What do you think works well
I honestly think that the cliche work I've been doing involving women with skulls faces and red and black colour schemes work well, because as cliche as they are they reflect the themes and feeling of Poe's work.
How will you capitalise on this?
I will push these ideas further. I am worried I have got stuck in a rut of just drawing women with skull faces so I am going to take the themes and motifs I have identified (skulls, ravens, cats etc) and find different ways of presenting them to make them different to what has been done before.
What do you think could be improved? & How will you benefit from this?
The quality of my work could be improved - as in I should spend more time on making some really good refined pieces of work. This would benefit me as I'd be able to see exactly what I want to do better, as trying to decipher a final direction from initial scribbling isn't the best idea. It has never served me well - with more refined work it will be easier to show others what I want to do as well as I may be able to decode a sketch but others might not.
Also thinking ahead to what I might like to do in print so I can plan imagery accordingly, as things that are doable with digital print or screen print would not translate into lino or mono print well and vice versa. Though the print workshops will probably inform this more.
What would you do differently next time?
I'm not sure as I think what I've been doing so far has been fairly successful. Obviously I would take some more time to do refined pieces, but I still have time to do that. I might have explored brainstorming more, as I tried to do this to break away from the obvious but I always failed or ended up in a circle of brainstorms where nothing was new and everything linked together.
I would try and stop myself getting into a rut, as I have drawn about 5000 women with skull faces, I should get out of this fixation or at least develop it into something more exciting.
What would you achieve from this?
It may have aided ideas generation and given me a wider breadth of development in this initial stage of the project, but as I have identified this although late I can try and do this as I go along. My work and ideas will develop, because I will make it so.
What have you learned by responding to this brief & why is it important?
1. Sometimes cliche's are good! - Obviously you have to have originality to it but I don't think there's any point taking something so far from the source material if you definitely want it recognisable as that thing. (And be wise with your cliche's you don't want to over-do it)
2. Visual metaphors and motifs - This is important because some symbols such as skulls or love hearts are (pretty much) universal and can really explain the meanings or themes behind images without you having to say anything about it. Makes the work speak for itself.
3. Process informing imagery - Keeping in mind I do not especially want to use digital print so things I have been doing so far may or may not be appropriate for other formats of print.
What have you gained from the Peer feedback session?
What I've done so far shows that I am enthusiastic about my Author
I should look more at Poe's life and try and include it alongside the fiction
I've heard you can use a mixture of the print processes, or print and then work into it as well - this has given me thoughts about lino or mono print textures.
Inspired me to try different techniques - collage, drawing onto textures, finding shapes within brusho backgrounds or textures, using more shape.
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