30 Things To Do

This brief was rather ominous, at least thats how i felt when i was first given it.  i don't think it was the actual tasks but the sheer quantity of it, i mean 30!!

the first on the list, 'do a drawing for a matchbox' i had the most fun with,  as in the rich inspiration i could draw from, for example the image to the left of a soviet matchbox cover is in my opinion beautiful. especially considering it is for a disposable everyday object.  its also always fun to downsize and work on a very small scale. 

i tried to draw inspiration from vintage matchbox covers because they always were a lot more interesting.

another one of my mini projects i liked, and not only because i got to eat it afterwards, was 'before and after' :

i thing that i like about this piece is the very basic interpretation, and how fairly simple it was to make but in the end was very visually pleasing.  i think this is mainly down to the type face i chose to use and the arrangement.   i found it hard trying to get a very similar photo of the 'After', after i had moved it around, as the 'before' photo. also getting similar lighting and positioning was hard.  in the end however i think the slight difference doesn't damage the overall effect too much.

but my favourite one has to be 'write your name in water', i did a lot of experimentation with this title;  one of the things i tried was using actual water and an acrylic spray paint, but either they didn't work or i didn't like how it looked.  so finally i tried using a very liquid glue to write with:

coming in after reading week on crit day was really interesting, seeing everyones interpretations without any help or advise from tutors.