I recommencement having a watch of this short film shot using mobile phones only...



The film was directed by the McHenry Brothers, was shot in just four days with the Nokia N8 using no back up cameras, with the streets of London and St Albans providing the backdrop to Nokia's story about one commuter's eventful journey to work.

This just shows that we all have the resources to make a viewable film.

London inspired pattern

I was reluctant to take the original paintings further as i thought they were , well crap. however the final out come was rather nice. it think the colors work well and the softness of the watercolors gives it a kitsch vintage feel.

Text Map

As a class, we managed to create a part of central London using just text.

Things I have found on the streets on London

statistics

for the London statistics page in my book, i tallied how many men, boys, women and girls walked past in 1 minuet. the image above is a visual representation of my findings.
it was very simple to create, I just made card people to represent my findings then photographed them propped up on the window sill of which I gathered my information from.

Respect the pigeons

wile interviewing Ben, he said that he thought pigeons deserved more respect as they are the equivalent of a mascot to London. I couldn't agree more.
here are some doodles to go with the statement.

Mustache

After meeting Ben i decided to do some investigation into mustaches

Ben

This is Ben, i met him in London fields, he had a interesting mustache so i desired to interview him and draw a picture, bit of a dodgy eye tho, went a bit ott on the old shading.

london through the eyes of a designer

These are the eyes I painted for the front cover of my book.

zerofee

back in march we were given the challenge of creating a poster for a course we felt was worth making awareness for.
I chose to tackle the problem of body image and the damage the media has on our body confidence.

i started by brain storming on postits and then took a few of the ideas further...

taking old language and merging it with a typical modern conversations. the idea is to make the modern woman question there values and what is important.



literaly cutting the crap out of modern publications and seeing what , if anything of value is left.






Again with the old and new. a classic beauty and what she would have to to to maintain that title in today's society.

my final out come was a campaign called pinksatin, aimed at creating awareness of this problem and also a blog with helpful information and a hub for anyone who whats to have there say.


this is the blinded by beauty poster, but the text it not on this one




this was my main poster, at a first glance it could be seen as a underwear ad or a seductive poster, but when you look closer and rear the strategically places information you realist that you are a victim of this media game, luring people in with suggestive images which are the cause of many peoples body issues.
you may also want to look at the blog, it is in early stages but there are some interesting things up. click here

eye heart ewe deer

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This was my piece for the 101 exhibition. taking inspiration from my dear collage

using a fish eye, (previously a beautiful blue sheep eye , but i put it in the freezer and it got frost bite. )
an ox heart with was frozen then defrosted and bled out during the 3 day exhibition and a ewe's skull
I created a rebus transfer .
I was very pleased with the final out come and found it very interesting to over hear and receive peoples reactions and opinions.
a few people didn't understand what is was saying. I did have a small typed description below but I thought it was quite obvious?
never the less i am rather pleased, just a shame it couldn't last longer. bit stinky.

for the arty farty bit behind it... i wanted to portray the darker side of love and how real love is not always flowers and rainbows. but grim,gutting, savage and unnerving.

101 exibition

The 101 exhibition was put together by a group of the fda students. the idea behind the exhibition was to create a one off pieces that took inspiration form one chosen collage, out of the 100 created for the '100 collage exhibition' back in 1st term. so 101.








here are some my favorite pieces.
unfortunately the pieces were not named so i am unable to give credit were it is due.

Izabel Dejhalla

Izabel Dejhalla

PICK ME UP

Here is some of the work that was at the pick me up exhibition.

Rob Ryan

I have been a little obsessed with Rob Ryan romantic works for quite some time now. so when i read that he would be relocating his studio to summer set house i got very excited.
the idea of being able to look round one of your idols studios seem very special, a glimps into the world of a artists mined and habitat.

however, once there my bubble was burst, or at least bruised when i saw 3 girls working on a huge Rob Ryan piece. this too away form the magic, the idea of rob spending hours and overs lovingly cutting out his creations, seeing it slowly form, a labor of love. but no , instead it was his interns getting the blisters, and no credit.


in some ways, I wish i had not gone, but then again, you cant live in a fantasy world, which is exactly what Ryans art is, romantic fantasy.

A very disheartening visit, but also a well needed reality check.

Personal Touch

LCC's file Cabernet did not have a name so i gave it one.

rob ryan exhibition

I based my essay on rob ryan so i am very excited to see he is taking part in the pick me up exhibition which is happening now. the exhibition has asked graphic designers to relocate there studios to summerset house for a few weeks, this s so the general public can see them at work and as rob said on his blog " come say hello". so i plan to do just that. i am also going to try and bag a cheeky interview. if i do i will post it on here, just need to think of some good questions.

i love rob ryan.

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