Exam Unit - Evaluation Of Prep Work

For the exam theme I interpreted it as hidden, so I wanted to make my final outcome have certain parts missing and covered. Also looking at theme I thought of weird and a bit unusual. Thinking outside the box and what could I create that I haven't done before. I explored many different experiments that I haven't used before. For example exquisite corpse

For my final, I am using masking fluid to cover certain parts of my illustrations and enhance other parts. I am also using my Andy Warhol experiments which I use different material such as tissue paper, card, tracing paper to hide different parts of the image.Then photocopying these illustrations onto different papers and creating a zine, on this zine I will have text  and will be cutting out certain words and cutting out certain parts of my illustrations in order to my the outcome obscured. 

I looked at exquisite corpses and didn't like them very much so did not develop them further. I also looked at michelle thomspson and her use of collage but did not develop these further as these weren't my desired outcomes. 

My ideas have now changed where my illustrations will be andy warhol/raphael vicenzi inspired onto my zine. My raphael vicenzi inspired illustration I have slightly develop and will use masking fluid along side water colours to make this more interesting. Masking fluid to secure any places on your paper you want to keep white once your go over you image with watercolour. After this has dried you then rub off the masking fluid to retrieve the white. I think that this experiment works really well which is why I am choosing todo this in my final. I have used many materials such as different coloured card and papers to see how this changes the original experiment. I have used different techniques such as collage and different types of illustration. I used the collage technique and masking fluid to develop and realised that this idea was the best and the one to persue for the exam. I have has to adapt my experiments into put them into photoshop and enhance the colours and I want them brighter and bolder than the colours that I have. The main people that have influenced me are michellle thompson with her use of positioning her collages, andy warhol with his threshold effect of portraits and raphael vicenzi with his sketchy illustrations. All together they have inspired and influenced my final piece.For my final piece I intend to make a complex zine including text and paper cutting to make it more dynamic. I intend of using my new learnt techniques such as masking fluid printed onto different material such as brown paper to form my zine. Overall, I think that exam has been challenging as the theme wasn't something that I liked the look of, I then had to work around it and find ways I could make it exciting for me. By using handmade technique, which I prefer doing than digital made it more fun to me and I was able to make this work for my final. I pushed myself into illustration as I knew this is my weak spot knowing I could push myself further. By doing all the experiments through the projects I have learnt to enjoy the exam project and will be very happy with my outcome.