Self define me (self-defined)

I'm still a little stuck with what I want to do for my self defined project. I know I want to work with observational drawing of people. I quite like the idea thoughts and conversations. How on a tube journey you can see and overhear so many snippets of other people's lives. The thoughts going on in people's heads. I'm going to stock up on food and spend the day on the tube with my sketchbook. Just to see what I come out with.

Cheese (self-defined)

Too cheesy. This is what happens after an evening of romantic films. Although I like the pink circles

Typography test 2 (e.e.p)

Brown and black

Typography test 1 (e.e.p)

White and red

Finals. For now... (e.e.p)

I think I'm happy with these, however I'm going to try get some more opinions...they took me so long to do I think I'm a bit biased
I WILL get photoshop and learn to use it. All the cutting and sticking and scanning and drawing and sticking and painting and scanning and painting etc etc is a bit old now!



The look I was going for was a kind of miss match of different drunken scenes. Everything to look a bit 'undone' hence the mix of perspectives, photography and drawing.
Also the grotesqueness (is that how you spell it..?): Lots of vomit, a dash of urine, sweat, tears, stains...the whole lovely lot
I need to sort typography. I'm thinking hand-written, scrawly, undone

Progress (e.e.p)

Filling in the gaps with pencil sketches. I also tried it with pen, but felt the effect was too overbearing

Skeletons (e.e.p)

These are the basic structures to my final pieces. Two posters, one aimed at boys, one at girls
My aim was to make them as grotesque as possible, using real photographs of drunken situations and exagerrating almost to the point of absurdity

Thoughts

I've been thinking about my self-defined project, and what I want to do for The Drawing Board exhibition
I know I definately want to base my work around observations, so I've been out and about sketching people

Experimentation (e.e.p)

More cutting and sticking

Vodka tears (e.e.p)

I can't remember if me or Ross took this photo, but eitherway it was for my drunken photoshoot

The lettering is a bit dodgy, more scissors and glue than photoshop pro. But I think it kind of fits in with the shoddy look I'm going for.
I've been trying to come up with drink-related names, such as 'vodka-tears'. Most girls I know can relate to drunken tears so I'm hoping that other girls could see a bit of themselves in the photo, hitting home how they might look to others

Poor girl. Too much gin (e.e.p)

A bit of an old one. I tried to make it as garish as possible. Not too keen on the outcome, but it represents the exagerration I'm attempting to achieve
I FINALLY got photoshop today so once I get the hang of it I can start getting rid of the scan shadows lurking on my pictures. Good times

The seduction of Sheeta Li (e.e.p)

A little photo piece showing how alcohol can make you act like a bit of a idiot when trying to impress the one you like. Half posed and half real photos. Luke still doesn't know we found the traffic cone in a skip...
I might try it with a background.

Revised (e.e.p)

This is a result of working on the previous piece

Beginning of the end? (e.e.p)

The further I get into this project, the harder it is to blog. Recently all my work has been based around incriminating photos of friends in various drunken states, so I'm scared to put them up here incase I offend! However, I've now done a photoshoot so here is the first of a series of pictures that definately can be shown.

Collage (e.e.p)

A couple of my experiments of collage and photos. I wanted to make it look as if you're witnessing a drunk one through a first person point of view or in the form of a camera or photo, showing how easy it is for others to remember you...thus saying 'Be remembered for the right reasons!!' Tad cheesy perhaps...? I'll see where it goes.
WARNING these photos were taken from various photos of messy nights so if you're in them... apologies!