introduced to cropping images and creating different outcomes from a single image. This is another form of Visual Narrative. Below is a scan of my sketchbook. I explored a few … More Cropping Images
Southampton Zoo Guide – Research
November 10, 2016
I have been searching around for old images of the zoo, to get inspired for some tasks, and I have come across an absolute treasure! Someone has got the original zoo guide book and scanned in all the pages and posted them onto a flickr account here. As a form of research, and just pure productivity, I … More Southampton Zoo Guide – Research
Animal Study Mark Making
November 3, 2016
Since my last blog, Zoo Research, I have begun to develop my animal study drawings. I used A3 sized paper to draw out the animal faces that I wanted, and tried to add some characteristics into them, in a style that I like to draw. That is; quick, loose, detailed, dashing, delicately and precise. Drawing … More Animal Study Mark Making
Zoo Research
November 2, 2016
Taking this project in a slightly different direction, I am almost thinking about some final outcomes; Or at least, what I would like to go forward to the end with. I have taken the text of Ann Vickers Southampton Zoo, and will focus on giving this written text some visual life. Making my premiere footage … More Zoo Research
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