"Fly by Night - The New Art of the Club Flyer" - Craig McCarthy...

...a book I've had on my bookshelf for about 3 months with the intention of uploading a couple of images. The book displays a number of club flyers which are quite countertypical. The flyers deal more with hand drawn, mixed media and collage. Anyway, there were a couple of pages that caught my eye months ago and it's about time to share...

...these are all examples of work from the same person - Sophie Thunder.

What is a line...? iii

Seeing as everyone seems to be looking at animation for this I started to think maybe I didn't want to approach it in the same way. So I began to experiment with different ways a line could be used to indicate boundaries. I then thought about using line to indicate negative space and couldn't help myself. I wanted to see what it would look like in motion. SO. I took some photo's of my fingers *walking* and then began to mark the negative space using line. It took AGES. and my camera *malfunctioned* halfway through taking shots so the movement is limited. Still I think you can see what I was aiming for...



...the music to the video is none other than *Walk the Line - Johnny Cash*.

Birthday card for jaclyne...

...yesterday I spent a good section of my time doing this for Jaclyne. It's a 3D version of the cartoon I like to draw of her. It made me laugh a lot making it so thought I'd share it.

End of Module Self Evaluation

1. What practical skills have you developed through this module and how effectively do you think you have applied them?

During this module I have learnt how to bind a book using the perfect bound method. Unfortunately I do not think that my final book is as well bound as I had hoped it would be, which has meant the quality of the whole selection of work has been reduced.
I have also been trying to use photography a lot during this module, and have tried to learn how to use light when capturing the image.

2. What approaches to/methods of problem solving have you developed and how have they informed your design development process?

Research has been the main focus for this module. By identifying things I have needed to know and then actually finding out about them has aided me during problem solving a lot. Rather than just making presumptions about what the target audience would want I have actually attempted to find out, ensuring that what I produce is something that people would be interested in. During the research process, I have managed to find out other things that I had not thought of previously and so the research has then inspired further ideas.

3. What strengths can you identify in your work and how have/will you capitalise on these?

The research I have been able to collect has been useful and what I have found out has been applied to my work. This is something I must continue to do. Previous to this module I hadn’t used photography a lot, however I think that some of the photographs I have taken have worked really well and have really helped communicate the ideas I have try to portray.

4. What weaknesses can you identify in your work and how will you address these more fully?

Actually putting the book together has not been as successful as I had hoped. I think precision is a problem of mine and I need to be more considered about measurements. I spent a lot of time re-printing things due to wrong sizes and this is something I need to take more care over. The work I have produced using mainly software is nowhere near as successful as other work and so I need to put some time aside to practise using software more for when I need it, so that I can produce more professional looking work.

5. Identify five things that you will do differently next time and what do you expect to gain from doing these?

1. Keep all my digital files organised properly and backed up, so I am not worrying about where my work is or coming into college without necessary work.

2. Document what I have been doing photographically, in particular for group work. So that I have a record of what I have done.

3. Take more care over measurements, so I am not re-printing work and to relieve me of extra stress.

4. File each project as it ends, to save myself time at the end of the module.

5. Print this evaluation out and keep it in sight so I know what mistakes to avoid and what I am supposed to be doing to help myself.

6.How would you grade yourself on the following areas:

5= excellent, 4 = very good, 3 = good, 2 = average, 1 = poor
1 2 3 4 5
Attendance 4
Punctuality 4
Motivation 4
Commitment 4
Quantity of work produced 4
Quality of work produced 3
Contribution to the group 4

Artists/Designers people may be interested in...

...following the advice of my crit group last week I had a flick through *Hand to Eye* for illustrators who dealt with line.
3 illustrators in particular stood out, so here's some of their work...

Lucinda Rogers - "Documentary Drawing From Life"





The variation of thickness of the lines in these images is something to consider.

Seb Jarnot - "Free and Figurative"





Really like these, think the fact that they are figurative is the thing that interests me most, so maybe I'm going along the wrong track by thinking of objects...maybe I should start to look at people instead.

Lizzie Finn - "Hand made in a digital sort of way and graphic in a crafty sort of way"



Really liked the illustrations in *Hand to Eye* but can't find any decent ones online...

What is a line...? ii

An example of animation that uses mainly line to communicate the story. I like the interaction between the animator and the work, for example the way the hands are used to extend the lines etc
Some really nice ideas executed, it's quite long though. So if you have chance have a gander.

What's that saying...?

You wait all day for a bus and then two come along at once...

Construction/Destruction...

...further abuse to the carpet while taking photo's of my toy cars. The returned deposit is looking less likely by the day.

What is a line...?

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For this brief I am investigating the idea that a line is "A mark indicating position, connection or boundaries". I began to look at the development of lines in the form of continuous line drawings and plan to continue with this idea, and approaching it using animation.
I know that this is what I want to focus on however choosing a subject to demonstrate this idea has been a problem for me. At the moment, it is possible that I will be looking at a series of objects which are all connected somehow, whether it's to do with the nature of the object or whether they are necessary for a particular *event*.

Drawing on a carpet...

...here's a sneak preview of some of the images that will be appearing in my book.

Doug...

...tried to screen print a bit from *Doug* the childrens TV programme but am having problems so here's the video instead....



...basically I think it's an interesting way of considering the addition of line, within an animation itself. For this brief animation is a strong possibility for a response and so this seemed quite relevant.