Thursday, 4 September 2014

 
 
Pop Art!
 
 
I designed these t shirts and shoes through my love of pop art and vibrant colours.
I created a sketchbook filled with my ideas and progress to coincide with these final designs.
 
I wanted to create something creatively original and interesting to look at. Extensive research was done of pop art artists and styles  to come up with my designs which I drew in pencil and gave to a local printing company to heat press on to the t shirts. 
 
The shoes, however, were created by drawing on in fabric pens and was designed this way as I wanted a way of connecting the two shoes together with the same design which resulted in my idea of "Ka-pow!" ("Ka-" on one, and "pow!" on the other).
 
I thoroughly enjoyed this project and would suggest it to anyone who is interested in graphic design or just loves to be creative! :)
 
Please comment below if you have any questions :)


Wednesday, 27 August 2014

 

Interior Design: Bedroom

I thoroughly enjoyed creating this project as I am really enthusiastic about creating interesting spaces.

 
This piece took me roughly 12 hours to construct including the basic wooden room construction and wallpapering process.
 
I did find it a challenging project as everything had to be created on a miniature scale (including the size of the duvet and pillow set pattern). This meant visiting various fabric shops to compare prices, styles and sizes of fabric to suit my needs.
 
 
 
The colour scheme was that of floral details with warm undertones to create an inviting environment that can be translated to a life size design of a commercial bedroom.
 
Everything had to be made and painted by hand, including the changing screen (which displays hand painted dresses and shoes as decoration on the outside, to fit with the floral colour scheme).
 
The pictures were made using painted matchsticks/cardboard as boarders.
I had to improvise with the window frame and use strips of white tape because of the short space of time I had to complete the project.
 
The duvet, pillows, cushions and window seat cushion were all hand sewn and stuffed with kapok.
The mirror behind the changing screen was created by framing an flat piece of silver fool with gold painted cardboard ( not an easy task!) and adding a gold button to the top of the mirror frame as a centre piece.

Please comment if you have any questions :)

Wednesday, 9 April 2014


The 'Chelsea Smile' Effect.
 
This is one of my favourite pieces that I have done.
 
I used 'Mouldlife: Sculpt Gel' to create the sliced effect on the face and shot I series of four 'stop motion like' photos where the cut makes its way across the face, above,  being the last photo in the series.
 
I used veinal blood (also from Mouldlife) to drip and smudge around the face. I used a larger amoun of blood in the cut to give it depth and make the whole look seem more realistic.
 
One of the great things about making gory cuts on a face is that, if at any point you make a mino mistake, you can always blend it and cover it with the blood, which can be a real life saver at times!

Monday, 24 March 2014

Order and Disorder Exam piece - Face Painting


 
I have to say that I was sceptical of starting a blog but wanted to share my designs and ideas with other budding (prosthetic/make-up) artists.
I am currently doing my GCSE's and have reached the final exam season.
 
This first piece is one of my final exam designs in which the theme is 'Order and/or Disorder'. This piece is a series of four photos where the vine grows from the ear across the face. This piece took me approximately four hours to create. It was a very detailed piece but I really enjoyed making and loved the finished results.
I used a photo studio with specialised lighting to get the right effect. The four photos are going to be displayed in succession in my portfolio along with to other pieces similar that I have done in the ten hour exam.
 
Tips: For any GCSE students who are doing their final art exams next year I would suggest that you give yourself plenty of time to develop your ideas and make sure you include practice pieces in which you have stated the time it took to create them in your sketchbook. People often lose marks in the exam with this.
 
I managed to get an A in my mock exam but I think not putting in timed pieces is what lost me the A*.