photomontage: photomontage

idea 2 montage, this had alot of influence from my yr 12 body of work, but after some feedback i knew this wasn't the way to go.

Being new to photoshop i wasn't very confident using it, through this process ive learnt some basics of photoshop and hopefully in time i will learn much more. I did have alot of trouble with saturations and also i realised i needed to take the picture of the model with a higher mega pixel camera.

photomontage: flip book

I enjoyed making the flipbook, i found that by taking photos of the model, it helped with the thought process of my flip book. Also I felt if i included some more pages, it would of worked much better.

photomontage: flip book experiements

idea 1, experimental flip book

idea 2, experimental flipbook

I just played with different materials and mediums, in the end i realised using magazines and newspapers was much better.

Arch 1142 communications: photomontage

idea one, i wanted to explore the concept of voids

idea two, i wanted to still look at voids but also at the idea of mass and how it can defy gravity

idea three, i looked at mass again but also at emptiness

I struggled to stick to one idea/model, which greatly effected my overall work. However it has taught me that i should always try stick it out with the initial idea and instead of trying to remodel it, i can do drawings instead, which would save me time.

Drawing: in class task

These in class drawing exercises was very interesting, it was interesting to work with negative spaces and also drawing blind was something new.

drawing: final rendered drawings

Final drawings, i had rendered onto my original drawings, therefore i don't have my original pencil drawings to show. I felt this was a wrong choice because i had made a few mistakes, which i attempted to fix. If i had photocopied my drawings i would of been able to correct them better. Also with these drawings i chose to use water colour paint instead of pencils, i just felt more confident using paint instead of pencil.
I also learned an interesting technique from my uncle, to stop the paper from wrinkling. I simply used a damp cloth and wiped the back of the drawing, i applied pva glue to the 4 sides of the paper and then glued it down to a large plank of wood. Then with a hair-dryer i dried the paper out, from here i applied my water colour paint, and once complete i cut off the edges. This technique worked and it stopped the paper from wrinkling, as i found it did do with the practice renderings.
Overall this course gave me a good introduction to drawing and rendering. Particularly rending, i previously never realised the vast amount of different types of renderings out here and how these different types could influence the ideas in a drawing.

drawing: practice renderings

Some practice renderings i did, i experimented with watercolour pencils and pen.