Creatives
in
Captivity
by Block
Creatives
in
Captivity
home was your workday felt as full as ever, in fact, be
it feel even more loaded. However, it was the hours tha
Without the commute – with the pubs, restaurants, c time took on a strange consistency; simultaneously
‘creative’ for a living, the natural instinct was to reac
else to do. We’d invent things to distract our unhealth
deafening silence of Lockdown. If nothing else, we’d d
took on many forms, many media. Occasionally the primordial ooze of half-considered daydreams and
For prosperity’s sake, we’ve collected some of these
zoo so we may bestow on them some semblance o
March-April-May 2020: The thing about working from
eing in a perpetual state of Zoom-preparedness made
at surrounded the workday that seemed eerily empty.
cinemas, cultural and sporting events, all denied us – passing quickly and slowly. For those of us who are
ch for a pencil and paper when we didn’t know what
hily overactive minds in a vain attempt to quieten the
doodle incessantly. Often obsessively. Those doodles
ey’d evolve the means to free themselves from the transform into fully-fledged ‘self-initiated’ projects.
e semi- and fully-formed creatures into a digital PDF
of legitimacy. This, is what Lockdown made us do:
Rachel Boon Zoom heads 2020 Ink pen on paper
Mark Braddock Selfie doodle while on Zoom 2020 Ink pen on paper
Rachel Boon Cam on Zoom 2020 Ink pen on paper
Mark Braddock Selfies 2020 Digital sketch
Joseph Dennis Cramp my style 2020 Digital sketch
Joseph Dennis I’ve cracked 2020 Digital sketch
Joseph Dennis Head of streams 2020 Digital sketch
Cameron Murray I’ve been learning how to make Instagram filters in AR Triptych 2020 Augmented reality, screenshot
Mark Braddock Untitled figure 2020 Ink pen on paper
Rachel Boon Character design for pitch that never went anywhere 2020 Digital collage
Rachel Boon The day the server was soooo slow and I had to package something massive 2020 Ink pen on paper
Joseph Dennis Fringe World straight 2020 Digital sketch
Joseph Dennis Fringe World weird 2020 Digital sketch
Rachel Boon Untitled 2020 Ink on paper
Rachel Boon Untitled 2020 Lead pencil on paper Rachel Boon Untitled 2020 Colour pencil on paper
(right) Rachel Boon Still life with Spam 2020 Colour pencil on paper (below) Rachel Boon Untitled 2020 Digital photograph
Cameron Murray I said yes 2020 Digital photograph, burger ring
Rachel Boon Walking scenes 2020 Digital photographs
Joseph Dennis Villanelle typeface 2020 Typeface
Joseph Dennis Counter Culture Grotesk concept 2020 Variable typeface
Joseph Dennis #36daysoftype 2020 Instagram project
Mark Braddock Mark Misfits 2020 Basketball uniform concept for Lockdown Backyard Basketball League (LBBL)
Fraser & Mark Braddock Fraser Phoenix 2020 Basketball uniform concept for Lockdown Backyard Basketball League (LBBL)
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