Tuesday, 16 February 2016

OUIL505 What am I doing?


I really didn't know what to do for this project. So when I came into the studio, I looked back at the posters to see if they would give me some guidance. I went to the ethics poster and saw how people linked between ethics and illustration:
>Phallic objects
>Racism
>Eco friendly
>Not offending people
>Profit - equal pay
>Freedom of speech
>production ethics
>moral stories
>social commitment
>subliminal messages

this really hasn't helped me at all. 

So I went and spoke to Naomi because she's always full of ideas and makes you feel a bit better about your life. She kept saying how I need to think about how illustration can be used functionally and that's the most important part of the module. I think I'm really over thinking this whole ethics thing. So I thought the best way to get ideas flowing is just to draw. Literally anything that comes to my head, then (hopefully) it'll all come together. 


By just mindlessly sketching, I realised that my go to is always animals and my go to material is gouache. This made me realise that maybe this is what I should focus on? If i do animals (obviously put more context to it) and then paint? or I could experiment with my ceramics?? 

I then thought that animals and ethics could link quite well!? I could do current affairs that I'm interested in/care about and use animals to tell the story like fabels!

I think I'm finally onto something

I don't have my application just yet but I think the first thing I need to do is start researching to create a solid theme. 


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