rorschach inspired ink/photoshop experiment.

The original piece of work was for a 'Basic Elements' coffee table book project we had in 2009, representing the element of 'chiaroscuro' (extreme light and dark). Inspired by Rorschach's ink blot tests, it was initially about making marks rather than an illustration, but I decided to revisit it and take it to another level using photoshop. I only added a few new elements (tree's and birds) but it's given the piece a narrative. The ink blot is subtly coming to life, painting a picture of what you see within it.

I've always been drawn to this concept, ever since seeing Gnarls Barkley's video for 'Crazy' when I was younger. I'm glad that I finally got the chance to give it a go, hopefully I'll apply the newfound skill to future ideas.

abc.

"Why is the alphabet in that order? Is it because of that song? The guy who wrote that song wrote everything."

This is another re-visted first year piece. It began with rearranging the alphabet in order of usage, and developed into this abstracted typographic piece. This was my first venture into using photoshop in such a way, and I'm pretty pleased with the result. Room for improvement, as always.

the art of looking sideways.

After re-visiting the 'visual communication' project we did in first year, I decided to extract some of my favourite ideas and give them a new lease of life as stand alone illustrations. The brief was to create bookmarks for Alan Fletcher's book 'The Art of Looking Sideways', with each design taking inspiration from the chapter they were to mark.

This piece was inspired by the quote; "If you walk around [Tokyo] nowadays you may notice that the space between some new buildings is just about wide enough to stick your fist in."

Combining the fist with building took various forms over the development, but I think this is the strongest visual I came up with. There is power, humour and wit behind the image of the punching skyscraper. I'm unsure of which background works best for the piece, either the original black or the manila paper. I think I'm warming to the latter.

oh hey.

Time to try something different.

I hope you'll pop in from time to time to see my latest ramblings, inspirations and creations as an art student. I'll try and make it worth your while.