I began today by reading The Great Salt Lake by Matt Taylor, a zine that despite its positive aspects, suffers to some degree too. Taylor, who works digitally, by drawing in Photoshop - tells the tale of a man lost at sea who is fighting for survival. The man is alone, resulting in very little dialogue. This is quite bad for the pacing of the zine as, although the work is visually appealing, there is little to keep you tied to any page for too long, which is unfortunate considering the calibre of illustrative work on display. The tale is also told in black and white which really subdues the work, I'm a fan of Matt Taylor largely because of his beautiful colour work, but that isn't present here. Understandably this is due to printing costs etc - but it does, sadly, affect the work. From a positive stand point, as mentioned - the illustrative quality is outstanding. Taylor has a great understanding of line and texture which is evident here. He also plays around with a few intangible ideas within the piece that really benefit the story. Anyway, less about Taylor, more about me.
I feel I made some headway in the Visual Journal brief today. I began by focusing on different types of line and how they can make textures, however without a theme I quickly became quite bogged down. I resolved this by using my lines to create an environment such as a woodland or ocean. I soon found that by finding environments to reference from the internet such as deserts, and lakes etc sped my work rate up even more so. I'm am not entirely happy with all of the pieces I made today, but I feel there are a few line techniques I can potentially take forward.
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