PPP Presentation! Sophia Watts!
What was I expecting?!
• To try stuff – work and personal! • To meet new people! • Past experience!
• Work out what it is I want to do! • Find my visual voice!
Ward Brackett!
What have I discovered that I wasn’t expecting?!
Edward Gorey!
Beci Orpin!
Change in Contextual Interests! Who am I?!
Jon McNaught !
Challenges & Mistakes!
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Using vectors! Caring more about aesthetic than ideas! Being afraid to use colour! Using representational imagery! Putting too much pressure on myself! Missing my cat Benji! COP!
Visual Skills! Do judge a book by its cover!
Visual Narratives! Tell an untold story! The Picture book!
Transformative Moments!
Visual Communication! Persons of note!
Learning New Skills! Screen-Printing!
Using InDesign, Illustrator & Photoshop!
Mono-Printing!
My Process! Go to the library!
Find relevant books, films/TV/ documentaries!
Listen to different types of music based on the topic/mood! Blog, Pinterest, Internet blogs like brwnpaperbag.com!
Make a cup of tea! Go to places and talk to people!
Experiment!
Draw/ Roughing!
Inspirations! Mark Hearld!
Andy Singleton!
Jon Klassen!
My own work – GIF Project!
Trips! York
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Manchester
York Art Gallery The Lumber Room – Mark Hearld Shambles Market Exploring
• Imperial War Museum • Media City UK – Blue Peter Garden • Talking to people – Frank Tolley, Dermot Turing, etc.
Thought Bubble, Print Fair, Playhouse Wardrobe, Rufford Sculpture Park
First Studio Brief!
Last Studio Brief!
Then & Now!
Next Year…! Excitements!
Worries!
ExperimenMng New House Bath Living with my friends • Exploring new places • More freedom • See how my work evolves
• It actually counts • GeRng stuck • New studio • What am I doing? • COP • Feeling over-‐ whelmed
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Carson Ellis!
The Illustrated Self Brief!
TOP TIP!
Bakery 164! Chicken, Sweet potato & Bacon - Toasted!