Finished my altered book. Differs in quality from page to page, but overall I'm happy with it. Has a very dark theme throughout, as noted by one of my lecturers! The book was so old and fell apart easily, as well as the ink seeping through the pages, so a lot of pages had to be removed or glued together.
I enjoyed using a scalpel to cut out letters on the pages, my favourite spread is probably the "Hook on Smile" one.
However, I'm most proud of the cover, it has a nice homemade feel to it. Am thinking of drawing up design again and producing some screen prints from it.
I feel there are many skills which i further need to develop, such as using colour in a professional manner. However I feel I have a talent for being able to get absorbed in large pieces of detailed work. I love to get sucked in to a piece of artwork, escape into my mind for a bit whilst being able to create something people wonder about. I use fineliners a lot, and work in mostly black and white. I love using negative space and colouring large parts of my work in black. I have a strong passion for screen printing, especially onto clothing with, something i explored in the summer with a friend. Named Devils Punch Bowl clothing, (named after the place we came up with the idea,) we took our tee shirts to various street fairs and also listing them on eBay. To the left is a picture of the mammoth design on a white t-shirt.
