tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13700230483072606712024-02-08T20:45:39.979+00:00Blondie's BlogWhen I grow rich, say the bells of Shoreditchblondiewondiexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17178114288700438910noreply@blogger.comBlogger120125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370023048307260671.post-781888795917275242011-11-03T09:44:00.000+00:002011-11-03T09:44:46.393+00:00Waterloo Sunset, Colchester Sunrise<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CwpA5qMwo64/TrJhN-2au1I/AAAAAAAAAfI/GBCyE_bgRXs/s1600/DSC03655.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CwpA5qMwo64/TrJhN-2au1I/AAAAAAAAAfI/GBCyE_bgRXs/s320/DSC03655.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I took these photos of the morning sun breaking through the clouds over Colchester town.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Yy-E6hXO_Lw/TrJhW2vARSI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/KNk1H8090uQ/s1600/DSC03659.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Yy-E6hXO_Lw/TrJhW2vARSI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/KNk1H8090uQ/s320/DSC03659.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Jumbo is visible on the town's skyline and is directly in the middle of the cascading sun rays. I need to clean my lens!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div>blondiewondiexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17178114288700438910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370023048307260671.post-57645377881882665482011-11-02T20:47:00.000+00:002011-11-02T20:47:56.918+00:00Mum's old typewriter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WVnq1XsAWUk/TrGrZPn9toI/AAAAAAAAAfA/H2XoRqOlm8g/s1600/DSC03646.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WVnq1XsAWUk/TrGrZPn9toI/AAAAAAAAAfA/H2XoRqOlm8g/s320/DSC03646.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">When I spoke to my mum about a project I was doing about punctuation, I mentioned the issue of focusing on the en dash since it has only really been available to print since the computer. This prompted her to bring down her old typewriter, which was really fun to use. Once you get used to hitting the keys quite hard, you can type as fast as you would on a computer keyboard. However, I found I sometimes missed the keys and as I have small fingers, they got stuck between the keys!! I have an illustration I made of it somewhere. I will upload it when I have photographed my recent work.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div>blondiewondiexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17178114288700438910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370023048307260671.post-77686038600893888952011-11-02T20:41:00.000+00:002011-11-02T20:41:09.839+00:00London Design Festival - Graphic Design Walk 23/9/2011<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uCEVC2eaWXc/TrGkQcCMCkI/AAAAAAAAAeg/b1pGO1ZQs84/s1600/DSC03624.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uCEVC2eaWXc/TrGkQcCMCkI/AAAAAAAAAeg/b1pGO1ZQs84/s320/DSC03624.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Book covers for Penguin Books by Coralie Bickford-Smith. Each cloth bound book in the Jane Austen classic collection uses 2 colours in its design. I noticed we had the book 'Emma' at work the other day with the cloth bound Bickford-Smith design.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">For more, see cb-smith.com and also <a href="http://www.penguin.co.uk/static/cs/uk/0/pubsetpages/clothboundclassics/" style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">http://www.penguin.co.uk/static/cs/uk/0/pubsetpages/clothboundclassics/</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I am also rather taken by the t-shirts designed by Bickford-Smith for the Penguin helpers at the Art Car Boot Sale... <a href="http://www.cb-smith.com/index.php?/etc/penguin-t-shirt/" style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">http://www.cb-smith.com/index.php?/etc/penguin-t-shirt/</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RYL9S3nrErQ/TrGkwfAXJ1I/AAAAAAAAAeo/Z84fjIqeUPk/s1600/DSC03628.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RYL9S3nrErQ/TrGkwfAXJ1I/AAAAAAAAAeo/Z84fjIqeUPk/s320/DSC03628.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">At the 10 Collective stand at the bast camp I stood and watched the video above being projected onto the wall. After a few seconds, I recognised James and Elliot of Birch studios chatting to 2 members of 10 Collective. In the video, they talk about setting up your own design studio. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Watch the video here (sorry guys) <a href="http://10collective.com/teawith10.html" style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">http://10collective.com/teawith10.html</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jbKGhS93jZA/TrGlOjg1U-I/AAAAAAAAAew/XwPzIEkByBE/s1600/DSC03640.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jbKGhS93jZA/TrGlOjg1U-I/AAAAAAAAAew/XwPzIEkByBE/s320/DSC03640.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">YCN... fully prepared and loaded with brochures.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-46-qwB8MQUg/TrGlq7FqK8I/AAAAAAAAAe4/sBiGIhSceY4/s1600/DSC03644.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-46-qwB8MQUg/TrGlq7FqK8I/AAAAAAAAAe4/sBiGIhSceY4/s320/DSC03644.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I bought the book 'Hand Job' from a book shop on Rivington Street and this is the bag they gave me. It's a keeper.</span></div>blondiewondiexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17178114288700438910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370023048307260671.post-14633936612470971782011-10-26T22:56:00.000+01:002011-10-26T22:56:48.621+01:00The Three Horseshoes & River Colne<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-K8CUfYCl824/Tqh4XAOUJ_I/AAAAAAAAAc8/IXAABBQADPs/s1600/DSC03705.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" ida="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-K8CUfYCl824/Tqh4XAOUJ_I/AAAAAAAAAc8/IXAABBQADPs/s320/DSC03705.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Our local pub is currently undergoing a makeover. It has had a new lick of paint to convert it from pink to white and driving past on Monday I noticed the name of the pub has been painted onto the walls. The previous signage consisted of bulky gold lettering stuck to the walls. This hand painted serif typeface is much more welcoming and traditional.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UWtjs9WmmEo/Tqh43sg79HI/AAAAAAAAAdE/-nL3UE9OED4/s1600/DSC03709.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" ida="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UWtjs9WmmEo/Tqh43sg79HI/AAAAAAAAAdE/-nL3UE9OED4/s320/DSC03709.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I spoke to one of the refurbishers and he told me that the name had been stencilled with carbon paper and hand painted. I imagine this took a while, but I am glad to have something down my road that has a properly considered identity to it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xu1Y0rl8XZw/Tqh5VBEs3II/AAAAAAAAAdM/KccFNpVA4d8/s1600/DSC03711.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" ida="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xu1Y0rl8XZw/Tqh5VBEs3II/AAAAAAAAAdM/KccFNpVA4d8/s320/DSC03711.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">My only issue with this design is that I hope the upside down horseshoes do not spell bad luck for the pub's new owners. The upside down horseshoes create a smoother line than the jagged peaks of upright ones would, although I hope this does not bring them misfortune. Perhaps they are challenging <span style="background-color: white;">superstition</span></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">. Perhaps they were challenged by design.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9XncqcTEBeA/Tqh-AJCXg7I/AAAAAAAAAdU/YwlYQip1GAU/s1600/DSC03721.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" ida="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9XncqcTEBeA/Tqh-AJCXg7I/AAAAAAAAAdU/YwlYQip1GAU/s320/DSC03721.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This is the scene of the River Colne just 5 minutes by foot from my front door. Whatever time of the year it is, the sun picks up on the season's colours.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-z9slWthwLQQ/Tqh-qy5kR6I/AAAAAAAAAdc/0SeBW2cj_r8/s1600/DSC03722.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" ida="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-z9slWthwLQQ/Tqh-qy5kR6I/AAAAAAAAAdc/0SeBW2cj_r8/s320/DSC03722.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #666666;">The water is shallow, still and crystal clear at this part of the bank. However, you can watch the current gently carry fallen leaves and twigs <span style="background-color: white;">along on their journey from the comfort of a nearby bench. It is the most relaxing thing I can think of to do and that's why it has to be one of my favourite places.</span></span></span></div>blondiewondiexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17178114288700438910noreply@blogger.com0Fordham, Colchester, Essex CO6, UK51.9181322 0.8019021000000066151.9022257 0.77925710000000659 51.9340387 0.82454710000000664tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370023048307260671.post-65687612482017703932011-10-26T22:11:00.000+01:002011-10-26T22:11:31.095+01:00Boom boom boom boom<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YP_SQpcW73U/Tqh1qxjxHqI/AAAAAAAAAcs/UQE9TsbGeXk/s1600/DSC03611.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" ida="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YP_SQpcW73U/Tqh1qxjxHqI/AAAAAAAAAcs/UQE9TsbGeXk/s320/DSC03611.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The latest addition to my room comes in the form of a cushion. They also had ones with London buses on. I think they are meant to be retrospective, although this one is more of a classic that is lesser seen these days. The illustration is simple and it uses the colour blocking trend of the season.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-a1u-zFOuoCU/Tqh2LBuC-yI/AAAAAAAAAc0/mJs1eHkOQI8/s1600/DSC03737.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" ida="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-a1u-zFOuoCU/Tqh2LBuC-yI/AAAAAAAAAc0/mJs1eHkOQI8/s320/DSC03737.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">During London Design Festival, I went along to the Birdwatching graphic design walk. I picked up this poster from the base camp. It doesn't seem to want to stay on my wardrobe, but it will.</span></div>blondiewondiexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17178114288700438910noreply@blogger.com0Colchester, Essex, UK51.8898042 0.9012347999999974551.8476767 0.84221579999999741 51.9319317 0.96025379999999749tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370023048307260671.post-48034437324141827632011-10-05T20:41:00.000+01:002011-10-05T20:41:55.547+01:00Madeira<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FuqVUjL5se8/Tmp6NapQDbI/AAAAAAAAAZ0/Yp6aQcLOzC8/s1600/Copy+of+DSC02743.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" nba="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FuqVUjL5se8/Tmp6NapQDbI/AAAAAAAAAZ0/Yp6aQcLOzC8/s320/Copy+of+DSC02743.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">In July, I went on holiday to Madeira. We had a hotel with a gorgeous sea view in the heart of Funchal. Although there are not many graphic-related places I know of in Madeira, I managed to spot a few sights I found interesting.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jo__jme9768/Tmp7ld5izDI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/ewhyAmjnF8s/s1600/DSC03037.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" nba="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jo__jme9768/Tmp7ld5izDI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/ewhyAmjnF8s/s320/DSC03037.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This building caught my eye because it reminds me of some of the 3D paper engineering in Sophia Vyzoviti's Superstructures. The staircases and balconies look like paper that has been wrapped around a pencil or made into napkin holders or rings for paper chains.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5VBWCHhPwQU/Tmp694Wc-aI/AAAAAAAAAZ4/WCHhJ8T4X04/s1600/DSC02786.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" nba="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5VBWCHhPwQU/Tmp694Wc-aI/AAAAAAAAAZ4/WCHhJ8T4X04/s320/DSC02786.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This shop sign reminded me of the raw graphic styles we looked at in the first year such a pixao. It is bold and constructed of minimal lines with only 3 colours. It is interesting to see the shadows of the type being cast upwards as this is something that isn't that common.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rlOvQ6-AefU/TonU24SkjQI/AAAAAAAAAcU/tzmph1Ex8tM/s1600/DSC03077.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" kca="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rlOvQ6-AefU/TonU24SkjQI/AAAAAAAAAcU/tzmph1Ex8tM/s320/DSC03077.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The reflection of the parasol (below) in my sunglasses looks like quirky little eyes, almost like those of owls. It reminds me of a Tim Burton film and the sweets with strawberry and cream flavours swirled into each other. The red and white stripes make a pleasant patchwork with the green gingham print of my sunglasses.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KIBoAwCgDCs/TonK2xAgBEI/AAAAAAAAAcM/dBFezJkAQIs/s1600/DSC03058.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" kca="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KIBoAwCgDCs/TonK2xAgBEI/AAAAAAAAAcM/dBFezJkAQIs/s320/DSC03058.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">On closer inspection, the parasol has yellow in between the stripes. This looks like such a typical umbrella one might find on the beach, possibly in Britain. My postcard photo of the holiday perhaps?!</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UDDu7U2y1ng/TonUKGc_ZzI/AAAAAAAAAcQ/mynDJYENIQ4/s1600/DSC03070.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" kca="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UDDu7U2y1ng/TonUKGc_ZzI/AAAAAAAAAcQ/mynDJYENIQ4/s320/DSC03070.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I love the angle of the chair in this shot. Although they're not the most comfortable chairs and the metal scrapes on the ground a lot, the decorative white metal looks more creamy next to the rich burgundy cushions and tablecloths. The tiled pavement is welcome as it looks just like the pavements abroad.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cv6wXfys7T4/TonZ0G-QWEI/AAAAAAAAAcY/BlZZqdBNv2k/s1600/DSC03136.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" kca="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cv6wXfys7T4/TonZ0G-QWEI/AAAAAAAAAcY/BlZZqdBNv2k/s320/DSC03136.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Walking through the old town I found the artistic quarter; I think there was an art college/university nearby. We walked down a road that had painted doors. Each door was different and some of them were beautifully and imaginatively adorned.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-daTqLUH6ti4/TondZY4oE6I/AAAAAAAAAcc/Sa-pX49fq6k/s1600/DSC03142.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" kca="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-daTqLUH6ti4/TondZY4oE6I/AAAAAAAAAcc/Sa-pX49fq6k/s320/DSC03142.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This was the most elaborate front door. They had actually come outside of their door and adorned the doorway with giant lace curtains!</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AhycjZGj9pw/Tond0a0x_wI/AAAAAAAAAcg/oejWHDKHQE0/s1600/DSC03144.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" kca="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AhycjZGj9pw/Tond0a0x_wI/AAAAAAAAAcg/oejWHDKHQE0/s320/DSC03144.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">One of the more 'graphic' door designs, even if this style is quite a typical one. I really enjoyed finding somewhere with personal home comforts in a foreign place.</span></div>blondiewondiexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17178114288700438910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370023048307260671.post-13896078821137225962011-07-09T23:15:00.001+01:002011-10-05T20:55:33.289+01:00Reading & Oxford<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GnYOKaAr1S4/ThjMDnJfw1I/AAAAAAAAAZQ/qdh43rq9b0s/s1600/P7050126.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" m$="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GnYOKaAr1S4/ThjMDnJfw1I/AAAAAAAAAZQ/qdh43rq9b0s/s320/P7050126.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Visiting my friend in Reading in July. It was fun making my way there on the train by myself as I hadn't travelled by myself on the train before. This photograph shows my home from home; my suitcase, handbag, clothes, make-up and hair products were naturally placed in my friend's house mate's bedroom. It was a moment where I saw an accidental but beautiful set-up ready to be snapped.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-d4dkpMFSXN0/ThjMpGxXLoI/AAAAAAAAAZU/VeVrN6fhj60/s1600/P7060132.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" m$="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-d4dkpMFSXN0/ThjMpGxXLoI/AAAAAAAAAZU/VeVrN6fhj60/s320/P7060132.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Ducks in Oxford. I like to think of them as being posh ducks.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IDuP0Wahw2Y/ThjNQyNeUWI/AAAAAAAAAZY/77OyMUDA1L8/s1600/P7060136.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" m$="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IDuP0Wahw2Y/ThjNQyNeUWI/AAAAAAAAAZY/77OyMUDA1L8/s320/P7060136.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Christ Church, where Harry Potter was filmed. Unfortunately it was closed to the public when we went to go inside but I will be sure to return one day and visit.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-p3gV_R9228E/ThjPyZCr8lI/AAAAAAAAAZc/Pgkyy_-v4pg/s1600/P7060139.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" m$="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-p3gV_R9228E/ThjPyZCr8lI/AAAAAAAAAZc/Pgkyy_-v4pg/s320/P7060139.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">A cute little cafe in Oxford with writing on the walls. This is the menu of food they serve with funny little sayings underneath, such as 'Tapas - what they eat on the moon'. We were thirsty and came across this little cafe in a side passage and I'm glad we found it because it was so unique.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iKD7WN_rr8c/ThjQHQZ26hI/AAAAAAAAAZg/2NtWl1yKibA/s1600/P7060140.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" m$="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iKD7WN_rr8c/ThjQHQZ26hI/AAAAAAAAAZg/2NtWl1yKibA/s320/P7060140.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-v22JHHR3iLs/ThjQWqfD10I/AAAAAAAAAZk/ysiv2DP8Hbk/s1600/P7060142.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" m$="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-v22JHHR3iLs/ThjQWqfD10I/AAAAAAAAAZk/ysiv2DP8Hbk/s320/P7060142.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dYrJ56wdL9Q/ThjQiKTC9tI/AAAAAAAAAZo/4uNAHcLb3rk/s1600/P7060144.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" m$="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dYrJ56wdL9Q/ThjQiKTC9tI/AAAAAAAAAZo/4uNAHcLb3rk/s320/P7060144.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Photographs from inside Puccino's, Oxford.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Cc5se9Q_34g/ThjRHr0G4ZI/AAAAAAAAAZs/9t1dCSWcCZI/s1600/P7070156.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" m$="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Cc5se9Q_34g/ThjRHr0G4ZI/AAAAAAAAAZs/9t1dCSWcCZI/s320/P7070156.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Bill's is a really lovely cafe/restaurant in Reading overlooking a grassy area in front of a church. They also house a shop selling their own food and drink. Where we sat there were lots of sheets of colourful tissue paper hanging from the ceiling. The building itself is so gorgeous. It has a huge staircase and it has an old but well-preserved feel to it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nNed3rxjfSw/ThjRca5j-rI/AAAAAAAAAZw/W9yZLQO_bgM/s1600/P7070153.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" m$="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nNed3rxjfSw/ThjRca5j-rI/AAAAAAAAAZw/W9yZLQO_bgM/s320/P7070153.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #666666;">And I fell in love with their tiny little <span style="background-color: white;">salt and pepper pots!</span></span></span></div>blondiewondiexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17178114288700438910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370023048307260671.post-39275445794806889762011-07-09T22:38:00.001+01:002011-10-05T20:59:02.299+01:00London contd<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-j7DJue7-tTg/ThjHdheqw2I/AAAAAAAAAZE/H0HLG50uzHg/s1600/P7020009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" m$="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-j7DJue7-tTg/ThjHdheqw2I/AAAAAAAAAZE/H0HLG50uzHg/s320/P7020009.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Some photos I forgot to include in my last post. This was a road sign near where New Blood was held. Doesn't it just feel like east London?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pFqsh_ALFVU/ThjIEXsFHZI/AAAAAAAAAZI/k-Dfvx2ZzxI/s1600/P7020032.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" m$="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pFqsh_ALFVU/ThjIEXsFHZI/AAAAAAAAAZI/k-Dfvx2ZzxI/s320/P7020032.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I love this; it's quite chilling but it also makes me feel assured at the same time. It reminds me of artists that come up in PDP lectures about street art and gallery spaces</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jpJxZFpkX7w/ThjJL3iNZjI/AAAAAAAAAZM/rtUpt0enA4E/s1600/P7020037.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" m$="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jpJxZFpkX7w/ThjJL3iNZjI/AAAAAAAAAZM/rtUpt0enA4E/s320/P7020037.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">A map inside Rough Trade, a music shop, of the area and how to find it and how to find a tube station.</span></div>blondiewondiexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17178114288700438910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370023048307260671.post-35488883760818276472011-07-09T22:23:00.001+01:002011-10-05T21:10:16.934+01:00D&AD New Blood<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nkx4rgIuD2E/Thi60D9W4VI/AAAAAAAAAYU/Oh68LhrNO5A/s1600/P7020010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" m$="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nkx4rgIuD2E/Thi60D9W4VI/AAAAAAAAAYU/Oh68LhrNO5A/s320/P7020010.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">On Sunday 3rd July I went to a festival in London and realised that New Blood was on on that day so I went along to have a little peek.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FZvzNhzNr2A/Thi7Md0ERbI/AAAAAAAAAYY/88o6TA9V-WM/s1600/P7020012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" m$="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FZvzNhzNr2A/Thi7Md0ERbI/AAAAAAAAAYY/88o6TA9V-WM/s320/P7020012.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The exhibition was just over the road from Spitalfields so it was a quick walk from Liverpool Street. I thought a photo of myself standing outside might do justice for this year's PDP! The photos aren't great as they're not straight and taken on a fairly standard camera. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VGItPtay86M/Thi7yCKXeOI/AAAAAAAAAYc/JocvBoKLono/s1600/P7020014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" m$="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VGItPtay86M/Thi7yCKXeOI/AAAAAAAAAYc/JocvBoKLono/s320/P7020014.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This is one of my favourite pieces from the exhibition. It's hard to see in this photo but it is a huge colour by numbers piece playing on the fact that the human eye can see millions of colours. Each colour section has a number in, with many numbers into the 6+ digit mark</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uHQZ_83rmcs/Thi8mxjYTXI/AAAAAAAAAYg/OEcdmK-4yMc/s1600/P7020015.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" m$="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uHQZ_83rmcs/Thi8mxjYTXI/AAAAAAAAAYg/OEcdmK-4yMc/s320/P7020015.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I like the design of the bags above. The handles look like handles on dog leads when it is being carried, like a doggy bag!! Good design, good colours, good doggies.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cp_tIdbLMUA/Thi9umYRFaI/AAAAAAAAAYk/nwugqUXkhBQ/s1600/P7020016.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" m$="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cp_tIdbLMUA/Thi9umYRFaI/AAAAAAAAAYk/nwugqUXkhBQ/s320/P7020016.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Toilet roll with Chanel and Ralph Lauren polo logos. I got the feeling there was a deeper meaning to this, but still a rather literal one.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x4vRdBjgQ34/Thi9-mDHFZI/AAAAAAAAAYo/OdGrEXlnKrY/s1600/P7020017.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" m$="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x4vRdBjgQ34/Thi9-mDHFZI/AAAAAAAAAYo/OdGrEXlnKrY/s320/P7020017.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">A flip book with 3600 pages... the biggest I've seen! The pages are pictures of hearts ('love' hearts) beating bigger and smaller as you flick through to show the beating motions of the human heart.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wxmfUhoqS7s/Thi-V65ydeI/AAAAAAAAAYs/VPtRbsLzwPA/s1600/P7020019.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" m$="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wxmfUhoqS7s/Thi-V65ydeI/AAAAAAAAAYs/VPtRbsLzwPA/s320/P7020019.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">A Monopoly board with a Tesco vibe. It wouldn't surprise me if they did release a Tesco version of Monopoly. The prices of the places on the board are shown using the instantly recognisable red circular price stickers. The design is printed on cloth and pinned to the wall which I thought was a really nice touch. It is different and unexpected in this context but opens my mind to using different materials</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vMpon75xodM/Thi-qc8iVXI/AAAAAAAAAYw/OPlK9zUeHxg/s1600/P7020022.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" m$="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vMpon75xodM/Thi-qc8iVXI/AAAAAAAAAYw/OPlK9zUeHxg/s320/P7020022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">A wonderful example of paper engineering! The pages have been cut into thin strips and folded to make little people sitting high on sticks.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nFEwb7ryTKw/Thi-8oUtFHI/AAAAAAAAAY0/oPkqv3KE-80/s1600/P7020025.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" m$="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nFEwb7ryTKw/Thi-8oUtFHI/AAAAAAAAAY0/oPkqv3KE-80/s320/P7020025.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Mantelpiece, chandelier and skirting made of foam for the purpose of attracting visitors to look at the work from the University. I spoke to a student who was sitting at the stand and he seemed reluctant that the foam piece distracted from the actual work on the walls!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-w9OOPZZ9-LQ/Thi_YBaCFpI/AAAAAAAAAY4/pBWi43Xh-sw/s1600/P7020026.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" m$="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-w9OOPZZ9-LQ/Thi_YBaCFpI/AAAAAAAAAY4/pBWi43Xh-sw/s320/P7020026.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This made me laugh in a familiar way. The top one says "I make up for a complete lack of talent with heavy san serif fonts", the dark one says "Stealing fonts gave me this 2:1" and the bottom one says "I hope this mac distracts from how sh*t my work is".</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> The things we all think but never say.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zODb-at5fHc/Thi_xu2QGoI/AAAAAAAAAY8/Q_ZiCm-v7T0/s1600/P7020028.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" m$="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zODb-at5fHc/Thi_xu2QGoI/AAAAAAAAAY8/Q_ZiCm-v7T0/s320/P7020028.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Colchester Institute had a stand! Oh yes. But opposite Kingston. Oh no. Good to see us in it, though. Hopefully it's something that both current and third year students at the Institute can become involved in.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9vHwuk7bRYU/ThjAeG54-gI/AAAAAAAAAZA/BKZSrRsOYTY/s1600/P7020030.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" m$="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9vHwuk7bRYU/ThjAeG54-gI/AAAAAAAAAZA/BKZSrRsOYTY/s320/P7020030.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">These are reminiscent of the letters Chester made for first year PDP, but a bit bigger. The letter A beside this was covered in newspaper pages that had adverts for the exhibition on.</span></div>blondiewondiexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17178114288700438910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370023048307260671.post-11553231648652075492011-07-01T16:31:00.001+01:002011-07-01T16:34:34.863+01:00Cake!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WCPcD46_odY/Tg3hfs6BYwI/AAAAAAAAAX0/_uaDI2UjX0E/s1600/DSC02709.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i$="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WCPcD46_odY/Tg3hfs6BYwI/AAAAAAAAAX0/_uaDI2UjX0E/s320/DSC02709.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">#1 Select an appropriate apron, if possible a gorgeous one</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-a7jua7PPMas/Tg3h43vdWAI/AAAAAAAAAX4/0ZTRCef_e7Q/s1600/DSC02713.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i$="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-a7jua7PPMas/Tg3h43vdWAI/AAAAAAAAAX4/0ZTRCef_e7Q/s320/DSC02713.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">#2 Weigh out ingredients and follow recipe</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-duQo1MD2jvE/Tg3iT_lC3EI/AAAAAAAAAX8/axm0xCLVyW8/s1600/DSC02724.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" i$="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-duQo1MD2jvE/Tg3iT_lC3EI/AAAAAAAAAX8/axm0xCLVyW8/s320/DSC02724.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">#3 Make sure you have some good music on to keep you going. Telly will only distract you</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VI5_QWT8huY/Tg3jNN_zn4I/AAAAAAAAAYA/WPTMGAztzTI/s1600/DSC02717.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" i$="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VI5_QWT8huY/Tg3jNN_zn4I/AAAAAAAAAYA/WPTMGAztzTI/s320/DSC02717.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">#4 Time the preheated oven and wait for your cake to bake</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LvUsl5ng9SM/Tg3kudWyYeI/AAAAAAAAAYE/_BuvynXckmE/s1600/DSC02715.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" i$="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LvUsl5ng9SM/Tg3kudWyYeI/AAAAAAAAAYE/_BuvynXckmE/s320/DSC02715.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">#5 While you're waiting, do some washing up (after licking the bowls of course)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KCLPhUra5m8/Tg3mmy6DZZI/AAAAAAAAAYM/VNG1QhVTBwA/s1600/DSC02718.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" i$="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KCLPhUra5m8/Tg3mmy6DZZI/AAAAAAAAAYM/VNG1QhVTBwA/s320/DSC02718.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">#6 Use the oven light to check how it's going</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6DQj6rp1SAw/Tg3nGNnVfSI/AAAAAAAAAYQ/9uISNDJOciI/s1600/DSC02726.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" i$="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6DQj6rp1SAw/Tg3nGNnVfSI/AAAAAAAAAYQ/9uISNDJOciI/s320/DSC02726.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">#7 Allow it to cool and enjoy. Mmm!!!!!</span></div>blondiewondiexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17178114288700438910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370023048307260671.post-49922611869716646862011-07-01T15:57:00.000+01:002011-07-01T15:57:16.472+01:00I am a passenger<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dlgI2lMHHVw/Tg3cGKtRiRI/AAAAAAAAAXc/d5-C1j0Ckew/s1600/DSC02442.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" i$="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dlgI2lMHHVw/Tg3cGKtRiRI/AAAAAAAAAXc/d5-C1j0Ckew/s320/DSC02442.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">If I'm a passenger in the car with my camera, I will take photos of everything...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-b0FVwytD-ts/Tg3cyxbcTYI/AAAAAAAAAXg/p5tnnY8JOO4/s1600/DSC02456.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" i$="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-b0FVwytD-ts/Tg3cyxbcTYI/AAAAAAAAAXg/p5tnnY8JOO4/s320/DSC02456.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">... from purple garages...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kz-U8R8UCWc/Tg3dNy8wucI/AAAAAAAAAXk/WTZr_2SNEtM/s1600/DSC02464.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" i$="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kz-U8R8UCWc/Tg3dNy8wucI/AAAAAAAAAXk/WTZr_2SNEtM/s320/DSC02464.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">...to orange pubs...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tfFvOQKyKlc/Tg3dqiB_sRI/AAAAAAAAAXo/_FMwPZp8AS4/s1600/DSC02477.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" i$="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tfFvOQKyKlc/Tg3dqiB_sRI/AAAAAAAAAXo/_FMwPZp8AS4/s320/DSC02477.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">... to yellow estate agents...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VmdB_k6-XXI/Tg3fQpD-sgI/AAAAAAAAAXw/BkZ6pJFNFJA/s1600/DSC02596.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" i$="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VmdB_k6-XXI/Tg3fQpD-sgI/AAAAAAAAAXw/BkZ6pJFNFJA/s320/DSC02596.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">... and this amazing multi coloured building in Halstead!!!</span></div>blondiewondiexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17178114288700438910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370023048307260671.post-59810456586899583932011-07-01T15:33:00.000+01:002011-07-01T15:33:01.452+01:00Earrings<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gp1b-3VV5TA/Tg3Zku5XvNI/AAAAAAAAAXU/-oBOMmTsVu4/s1600/220620111153.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i$="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gp1b-3VV5TA/Tg3Zku5XvNI/AAAAAAAAAXU/-oBOMmTsVu4/s320/220620111153.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TZwDVImPmQk/Tg3af5CMwmI/AAAAAAAAAXY/wE7vaa62FSA/s1600/220620111157.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" i$="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TZwDVImPmQk/Tg3af5CMwmI/AAAAAAAAAXY/wE7vaa62FSA/s320/220620111157.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Because growing up is for old people</span></div>blondiewondiexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17178114288700438910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370023048307260671.post-61175346530090231472011-06-29T22:31:00.000+01:002011-06-29T22:31:27.533+01:00Summer doodles & Wimbledon<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qVwiWNvjhK8/TguWFUNxyGI/AAAAAAAAAW4/f-6bW94mNIw/s1600/sketches011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="232" i$="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qVwiWNvjhK8/TguWFUNxyGI/AAAAAAAAAW4/f-6bW94mNIw/s320/sketches011.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Some quick sketches of my shoes, a slipper and my hairdryer with watercolour. I want to get used to using watercolours more!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_8cB8dtw1dQ/TguWR_VwEdI/AAAAAAAAAW8/MnvhGbHZBkE/s1600/sketches012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="232" i$="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_8cB8dtw1dQ/TguWR_VwEdI/AAAAAAAAAW8/MnvhGbHZBkE/s320/sketches012.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">One of mum's shandy bottles and a good old Primark bag! One is so smooth and defined while the other is flimsy and crumpled.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ll6Uspwafog/TguW8ScEWiI/AAAAAAAAAXI/5kzIh8c0U7U/s1600/sketches014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="232" i$="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ll6Uspwafog/TguW8ScEWiI/AAAAAAAAAXI/5kzIh8c0U7U/s320/sketches014.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The handle bars of my exercise bike, a reel of cotton because it is next to my bed? And my bag with my soft toy doggy in front which, yes, I do sleep with.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mGkbSllhj-4/TguWj1LiORI/AAAAAAAAAXA/AZ_Fpeg15rY/s1600/sketches013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i$="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mGkbSllhj-4/TguWj1LiORI/AAAAAAAAAXA/AZ_Fpeg15rY/s320/sketches013.jpg" width="232" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Inspired by Beyonce on Glastonbury but I didn't get a clear enough shot of her to draw her there and then. She makes me so proud to be a woman. It comes with so much power.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kK4V32o3T8g/TguXzmSDdBI/AAAAAAAAAXQ/MZTCBqkzJ9k/s1600/sketches016.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i$="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kK4V32o3T8g/TguXzmSDdBI/AAAAAAAAAXQ/MZTCBqkzJ9k/s320/sketches016.jpg" width="232" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I watched the Nadal match today (no particular reason...) and I found that like most things in life, there were moments that I found really striking. I decided to find some images of the tennis players in motion to draw, but instead I found that their facial expressions were quite amusing.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hnF2lGEo_6M/TguXKv6uniI/AAAAAAAAAXM/ZAK7coDInV4/s1600/sketches015.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i$="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hnF2lGEo_6M/TguXKv6uniI/AAAAAAAAAXM/ZAK7coDInV4/s320/sketches015.jpg" width="232" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It was quite sad to see Federer being knocked out!! This isn't quite like the image I found and I think he is a bit younger here, too.</span></div>blondiewondiexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17178114288700438910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370023048307260671.post-54971752628853587052011-06-19T21:58:00.000+01:002011-06-19T21:58:01.515+01:00Butterflies and other insects<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I went for a walk in the village the other day, down to the field past the school to make the most of the weather. I have often seen deer and woodpeckers in this field so I thought it would be a good place to take a walk. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I took my music with me but I found that the sound of nature was much more peaceful! I took these photos on my phone, so they're not as good as they could be but they're still not bad.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8BwFqf8s6R8/Tf5dYmGZeOI/AAAAAAAAAWc/P1zi_g3_y2E/s1600/140620111106.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" i$="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8BwFqf8s6R8/Tf5dYmGZeOI/AAAAAAAAAWc/P1zi_g3_y2E/s320/140620111106.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bxF06wnDyAE/Tf5dqq8SYYI/AAAAAAAAAWg/SY90Qhb9c70/s1600/140620111100.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i$="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bxF06wnDyAE/Tf5dqq8SYYI/AAAAAAAAAWg/SY90Qhb9c70/s320/140620111100.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">A small, fluffy moth</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nYDvKFdTKnE/Tf5d4igscnI/AAAAAAAAAWk/ImewWXdlpWU/s1600/140620111102.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i$="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nYDvKFdTKnE/Tf5d4igscnI/AAAAAAAAAWk/ImewWXdlpWU/s320/140620111102.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tdajeNI_Bls/Tf5eMoJM1_I/AAAAAAAAAWo/bdMGYXAckyQ/s1600/140620111098.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i$="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tdajeNI_Bls/Tf5eMoJM1_I/AAAAAAAAAWo/bdMGYXAckyQ/s320/140620111098.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I'm not sure what sort of insect this is!! There is such a diverse range of insects and many of these can be found amongst the brambles...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xIhYOZT_qtE/Tf5eg6Be-zI/AAAAAAAAAWs/GceDSIBwgf0/s1600/140620111104.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i$="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xIhYOZT_qtE/Tf5eg6Be-zI/AAAAAAAAAWs/GceDSIBwgf0/s320/140620111104.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another insect I'm not sure about but it is better camouflaged than the last one.<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QmCUcv1Z_Yc/Tf5g5o1-JWI/AAAAAAAAAW0/MDFwVZcJeiw/s1600/150620111129.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" i$="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QmCUcv1Z_Yc/Tf5g5o1-JWI/AAAAAAAAAW0/MDFwVZcJeiw/s320/150620111129.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Walking to town the next day I found a little ladybird on the back of my leg. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">During the walk in the field, I didn't see any deer or woodpeckers but I did watch some rabbits up close. I also heard a cuckoo twice but I couldn't find it!! I wouldn't have heard that with my headphones in. Although next time I'll make sure my camera is charged. What a little country girl I am :)</span></div></div>blondiewondiexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17178114288700438910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370023048307260671.post-68927059011487079682011-06-08T10:57:00.000+01:002011-06-08T10:57:31.362+01:00We built this city!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7ipdK3sYeKc/Te8-N6pi8FI/AAAAAAAAAV8/1CguyNbgOzI/s1600/060620111054.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7ipdK3sYeKc/Te8-N6pi8FI/AAAAAAAAAV8/1CguyNbgOzI/s320/060620111054.jpg" t8="true" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Some of the buildings made out of cardboard for the cardboard city we are making for our exhibition.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TqHJUiCNNKQ/Te8-qpyUC7I/AAAAAAAAAWA/do_M3wOcHrQ/s1600/060620111056.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TqHJUiCNNKQ/Te8-qpyUC7I/AAAAAAAAAWA/do_M3wOcHrQ/s320/060620111056.jpg" t8="true" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">There are a mixture of tall office skyscrapers and smaller flats and shops. The exhibition is at Slack Space, Colchester in a few weeks' time. I do believe I have a post about it below so check it out and come along if you can!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XH9fU3Y_iiU/Te9F3P7eg1I/AAAAAAAAAWI/pYjAHtK6yCk/s1600/060620111057.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XH9fU3Y_iiU/Te9F3P7eg1I/AAAAAAAAAWI/pYjAHtK6yCk/s320/060620111057.jpg" t8="true" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><span id="goog_2119939687"></span><span id="goog_2119939688"></span>blondiewondiexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17178114288700438910noreply@blogger.com0Colchester, Essex, UK51.8898042 0.9012347999999974551.8476767 0.84221579999999741 51.9319317 0.96025379999999749tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370023048307260671.post-9802000787840903512011-05-31T20:39:00.000+01:002011-05-31T20:39:00.674+01:00Summer<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/8ahU-x-4Gxw" width="425"></iframe><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Nice bit of music to get us all in the mood for summer after tomorrow's hand in :) </span>blondiewondiexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17178114288700438910noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370023048307260671.post-46146117596601468952011-05-30T20:10:00.000+01:002011-05-30T20:10:07.858+01:00The Final Pieces<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Lc-nJBPdcU4/TePbEYhODqI/AAAAAAAAAU8/CNKxp8VVku8/s1600/DSC02148.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Lc-nJBPdcU4/TePbEYhODqI/AAAAAAAAAU8/CNKxp8VVku8/s320/DSC02148.JPG" t8="true" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Final magazine cover for the American project. The painting consumes the left third of the cover which is where most magazine covers place objects to attract attention and make use of the remaining space. I used my lino prints for the title although I cleaned up all the lino print marks but I made sure I removed nothing attached to the letters themselves so that it still looked authentic. If you zoom in you may be able to see what I mean! I decided to break up the remaining images by placing them at an angle. I was originally going to have them in picture frames as if the background was a wall but this looked too much like an actual composition. I followed the angles to place the date, price and edition.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bhNGYTnonBc/TePdVEfWHeI/AAAAAAAAAVA/ryzW6tQifyQ/s1600/DSC02149.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bhNGYTnonBc/TePdVEfWHeI/AAAAAAAAAVA/ryzW6tQifyQ/s320/DSC02149.JPG" t8="true" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Kestrel monoprint for Friday's project. This one didn't mount too well because the paper was much too thin although this was the only paper I could get a good result from in terms of monoprinting. I coloured it in with watercolour after adding the woodblock prints of the clubs and monoprinting the number 2.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QTJeqTrbVh4/TePle3AZqeI/AAAAAAAAAVE/qSsR8cWt8yg/s1600/DSC02150.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QTJeqTrbVh4/TePle3AZqeI/AAAAAAAAAVE/qSsR8cWt8yg/s320/DSC02150.JPG" t8="true" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Monoprint of the Jackdaw. This one really did not mount well at all, but hopefully it will go with the messy aesthetic of the print process..?! Woodblock spade and monoprinted letter J.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mvTkAL39OxY/TePmFXU9txI/AAAAAAAAAVI/cLVeso9pur0/s1600/DSC02151.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mvTkAL39OxY/TePmFXU9txI/AAAAAAAAAVI/cLVeso9pur0/s320/DSC02151.JPG" t8="true" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Lino of the Kingfisher. I am most pleased with the outcome of this one, although I think this is mainly down to nature rather than my illustration. Kingfishers are so cute!! I like the colours in this one. The design/lino itself feels like quite a tight design, although again the Kingfisher is petite anyway. Again, woodblock diamond, monoprint K and coloured in with watercolour. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0xQ_U8RpBBc/TePmguxVgFI/AAAAAAAAAVM/DAunT2QmuZM/s1600/DSC02152.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0xQ_U8RpBBc/TePmguxVgFI/AAAAAAAAAVM/DAunT2QmuZM/s320/DSC02152.JPG" t8="true" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Lino of the Budgie. I saw the opportunity for having the budgie on a perch within the spade as if it was a small bird cage. I made the most of the black spade by cutting out the lines rather than cutting around them. It was a bit confusing colouring this in in terms of positive/negative. Woodblock spade, monoprint letter A.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rPjby-VzrmA/TePnADr419I/AAAAAAAAAVQ/ozxOUjzXP9o/s1600/DSC02155.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rPjby-VzrmA/TePnADr419I/AAAAAAAAAVQ/ozxOUjzXP9o/s320/DSC02155.JPG" t8="true" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Drypoint of the Mockingbird. This took a while to draw to get it right (I had to sleep on it after doing about 4 illustrations in one night) but I like it in drypoint. As the Joker card is neither diamond, spade, heart nor club, and neither is it either black or red, I decided to offset the word 'Joker' in both black and red (monoprinted)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1iE-QOkfUL4/TePnbA4u-_I/AAAAAAAAAVU/-E_tNKv2HCw/s1600/DSC02158.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1iE-QOkfUL4/TePnbA4u-_I/AAAAAAAAAVU/-E_tNKv2HCw/s320/DSC02158.JPG" t8="true" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This is my favourite design in terms of the concept. I think this is because it was my first sketch/idea for the bird theme and it made me persue the route of illustrating birds for my playing cards. The heart slightly overlaps the beak which I didn't want it to originally, but I like the effect of having a colour printed over black. The little lines around the Hummingbird aren't really meant to be there; I think I scratched them onto the plastic to retain the mess I made when painting the original sketch. These now just look like motion lines which is rather effective, although I also still like the thought of the bird being captured in a split second motion.</span></div>blondiewondiexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17178114288700438910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370023048307260671.post-80681390102318762092011-05-30T18:57:00.000+01:002011-05-30T18:57:35.191+01:00The Processes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DbwxDHXy6sM/TePRGosVq9I/AAAAAAAAAUg/nhMoxS7eDio/s1600/DSC02305.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DbwxDHXy6sM/TePRGosVq9I/AAAAAAAAAUg/nhMoxS7eDio/s320/DSC02305.JPG" t8="true" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">A quick woodcut I made for the American project. If I had more time, this would have perhaps looked better reversed with the text and image as relief instead of being cut into the wood.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-otAqIKM8kt4/TePRuv9D-xI/AAAAAAAAAUk/v5SDGywpxdI/s1600/DSC02306.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-otAqIKM8kt4/TePRuv9D-xI/AAAAAAAAAUk/v5SDGywpxdI/s320/DSC02306.JPG" t8="true" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">4 wood cut symbols I made for the illustration with printmaking project. The symbols are to go on playing card designs so I made the 4 suits, 2 for printing in black and 2 for printing in red. I didn't use the best wood (pine) but I'm glad I chose to create these in wood so it added another print process that was not on the brief, but that I wanted to try. They could have been better, but I like the roughness of them. I didn't wish to edit my designs on Photoshop, so I welcomed any imperfections. Perfection ain't my business.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wF0bxtfIcJs/TePUEaf1q9I/AAAAAAAAAUo/PMRuiPWA-KM/s1600/DSC02308.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wF0bxtfIcJs/TePUEaf1q9I/AAAAAAAAAUo/PMRuiPWA-KM/s320/DSC02308.JPG" t8="true" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">My lino prints I made for the illustration with printmaking projects. The lion was from an initial quick sketch I made while the other 2 are for my final prints. Looking at these now, I could have made more relief prints using this technique but I was happy with the results and made several prints for my development. I also did lots of monoprinting, mainly at home, which are in my sketchbook if not on my blog! I really enjoyed using the lino and it's something I want to continue doing over the summer and hopefully into next year as well. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O6v-lZfSAn4/TePUyJhh2bI/AAAAAAAAAUs/8htsEtJ8mkQ/s1600/DSC02309.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O6v-lZfSAn4/TePUyJhh2bI/AAAAAAAAAUs/8htsEtJ8mkQ/s320/DSC02309.JPG" t8="true" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #666666;">Lino cuts I made for the American project. I made the words 'American Illustration' for the title of my magazine cover. I <span style="background-color: white;">was looking forward to using lino to create text as I had come across a few artists in my research who use lino to make text and it looked really fun and effective.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vgkSVyJc1xY/TePVoxwGQvI/AAAAAAAAAUw/AahdolZuHpM/s1600/DSC02310.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vgkSVyJc1xY/TePVoxwGQvI/AAAAAAAAAUw/AahdolZuHpM/s320/DSC02310.JPG" t8="true" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">A drypoint I made for Friday's module from a quick initial sketch. It is a shame the squirrel is missing his foot!! And also that he is grey. I will have to draw a red one next time! (Y) </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-onJLY_k5f6g/TePWk19VqdI/AAAAAAAAAU0/yhlVZx4ZGU0/s1600/DSC02311.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-onJLY_k5f6g/TePWk19VqdI/AAAAAAAAAU0/yhlVZx4ZGU0/s320/DSC02311.JPG" t8="true" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #666666;">Drypoint for my final print of a Mockingbird for the Joker card. I was pleased that I managed to get from a painting I made with matchsticks to plastic prints.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mrVmfYB4ixQ/TePXUavq1wI/AAAAAAAAAU4/WZ2ac_5E80E/s1600/DSC02313.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mrVmfYB4ixQ/TePXUavq1wI/AAAAAAAAAU4/WZ2ac_5E80E/s320/DSC02313.JPG" t8="true" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Drypoint of my Hummingbird for the Ace of hearts card. This was the first bird drypoint I made. I started to scratch the heart into this as well, then I realised I wanted to print the heart in woodcut so I had to trim the top bit of plastic off. This shows on the final print because of where the plastic was pressed, but I don't mind it looking a bit rough as I'm sure I have said already!</span></div>blondiewondiexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17178114288700438910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370023048307260671.post-14625458567754143762011-05-30T14:10:00.000+01:002011-05-30T14:10:17.154+01:00Hindsight exhibition 2011<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9MwpEEjTsRY/TeOWry6XPMI/AAAAAAAAAUc/ffUaDsQP_Go/s1600/hindsight.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9MwpEEjTsRY/TeOWry6XPMI/AAAAAAAAAUc/ffUaDsQP_Go/s640/hindsight.JPG" t8="true" width="452" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I have not listened to this song/album in oh so long!! I don't think this is the official video, but it's actually rather cool. It has elements of Beautiful Losers in it, such as Shepard Fairey, drawing on trains, skating, and even a skating policeman?!</span>blondiewondiexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17178114288700438910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370023048307260671.post-4495229945818267152011-05-27T15:03:00.000+01:002011-05-27T15:03:52.891+01:00New York time lapse<iframe frameborder="0" height="224" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/18554749?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&autoplay=1" width="398"></iframe><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The most impressive time lapse video I have seen. Definitely worth a watch! The music goes with it beautifully and actually makes me feel quite emotional. I love all the cars, people and aeroplanes. The American project might be over soon, but I cannot wait to go there one day. </span>blondiewondiexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17178114288700438910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370023048307260671.post-48501758147884694202011-05-27T14:25:00.000+01:002011-05-27T14:25:47.834+01:00Things to do<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dhW3_tD7miY/Td-l9pVNmmI/AAAAAAAAAUU/dTMwxiV-eVk/s1600/to+do009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dhW3_tD7miY/Td-l9pVNmmI/AAAAAAAAAUU/dTMwxiV-eVk/s320/to+do009.jpg" t8="true" width="311" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xfnQy4gNHSE/Td-mHyKrlsI/AAAAAAAAAUY/shRUkyt8hlg/s1600/to+do010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xfnQy4gNHSE/Td-mHyKrlsI/AAAAAAAAAUY/shRUkyt8hlg/s320/to+do010.jpg" t8="true" width="313" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Better get crackin' like!!</span></div>blondiewondiexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17178114288700438910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370023048307260671.post-83839332724338497752011-05-26T21:35:00.001+01:002011-05-27T12:53:46.419+01:00London<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BaaWGaLPEUI/Td64EX1FOAI/AAAAAAAAAUI/9fggRhXcmo8/s1600/bells.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BaaWGaLPEUI/Td64EX1FOAI/AAAAAAAAAUI/9fggRhXcmo8/s320/bells.jpg" t8="true" width="212" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Round the back of the London Graphic Centre is this rather spectacular lettering depicting lines from 'Oranges and Lemons'. It caught my eye because it is so large and continuous and colourful. Another passer by also stopped to take a photo, resulting in the acknowledgement of a shared moment :) </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EosezhsbjBg/Td64J-p6LII/AAAAAAAAAUM/tYsJ-GFe6d4/s1600/plug.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EosezhsbjBg/Td64J-p6LII/AAAAAAAAAUM/tYsJ-GFe6d4/s320/plug.jpg" t8="true" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">A giant plug socket in the Carnaby Quarter!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v_OMXbDGhGQ/Td64Nf0sJrI/AAAAAAAAAUQ/RTJA53CkCTk/s1600/sb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v_OMXbDGhGQ/Td64Nf0sJrI/AAAAAAAAAUQ/RTJA53CkCTk/s320/sb.jpg" t8="true" width="212" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Walking along Southbank, I noticed this building under construction which I haven't seen before. If anyone knows what it is let me know!!</span></div>blondiewondiexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17178114288700438910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370023048307260671.post-82124257846436852512011-05-26T21:27:00.000+01:002011-05-26T21:27:20.606+01:00Printmaking project<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dH1aFLceD0E/Td6w1mrFPLI/AAAAAAAAATs/xOgH6BEpgHg/s1600/DSC01843.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dH1aFLceD0E/Td6w1mrFPLI/AAAAAAAAATs/xOgH6BEpgHg/s320/DSC01843.JPG" t8="true" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Final dry point design for my ace of hearts, minus a few details and it needs trimming down</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-06CH4IciVv0/Td6xvwK-F4I/AAAAAAAAATw/8_7Ge2_4Va8/s1600/DSC01844.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-06CH4IciVv0/Td6xvwK-F4I/AAAAAAAAATw/8_7Ge2_4Va8/s320/DSC01844.JPG" t8="true" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Final dry point for my joker card</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-g41AQF6e1GU/Td6yNoOrqvI/AAAAAAAAAT0/F7OmUOABQsE/s1600/DSC01846.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-g41AQF6e1GU/Td6yNoOrqvI/AAAAAAAAAT0/F7OmUOABQsE/s320/DSC01846.JPG" t8="true" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Lino for my King card - the final version is currently drying as I added the woodcut diamonds to it today</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KWQ7InGG0QQ/Td6yk-K_CjI/AAAAAAAAAT4/SRZCC_fRLDw/s1600/DSC01847.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KWQ7InGG0QQ/Td6yk-K_CjI/AAAAAAAAAT4/SRZCC_fRLDw/s320/DSC01847.JPG" t8="true" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">How I want my final ace of spades to turn out! I need to print another one tomorrow that has the same consistency of ink all over using the correct pressure on the press</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TqQ-qEC7sfw/Td6zC6ygroI/AAAAAAAAAT8/pLGAxgJurBs/s1600/DSC01848.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TqQ-qEC7sfw/Td6zC6ygroI/AAAAAAAAAT8/pLGAxgJurBs/s320/DSC01848.JPG" t8="true" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Playing with the photocopier making my bird prints similar to the images used in The Courteeners' album art</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YD47_1NpNPI/Td6zfLD9-7I/AAAAAAAAAUA/tKEvSIBFlGc/s1600/DSC01849.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YD47_1NpNPI/Td6zfLD9-7I/AAAAAAAAAUA/tKEvSIBFlGc/s320/DSC01849.JPG" t8="true" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Final monoprint for my Jack card. I need to add the spades!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NkBXZdMX3gc/Td60gQzcHiI/AAAAAAAAAUE/7lrY8dDfYKk/s1600/DSC01850.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NkBXZdMX3gc/Td60gQzcHiI/AAAAAAAAAUE/7lrY8dDfYKk/s320/DSC01850.JPG" t8="true" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Final monoprint for my 2 of clubs card, minus the clubs at present...</span></div>blondiewondiexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17178114288700438910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370023048307260671.post-60219805382573222792011-05-26T20:55:00.000+01:002011-05-26T20:55:40.732+01:00Coming to... an end of the American project<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hE26FbwbrHQ/Td6qOAse2EI/AAAAAAAAATU/hE91-RZZBrg/s1600/DSC01837.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hE26FbwbrHQ/Td6qOAse2EI/AAAAAAAAATU/hE91-RZZBrg/s320/DSC01837.JPG" t8="true" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Sketchbook page playing with type, celebrating American illustration</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RpfYEl1VF2k/Td6qvPquKBI/AAAAAAAAATY/kYQZtfqg-JY/s1600/DSC01838.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RpfYEl1VF2k/Td6qvPquKBI/AAAAAAAAATY/kYQZtfqg-JY/s320/DSC01838.JPG" t8="true" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Playing with the idea of plastic as advertised by many illustrations.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dVzDvVDAiU4/Td6rI_Z1RII/AAAAAAAAATc/Wd0jx5AQ998/s1600/DSC01839.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dVzDvVDAiU4/Td6rI_Z1RII/AAAAAAAAATc/Wd0jx5AQ998/s320/DSC01839.JPG" t8="true" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">First of a few self portraits. I wanted to have a person on the magazine cover for my final piece and I was the most readily available <span style="background-color: white;">subject and I knew what I wanted.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lPexIvZJiF8/Td6rp2FzFSI/AAAAAAAAATg/FrqI02mcAPs/s1600/DSC01840.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lPexIvZJiF8/Td6rp2FzFSI/AAAAAAAAATg/FrqI02mcAPs/s320/DSC01840.JPG" t8="true" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">People are always portrayed as being happy in more classic American illustrations, whether this is due to the painting being within an advertisement or just whether it aims to show people living a happy American way of life</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VGQgf1lIXUg/Td6sMjqO0sI/AAAAAAAAATk/G8eSl3863YQ/s1600/DSC01841.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VGQgf1lIXUg/Td6sMjqO0sI/AAAAAAAAATk/G8eSl3863YQ/s320/DSC01841.JPG" t8="true" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Lino cut for the title of the magazine. I wanted it hand rendered and I have wanted to try cutting type into lino since finding other examples in my research</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OhgRJXoQi1g/Td6spRD989I/AAAAAAAAATo/i0FpB6sm5ic/s1600/DSC01842.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #666666;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OhgRJXoQi1g/Td6spRD989I/AAAAAAAAATo/i0FpB6sm5ic/s320/DSC01842.JPG" t8="true" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Left: the painting to be used for the cover. I decided the use of a face is too common in Western society and it was very confrontatational. I didn't want to place emphasis away from the topic either.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Right: I realised after photocopying the painting that it looked better in a flat, printed format which eradicated my thoughts of hand making/printing/painting the cover. I scanned my painting and lino into Photoshop and created the layout for the magazine. I came across the issue of not having a barcode, but I didn't want it to look too much like something just there to be bought. If magazine covers are exhibited and shown, the barcode would not be shown.</span></div>blondiewondiexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17178114288700438910noreply@blogger.com0