College Arts Festival 2013 - Influences

I went around the college Art Festival looking at Year 2 students work.

I'll start with the things I liked which could influence me and had name tags, and 

I'll upload the other pictures which didn't have names, on another post.

Emma Lewis, Art & Design

This section caught my eye because of the almost layered composition of her stand. It's brightly coloured and the wool balls which represent planets act as a curtain, almost, to slightly reveal the rest of the display and therefore make you want to look closer. This technique could be useful for next year or even in future sketchbook work to compel people to look at it. 

She has adopted a tie-dye theme in her display, and all parts have a futuristic consistency. She has used wool or paper wrapped around a metal frame to hint at planets, and created two tie-dye tee-shirts which blend in well with the theme. There are three canvas prints which have a tie-de background. She has used 3-D methods on the moon on the middle one for more impact.  I love the composition as each component has a nice flow and it is close together so it stands out more. 'Always think about composition' is the influence I'll take from Emma Lewis. 

Lauren Jenkinson, Art & Design

This student is on this course but has clearly started specialising in photography. Her display was very interesting, and although there wasn't an accompanying description, I believe her concept is about exploring manipulations of figures during movement. 

This is an example of the series on display. The camera has captured the movement of the subject's head, which causes it to blue and appear ghostly. This is definitely a useful technique if I was to explore abstract art or ghostly films. I like how the images are printed in monochrome to emphasise the impact on viewers.  

Peta Fordee, Fine Art 

I took a notice to this display for obvious reasons, it follows a link into Illustration which is the field I want to go into after College. This student has done a full abecedary just like I did for my last project. It is a series of prints which depict an illustration of something beginning with the letter, with ink being dripped over the top to hint at colour. The images themselves appear to be scanned drawings or mono prints. I like the childlike quality in the style and the dripping of colour - a childlike action as well as being a modern way of adding colour. I can definitely influence this student's techniques to modernise my designs and add an urban effect.

Rose Timperly, Art & Design

This reminded me of the paper-cut illustration book I saw at the De Montfort Open Day. I love the build up of the image when viewed from the front which is made up of several perspex sheets with images printed on. Repetition of certain parts build up shade on the front-on view, and thus brings depth to the image. I love how such delicate drawings build up to quite a creepy end result. Again, I like looking at different techniques since this one is quite illustrative as well.