I got excited and did mine already!

I thought it would be more logical to post under Major Assignment 3, but since others have posted here I will do it too. I have been working with Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. The scene from the book is when the lawyer is hiding, waiting for Hyde to appear so that he can confront him. My opposing themes are Rational vs Primordial (civic vs animalistic). After doing pages and pages of words, reading about the Victorian era, watching the movie, I started to see a interesting idea develop about the morals of the time. People in the middle and rich classes where expected to follow a lot of social rules and dress a certain way. This contrasted Hyde a lot, this ugly, barbaric creature that roamed the streets at night, following his primal instincts and lashing out with anger. I also thought about how people judged each other. The poor where vermin, they where to be blamed for their poverty. All this lead me to the idea of these mannequins in stores, dressed the correct way, looking down at the ugly, hunched creature of Hyde, judging him with a hollow disdain. I found the book particularly difficult to work with, because of very clear opposing theme that already existed in the book. If anything, this book is about opposing themes, and the duality in nature and in us humans. I quickly got an image in my head that was not original, but felt like the right answer to the assignment. A lot of my work was then trying to get rid of that image in my head, and think further and find less obvious answers. I hope that my conceptual idea is clear enough here, and shines through the narrative and the environment. This was the most challenging part of the assignment. I tried to stick with an interior illustration too, because that seemed even more of a challenge. This course is really stretching my mind, I love it!

Based on a poem my friend wrote about the effects of urban life conflicting with nature, i chose icons, soda and re-purposing to illustrate corroding in three different ways, physically, mentally and spiritually. In the first thumbnail, a surreal landscape with a waterfall flowing through teeth-like rocks, with some missing, and in the foreground boulders shaped like large teeth and soda cartons. The final artwork to be done in oil paints, similar to a Salvador Dali. The second thumbnail, soda drinks with ice uses the 'dripping machine' analogy to hint at the possible causes of mental health issues cased by drinking soda's. The final image to be in comic book style, The third image depicts the corroded spiritual places that have been re-purposed, and the scene includes rain aiding the corrosion. The final artwork to be a layered collage of neon, over a traditional drawing, I have drawn the thumbnails in landscape format to be suitable for storyboarding as an animated poem. Theme: Corroded Audience: Adult. Content: A poem that compares Wordsworth view from Westminster bridge to a contemporary take on London. Some of the sights have ‘corroded’ in comparison. Size: 11" x 17" (this is proportions, not actual working size) Time: Deadline: One Week

I choose 'The Worth of Wild Ideas', the editorial choice in contrast with the book assignment I did previously. I was inspired by DADA, as it was 'wild' art at the time and now considered the norm in advertising. I kept the layout close to the original, substituting a baby with a DNA diagram instead of the model with the violin marks. The baby emphasises DNA being passed on through our genes. The search the DNA along with the discovery is now invaluable. The second option uses, common concepts combined, the King in chess, a lion as the king, the thinker pose by Rodin and barcoding for wealth. Out of my three choices I think this one is the easiest to read. The third option 'Multiplying Dandy Lions, appeals to me for natural remedies and simple production. I use a pill to substitute the centre of the Dandy Lion with multiple pills in the flying seeds. Since doing the drawing I have learned the Dandy Lions are very good for bees and should be left growing as long as possible, another wild idea to explore in the production of honey.

just to be sure I get it right: an angle is acute if it looks like an arrow that could hurt me, and is obtuse when it looks blunt and could not pierce my skin? acute is one hand of the clock on 3 the other on 6 and every position in between that, (one hand not moving) obtuse is one hand on 3 and the other between 6 and 9 and every position between that (one hand not moving) I'm very insecure about this last point; am I getting it right??? many thanks for any help, adhd makes this visualization on a clock very difficult. I found this image - there are other that show "reflex" angles etc, vo we need to understand those too?

I used some sketches I did recently in cafe bars for references then redrew a section to fit square ratio, followed by the two changes to the horizontal line. When I next go back to the cafes I will try the new views to compare with the ones I imagined.

This is my level 1 assignment, and I did focus on shapes but not as much as we did in the pear and portrait assignments when they were more angular as I preferred the flowing curves in the beard and hair, although I did make the nose a little more angled for contrast. Is it me or is my drawing a little like Marshall?

Gorgeous work Sterling.

I chose Moby Dick as I loved that Ishmael is drawn to the sea and I can identify with that, remembering as a toddler I wouldn't get out of the sea, even when turning blue! I chose the three thumbnails that I believe show the sea at it's most mesmerising. First thumbnail depicting the 'Indian' coral below the sea, contrasting in scale with the distant city in the background. Second thumbnail draws on the need to be as close as possible to the sea, to watch the waves break before you and finally riding on the crest of the wave. Liking the idea of using the icon 'rope' used a lot in sailing to communicate the idea of being pulled or tied to the whaling venture. First subliminally in the early illustrations and later in contrast to the ropes and harpoon lines aimed at capturing Moby Dick later in the book.

Beginning to feel the space as I draw and pleased to be getting there. I used red boxes and blobs for the final 3 drawings on the left and a grid for the group.