Draw 160

http://drawn.ca/2010/03/12/draw-160/

things like this are what i need to concentrate on... ;)

photo brief

got a new photographic project coming up.. combining photography and illustration in some way... but I cant say im overly excited about this.. a) because we again will be having a week long deadline but mainly b) as I have lost nearly all love from photography and cameras in general... i left my photography course in order to pursue illustration... I remembered that I only took up photography as I didn't have confidence in my ability to draw what I wanted... taking a photo is like making a still life image of your subject, it will be accurate to life and universally readable to the viewer, whereas if you draw a still life...you(or me) would make mistakes or lack the skill to accurately portray the subject so that everyone would know/understand what it is...
(hope that is clear or at least slightly understandable...)

this is where I'm up to now though, I am lost within my own mind, not knowing what is me and what is just mimicking styles that I like... recently Ive not felt like anything ive created is my own... I dont feel like ive had any positive signs that im heading in the right direction... Im told by my peers that although I may be using a few different styles, there is something in each that is typically 'me'... but im failing to see this...

ah well, we shall see how the next couple of weeks go...

as soon as the photographic brief was introduced.. I immediately thought back to the Hansel&Gretel poster I did, looking at the work of Tomasz Boguslawski...

I also remembered the edited photographic work of Jim Mahfood or here

hmm.. it all seems too easy ... (interview) its the kind of approach Mark M has to his work...

editorial 2

im not going to do my usual ranting speech crap.. so i shall stop this sentence now..

recent work for editorial brief, based on victim/survivor stories and descriptions of their encounters..

tourettes:

avalanche:

frostbite (+colour variation)

contour drawn elements

I personally really enjoyed this one, purely because my ideas seemed easier to achieve via contour drawing. It was more enjoyable working this way rather than on the computer but my drawing seemed to be the main criticism ( as well as my colour choice)... but very little positive was said.. so I dont know if i have succeeded on some aspects and failed in others, or if its all a waste of time...

I turned to contour drawing for two reasons, one so I could remove any kind of over thinking on my behalf and second so I didn't worry about style or anything and could just create elements for the compositions...

and now for something completely different...

Searching for authenticity in your work

Saw this and thought of you.