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Coursework Part Five: Personal Project

Exercise 3:​ Creating Connections

Brief

Up to now you have been reflecting on and collating what you have produced in this unit. Now take the 10 images you uploaded in the last exercise and print them off – you could print off several versions at different sizes to give you lots of visual options. For this exercise you are going to mix up and combine selected elements to create new images. If you are comfortable with software you may decide to complete this exercise digitally.

Lay out your printed images somewhere so that you can look at them together. This is similar to the ‘Cut Ups’ exercise in Part Two but this time all of the imagery is of your own making. Arrange your composite drawings to create connections between them. You could choose to group elements from different drawings together to see what happens, or elements from a few of your photographs. Or you could mix up part of a drawing with part of a photograph and part of a painting. You might like a figure in one image and a landscape in another – put them together to see what new story or narrative they create. Be as experimental as you can. When you have made 10 new composite images upload them to your blog and reflect on the process in writing on your learning log.

Visual Skills 2: Visual Exploration p129

Keywords from the brief

  • Take the 10 images you uploaded in the last exercise and print them off
  • Mix up and combine selected elements to create new images.
  • You may decide to complete this exercise digitally.
  • Arrange your composite drawings to create connections between them.
  • Be as experimental as you can.
  • Reflect on the process in writing on your learning log.

Here is a link to my last exercise that contains the ten selected images.

Exercise 2:​ Creative Audit

To see all the images I had chosen up front, I first made an online mood board of them. I then started experimenting with different compositions and digitally segmenting certain areas of each image. Here are the finished drawings made from different portions of the earlier pictures.

One

For the first image, I combined a character I drew for the exercise Slow and a background I painted for Assignment 4. It excited me, as I could see possibilities for a new story. To show my idea, I then wrote a paragraph for the story and made a mockup.

Fig. 1 schoolboy down the rabbit hole (2024)
Fig. 2 schoolboy down the rabbit hole mockup (2024)

Two

For the next illustration, I experimented with a different composition. I did this by combining the background from  assignment four with the two clay sculptures. It was interesting to focus on the fleeing rabbit instead of the earlier detailed drawing.

Fig. 3 Fleeting Rabbit (2024)

Three

For this illustration, I combined the drawing of a house from the Slow exercise, where I created a comic, with the background and white rabbit drawing from Assignment 4.

Fig. 4 Rabbit going home (2024)

Four

This drawing incorporates elements from assignment 4’s background with the painting I completed for an exercise in part three.

Fig. 5 Bats (2024)

Five

This drawing incorporates elements from assignment 4’s background with a character I drew for the exercise: Slow. I then added the text ontop of the painted shape.

Fig. 6 Take time to make your soul happy (2024)

Six

This drawing incorporates elements from part two and part four. The alice clay sculpture can be faintly seen in the water.

Fig. 7 Wizard saving Alice (2024)

Seven

This drawing incorporates elements from part two and and assignment four.

Fig. 8 Wizard capturing the rabbit (2024)

Eight

This drawing incorporates elements from part three and four.

Fig. 9 Reds Secret (2024)

Nine

This image incoperates ellements from each part of the unit. It reminded me of some of the dreams I have had in the past.

Fig. 10 Am I dreaming (2024)

Ten

This illustration incoperates elements from part two and four.

Fig. 11 Stop (2024)

Reflection

The process of combining different elements from various past images has allowed me to explore new perspectives and create unique visual narratives. By digitally segmenting certain areas, I was able to play with composition and create unexpected connections between the original artworks. Overall, this exercise has pushed me to think outside the box and experiment with my creativity in a new way. The final images show a blend of colours, textures, and shapes that were not originally present in the individual images. From all of the new illustrations my favourites are number one, seven and eight as I think they could be used in childrens books.

List of illustrations

Fig. 1 Fowler, G (2024) schoolboy down the rabbit hole [mixed media] In possession of the author: Forest of Dean, UK.

Fig. 2 Fowler, G (2024) schoolboy down the rabbit hole mockup [digital artwork] In possession of the author: Forest of Dean, UK.

Fig. 3 Fowler, G (2024) Fleeting Rabbit [mixed media] In possession of the author: Forest of Dean, UK.

Fig. 4 Fowler, G (2024) Rabbit going home [mixed media] In possession of the author: Forest of Dean, UK.

Fig. 5 Fowler, G (2024) Bats [mixed media] In possession of the author: Forest of Dean, UK.

Fig. 6 Fowler, G (2024) Take time to make your soul happy [mixed media] In possession of the author: Forest of Dean, UK.

Fig. 7 Fowler, G (2024) Wizard saving Alice [mixed media] In possession of the author: Forest of Dean, UK.

Fig. 8 Fowler, G (2024) Wizard capturing the rabbit [Digital illustration and clay sculptute] In possession of the author: Forest of Dean, UK.

Fig. 9 Fowler, G (2024) Reds Secret [mixed media] In possession of the author: Forest of Dean, UK.

Fig. 10 Fowler, G (2024) Am I dreaming [collage] In possession of the author: Forest of Dean, UK.

Fig. 11 Fowler, G (2024) Stop [collage] In possession of the author: Forest of Dean, UK.