the illustrated self

I've been thinking that whilst I thought the idea of using a self portrait is a little boring, it might be the easiest way to try and represent the connection between the aesthetic of results of much of my work and the methodology behind it. I really like these two drawings, which are an attempt to affect the same type of authentic abstraction upon a representation of myself as I usually do on a found object/environment/ scenario, through skewed perspective. I like them both and think they have the surreal element I'm trying to achieve, but the bottom one stands out to me, as it is much more disorientating.

They would definitely need developing if I was going to make either of them into a poster and at the moment I'm not really sure how I would do that, I like them as just drawings and wouldn't want to over work them, but as a poster I'm not sure they have enough presence as they are.

     























I saw this chair sat outside in the Liberty park courtyardy bit and thought it looked sort of out of place and strangely isolated and, as a result, worked as a great example of the kind of thing I'm attracted to in my work. There were also some really nice shadows around it and when I drew it, I decided to draw only the chair and shadows, leaving everything else out of the scenario, and I think the result is a nice image and quite interesting and puzzling in the right kind of way.

Here I've made an image which is similar, but a bit more bold and refined. I think this image is the first one I've made that is striking and will make the most out of being displayed as a large poster. I think I may try another view point because this one isn't that wierd, but I really like this combination of very bold shadows and actual three dimensional objects existing in the page with little to distinguish between them.

Although I think I probably will end up using something like this for my final poster, my only concern is that it isn't a piece of illustration about my creative process or work, it's more just an example of it. Hopefully that's ok though, I actually think that sometimes an example is the best way of explaining something. I might even go as far as to say that if you can translate the idea of an image back into words easily then it isn't as strong of a drawing as one which can only speak for itself. That's when you've truly made the most of whatever medium you may be working in. I'm not saying I've achieved that here, but it's what I'm aiming for I think.