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Overview

26/04/2014

I feel it is appropriate to log down how I feel this semester has gone for me on the MDes Illustration course.

It was a good, inspiring start for myself. I felt I achieved quite a lot of work in the first weeks, and more importantly I was enjoying the work too.

After we were given the second task I didn't enjoy it so much. Fortunately for us though, the tutors were merely telling us what we needed to hear.

Looking at the work I have done recently and comparing it to the work at the beginning of the semester, I can see now that the first lot of work, wasn't (concept wise) up to scratch for a Masters project. It required more thought and originality on my part and it has been a refreshing break to get away from drawing characters.

My final piece is so far removed to what I expected I may do. Which is a good thing, as it shows I have thought outside of the box. The thought process to get where I did was rewarding too, and I'm hoping the transition into my final year will be just as productive.

Hopefully I'll be able to show this diversity in my self-directed project next semester. This term has definitely proved to me that with effort, you should be able to bring something to the platform of illustration that may still break new ground.

I can't say that I would do anything different either. Although I feel I came to my final decision for my project later than I would have liked, I needed to go through the thought process and guidance of the tutors at the time, and it did spur me on to get to a certain level of work, in a smaller amount of time.

All in all, this has been a most valuable and necessary few months for me at university and has given me the tools that are required at Masters level, to produce a unique body of work for next semester.

George Butler

26/04/2014

Another reportage illustrator I admire is George Butler. His work in Syria is particularly interesting, capturing the horror of civil war which affects the civilian population, this work is a vital source of information for the world. No matter which side you believe is right or wrong, you cannot deny the visual impact Butler's work has over his audience.

Taftanaz, Butler, 2013

The work depicts an environment alien to us in the UK. It is most likely I will never experience illustrating images such as these. If I'm honest I am relieved and jealous at the same time. I would relish the opportunity to attempt something like this, where it is actually happening, but personal circumstances do not allow this for me.

Yousef, Butler, 2013

The boy in the picture above is from a refugee family, holding his toy gun. The report mentions that some refugee's were to afraid to have their pictures taken or even drawn, due to the regime they live under. This caption of the report highlights to me that I want to undertake a project with some important relevant meaning and which has some 'clout' in todays society.

Ahmed in Hospital, Butler, 2013

The simple lines and muted, often limited, colour palette, add to the desolation of the images. I wasn't sure about a adopting a simpler style (To be honest, I'm still not sure), but the work of Butler has definitely proven to me that it does have impact.

Olivier Kugler

24/04/2014

For my project for next year I have been looking at a reportage illustrator named Olivier Kugler. His work is executed in simple lines, with flat, digital colour used to add depth.

Kugler, 2012

Kugler, 2012

This simple line drawn style is something I should try and adopt if I am to practice reportage.

The text that he adds is a valuable commodity to the image, it gives us a deeper insight into the people he studies and allows the viewer to continue with the thought process beyond what the image offers us.

Kugler, 2011

Kugler's work shows us the vastness of humanity, the different cultures, continents, religions. It opens our eyes to that which we only get to see on the news or read in the daily papers.

Kugler, 2011

I have to say that I do envy Kugler's freedom in being available to travel to all these places. It would be something I'd like to do myself, although having a family it wouldn't be a sensible option, especially if the destination is Syria or Afghanistan. This is one reason why I want to carefully consider what I will do a reportage on, it has to have weight, something with grit that people will also want to find out about.

The Lamp

24/04/2014

I've finally managed to complete my lamp idea. After a few adjustments switching to acetate instead of tracing paper, I'm fairly happy with the result. The tracing paper was not translucent enough and didn't let the light through from the bulb. The acetate works a little better after I dropped the opacity of the images that I printed.



The acetate looks ok on the light box too.



Building up more than one layer on the light box with the acetate.



More layers added.


With the lamp construct completed, I can now insert the hexagonal plates.

After seeing this in the flesh, I'm quite pleased at how it has turned out. It is far removed from my original idea, but this is a good thing. I feel I have grown as an illustrator this semester and hope to carry on this improvement in the next semesters.

Mira Schendel

02/04/2014

I have been looking at the works of Mira Schendel (1919-1988) recently, mainly to get inspiration for my current project.

The works I have been examining mix graphic design with illustrative/fine art qualities. Created on rice paper using cheap materials mixed with talc and brick dust to create paint, there is a delicate quality to her work which reminds me of cells under a microscope. This technique gives the viewer an almost voyeuristic gaze, whereby the letters (or cells), if only in your mind, move about in the way a microscopic environment will.

The rice paper is so diaphanous that you can see anything printed on the back, or on a separate sheet behind the first. The natural palette of colours on the paper, lend themselves to an almost clinical look.

The whole body of work has a lot of similarities with the Babel project. The words are mish-mash of the Brazilian language, yet to someone who doesn't know Portugeuse, they are just letters that form no discernible meaning, much like the books in The Library of Babel.

A New Direction

24/03/2014

Going over my previous work and talking to the tutors, I came to the decision to focus on the part of the book that describes the mysterious nature of the words MCV. They are repeated randomly, in the swathes of unintelligible writings, that fill the endless books of the library. The inhabitants have formed a pseudo religion based around these letters, in a vain hope it seems, to cling to some sense of familiarity.

After reading the book again, it came to me that it's quite illuminating. The issues it deals with, (transcendence of knowledge) are dealt with in a way that the reader can question the ideas of religion, society, power etc, and to realise that in the end, knowledge is the only true thing that we can hold dear to ourselves.

From this enlightening moment, I asked myself what else is illuminating?……….a lamp. Yes…….I'm going to make a lamp.

The idea will be to create 25 hexagonal frames, (25 is an important number in the book. How many signs there are that create the multitude of words in the Library of Babel) and attach to these, an image on tracing paper. These will be slides that can fit in to a tower frame, with a light bulb at the bottom. The idea will be that you can make out the images on the plates when you view the lamp from the top.

These are the 25 hexagon images I will be using.