Your Initial Brief: Sketchbook Development

Working in my sketchbook I attempted to get a better idea of how I was going to make my A2 poster for my 'Image, Translation, Communication' brief. 

I began by sketching out a few ideas as to how I wanted my A2 piece to look in way of layout. I decided that instead of keeping my two images completely separate I should incorporate them together, so I drew several concepts involving the elephant image being a series on the film reel.

(Concept Sketches of layout)

I sketched out the elephant head twice using a stock image from the internet.

(Stock Image)

I used pencil crayon and watercolour as it is my mediums of choice at the moment, settling on watercolour as I feel it will translate well on a larger scale. Then I inked them using fine liners of different weights and a Sharpie. I planned on using my 0.8 fine liner on my A2 piece, however I didn't think it would work well on a larger scale. It was around this time I discovered brush pens - Hollie Smith was kind enough to let me experiment with hers on a random sketch I had made so I decided to use that in my final image as it will work better on a larger scale than a fine liner.

(Ink and colouring experimentation)

After this I toyed with my film reel designs. Again, I found an image on the internet of a section of film to use as a reference point from which to work. 

(Film  Reel Stock Image)

I used several inks and watercolour but was unhappy with the results - my girlfriend then suggested using coloured paper or card as it would both save on time, be easier to manipulate and save on money. I could potentially spend a lot of money filling an A2 sheet with black ink. So I went and got some card to work with and found the results to be more than adequate. I feel this method will translate well on a larger scale.

(Film reel experimentation)

I plan on making my A2 sheet on Wednesday, our Studio Development time, in which I will be able to solely concentrating on this project alone.