http://victo-ngai.com/
Q&A:
http://victo-ngai.com/305166/q-a
Saturday 26 September 2015
Artist/Designer Research: John Lewis Inspiration
Research into these brands and the designers/illustrators behind them.
Also brands/shops such as Anthropologie (absolutely love)
August Art for Arthritis Research UK: Danielle;Present for her mum
A friend of a friend asked for a portrait of her and her mum for a birthday present. She gave me a reference photo and asked for it to be done in a similar media to the others; watercolour and pen.
Artist Research: Big Heads
Look over Big Heads videos for career/future inspiration etc:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL78i5MZE_znWHz1IzPqdFQ
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL78i5MZE_znWHz1IzPqdFQ
BLOGGERS
GIIZELE OLIVEIRA
INDIA ROSE
ALEALI MAY
CHARLOTTE GROENEVELD
MANSURGAVRIEL
https://instagram.com/mansurgavriel/
https://instagram.com/giizeleoliveira/
INDIA ROSE
https://instagram.com/indiaroseco/
ALEALI MAY
https://instagram.com/alealimay/
CHARLOTTE GROENEVELD
https://instagram.com/thefashionguitar/
MANSURGAVRIEL
https://instagram.com/mansurgavriel/
MAGAZINES
I-D MAGAZINE
http://i-d.vice.com/en_gb
HI FRUCTOSE
http://hifructose.com/
ROOKIE MAG
http://www.rookiemag.com/
http://i-d.vice.com/en_gb
HI FRUCTOSE
http://hifructose.com/
ROOKIE MAG
http://www.rookiemag.com/
COMPETITIONS
DEUTSCHE BANK AWARDS fostering creative enterprise
https://www.db.com/unitedkingdom/content/en/deutsche_bank_awards_fostering_creative_enterprise.html
'At Deutsche Bank we believe that being able to articulate your vision within a professional context is an invaluable skill that can turn talent into career success. For 21 years, the Deutsche Bank Awards for Creative Enterprises have offered training to thousands of students in their final year of study, helping them develop business plans for life after art school.
15 winning individuals and groups will go on to receive £10,000 in start-up capital to realise their business plan, along with business training and a mentor - to support graduates in their first year as creative entrepreneurs.'
PREVIOUS WINNERS:
https://www.db.com/unitedkingdom/content/en/Deutsche_Bank_Awards_for_Creative_Enterprises_offer_business_boost_to_creative_graduates.html
https://www.db.com/unitedkingdom/content/en/deutsche_bank_awards_fostering_creative_enterprise.html
Artist Research: Damien Cuypers
I really want to start doing some quick weekly blog posts about current relevant topics, particularly focussing on fashion illustration. This is not 100% the road I want to go down but it is definitely something I love and have a massive interest for in my personal life (I may not dress fashionably but I love the art form, the design, and the theatrics involved!)
Here is one artist I looked at on my Tumblr which really inspires me to create some spontaneous and quick sketches to capture the fashion world using a colourful media -one that I don't use enough of - coloured crayon/pencil.
I was thinking of using this idea for some of my Studio Practice self set briefs... perhaps featuring a blogger (fashion/beauty/baking etc) on my own Tumblr every Sunday (for example). I would create a few quick illustrations for them based on their own photos from their blogs/instagrams and then do a small section on why I really like them, why they inspire me or why they inspire others etc! I thought this would be a really good idea for me as I do this anyway I just don't write it down! It would be a good platform to build up for collaborations as well if I could draw their attention to my work and they could be a great promotional tool! This generation uses social media to really empower individuals and self set up businesses to get a fan base and loyal customers etc or to just get your name out!
I am constantly inspired on apps such as Instagram and follow loads of individuals and brands that I absolutely love! I always am seeing things that I want to interpret through drawing so this would be a great opportunity for me to do this. If I set myself a saturday or sunday morning -say 8am till 12pm to research, draw and write up the blog post it means I can do it often and reliably and practice sticking to a schedule and time limit regularly. This wouldn't seem like much at the time however over the year it will add up and if I use my Tumblr to create a particular page for this project it means that I can seperate this project into its own social media spot!... drawing in a new audience (that of the bloggers/brands and the bloggers/brands themselves) and it may lead to other opportunities of collaborations with them as they use visual ques on their own social media to entice people to the creativity of their brands etc so they may love some drawn work!... if not it is still something that I will enjoy and won't take too much time away from my other projects if I just focuss one morning a week purely on this particular project!
Here is one artist I looked at on my Tumblr which really inspires me to create some spontaneous and quick sketches to capture the fashion world using a colourful media -one that I don't use enough of - coloured crayon/pencil.
I was thinking of using this idea for some of my Studio Practice self set briefs... perhaps featuring a blogger (fashion/beauty/baking etc) on my own Tumblr every Sunday (for example). I would create a few quick illustrations for them based on their own photos from their blogs/instagrams and then do a small section on why I really like them, why they inspire me or why they inspire others etc! I thought this would be a really good idea for me as I do this anyway I just don't write it down! It would be a good platform to build up for collaborations as well if I could draw their attention to my work and they could be a great promotional tool! This generation uses social media to really empower individuals and self set up businesses to get a fan base and loyal customers etc or to just get your name out!
I am constantly inspired on apps such as Instagram and follow loads of individuals and brands that I absolutely love! I always am seeing things that I want to interpret through drawing so this would be a great opportunity for me to do this. If I set myself a saturday or sunday morning -say 8am till 12pm to research, draw and write up the blog post it means I can do it often and reliably and practice sticking to a schedule and time limit regularly. This wouldn't seem like much at the time however over the year it will add up and if I use my Tumblr to create a particular page for this project it means that I can seperate this project into its own social media spot!... drawing in a new audience (that of the bloggers/brands and the bloggers/brands themselves) and it may lead to other opportunities of collaborations with them as they use visual ques on their own social media to entice people to the creativity of their brands etc so they may love some drawn work!... if not it is still something that I will enjoy and won't take too much time away from my other projects if I just focuss one morning a week purely on this particular project!
Saturday 5 September 2015
Professional Skills and Knowledge
Professional skills and knowledge that I want to continue to develop over the next 12 months:
(and how)
(and how)
Zine: Vagina Dentata
Vagina dentata (Latin for toothed vagina) describes a folk tale in which a woman's vagina is said to contain teeth, with the associated implication that sexual intercourse might result in injury, emasculation, or castration for the man involved.
My friend Jasmine has launched a new project, called @vaginadentatazine. Dedicated to Sci-Fi & Fantasy Females, Issue 001 will be coming in 2016. 🚀
They launched their feminist zine 'Vagina Dentata' at Ditto.
It consists of portraits taken of inspirational women that Yasmine Akim knows on a personal level, the photo-zine also involves written reflections on their lives and the freedom manifest within radical expression.
My friend Jasmine has launched a new project, called @vaginadentatazine. Dedicated to Sci-Fi & Fantasy Females, Issue 001 will be coming in 2016. 🚀
On the 4th Sept they got their first feature on Dazed & Confused Magazine and were ecstatic! Stating - A big thank you to @dazedmagazine & @ashleighkane 💚
They launched their feminist zine 'Vagina Dentata' at Ditto.
It consists of portraits taken of inspirational women that Yasmine Akim knows on a personal level, the photo-zine also involves written reflections on their lives and the freedom manifest within radical expression.
You can follow the zine over on Tumblr and Instagram at @vaginadenta
tazine 💌
I have been contacting Jasmine about getting involved with producing any illustrations for the zine.
She responded: 'That'd be amazing, I'm running it alongside as my fmp, so am officially starting physical work on the first print issue end of September and will be doing like a call for submissions around the start of October, so I'll message you around them if that's alright? It'd be amazing to feature some of your work!' So I will be keeping that in mind for in a couple of weeks time.
Her Zine's Instagram has also been mentioned on Dazed and Confused Magazine:
http://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/26240/1/follow-these-zines-on-instagram-for-some-serious-eye-candy-follow-fridayThursday 3 September 2015
Henry Darger
http://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/7701/henry-darger-in-the-realms-of-the-unreal
STUDIOS
Research and contact:
POKED STUDIO
http://www.pokedstudio.com/blog/
POKED STUDIO
POKEDSTUDIO is an international illustration, design and animation studio based in Cardiff, UK. Founded by illustrator Jonathan Ball who has built a reputation for wacky and non-conformist character designs, intricate worlds and edgy video graphics.
At POKEDSTUDIO we can happily work with 3D, vector and hand drawn imagery.
At POKEDSTUDIO we can happily work with 3D, vector and hand drawn imagery.
We create characters, illustrations, animations, adverts, packaging designs, logos display fonts, game concept design and storyboards
pokedstudio is represented by illustration agents / USA & Canada / Mendola Reps 212 986 5680
Holland / Shop Around 31 (0) 6 543 359 54 - Australia and South East Asia / Red Ape 61 414 964 108
Holland / Shop Around 31 (0) 6 543 359 54 - Australia and South East Asia / Red Ape 61 414 964 108
CLIENT LIST
Brands
MTV, BBC, Sony, Playstation , Microsoft, Nickelodeon, Doritos, Channel 4, Fight My Monster, Mattel, Disney, Sprett, Sainsbury's, LBS, Britvic, National Library Wales, Brooks, Affinity, CFDT, Annabellecandy, Mofi, Rijo, Burger King, McDonald's, Hewlett Packard, Rossignol, Tiger beer, Ubuntu, Apoteket, Odwalla, Jumbo Dairy, Trend Micro, Activision, Argos, Atari, o2
Agencies
Sattchi & Sattchi, Proximity London, Sequence, Preloaded, Zodiak, Phenonemon, Love creative, CHI&Partners, Bowden Smyth, Banner, Landor, The Gild, Passion Pictures, Ogilvy & Mather, Leo Burnett, BBDO, Wieden Kennedy, TBWA Paris
Publications
Computer arts, Digit, .NET, Creativity Magazine, Popular Mechanic, FHM, Stuff, Men's Health, Vrij Nederland, 3D world, 3D arts, Super Modified, illustration Now Vol 4, Big Book of Illustration Ideas, FRRRESH, 3D Creative, Fast Company magazine, Art of Blender
Others
Project gooseberry, Haribo ( band ), Big Gigantic
Selected exhibitions
Pictoplasma - animations screenings - April 29-May-3 2015 - Berlin
Sho Gallery - we eat pixel dust - July 2014 - Cardiff
Mediatheque Noisy-le Sec near - video game art - 2014 - Paris
Penarth Pavillion- 2014 - Cardiff
Gallery la fayette - Make feet beautiful - 2009 - Paris
Digital artists award - 2009 - London
Rasterizing - 2009 - Glasgow
http://www.pokedstudio.com/blog/
AGENCIES
Research and Contact:
DUKE STUDIOS
Duke studios is an open collaborative space in the City Centre of Leeds. With a company motto of people first, business second, Duke is not your usual work space provider. Based around a co-working model, Duke Studios provides a range of workspaces, creative services and facilities.
http://duke-studios.com/about-us
CENTRAL ILLUSTRATION AGENCY
The Central Illustration Agency is one of the 'world's leading resources for the very best in contemporary commercial art and interactive motion graphics'. Based in the heart of london, CIA represent a strikingly diverse group of illustrators from all over the world working with advertising, design and publishing industries.
http://centralillustration.com/
ILLUSTRATION WEB
Illustration Ltd represents some of the 'world's finest illustrators'. Browse by illustrator, animator or style or through agents.
List of agents:
http://www.illustrationweb.com/Contact.aspx
http://www.illustrationweb.com/
DUKE STUDIOS
Duke studios is an open collaborative space in the City Centre of Leeds. With a company motto of people first, business second, Duke is not your usual work space provider. Based around a co-working model, Duke Studios provides a range of workspaces, creative services and facilities.
http://duke-studios.com/about-us
CENTRAL ILLUSTRATION AGENCY
The Central Illustration Agency is one of the 'world's leading resources for the very best in contemporary commercial art and interactive motion graphics'. Based in the heart of london, CIA represent a strikingly diverse group of illustrators from all over the world working with advertising, design and publishing industries.
http://centralillustration.com/
ILLUSTRATION WEB
Illustration Ltd represents some of the 'world's finest illustrators'. Browse by illustrator, animator or style or through agents.
List of agents:
http://www.illustrationweb.com/Contact.aspx
http://www.illustrationweb.com/
Portraits: Animalistic
As part of my dissertation project I really want to explore how creating art that makes people look slightly animalistic disturbs us (well at least disturbs us in western society). I have started experimenting with portraits based on photographs of girls looking natural but looking straight at the camera as I think this really confronts the viewer with the emotional reaction directly - as if coming across this human in the wild/real life/face-to-face.
I love it when you go camping or walking etc and you start to loose touch with your usual inhibitions... weeing in the woods, fields, not showering if there's no washrooms - just washing your face hands and feet, swimming in rivers getting muddy, sitting on the ground and sleeping on the ground, cooking with limited utensils, spending ages getting a fire going, playing and being imaginative and creative with the nature around you. Things that would mostly never be acceptable in your normal day-to-day living but yet are so natural to human beings.
I really want to explore our links with animals and how and why we have as a society seperated ourselves so much from our natural interactions with the world. We don't even look up at the sky half the time.
Books such as Lord of the Flies, programmes such as Island with Bear Grylls* and films like The Beach and Wild encounter this issue of our animal tendencies (in my opinion not just tendencies... we are all part of the animal kingdom really)... either warning us against it or just exploring it. I think people really worry that embracing animalistic ways means no rules and no order... but that is something the animal kingdom is absolutely full of.
For this project I want to explore the huge parts of life that link us despite our want of separation. The rawness of the animal kingdom is something artists also embrace; the raw truth behind our actions and behaviours. Art shows us our truth- the truths we usually avoid or don't face. But why don't we want to face them? The interesting thing about cultures and societies is our rituals; every animal and human is born, mates, and dies... and we all have rituals around this allowing us to continue and cope with celebration and loss so that it doesn't overwhelm us but lets us continue with survival of ourselves and our genes etc. Religions and other folklaw/tribal rituals do this. We face whats happened and move on. But gods and the spirits give us hope, give us a reason and an explanation. They allow us to continue surviving without driving ourselves crazy. I want to see what the rituals in the animal kingdoms are- if they too do this or if this is what defines us. I also want to explore the influence of animals as gods and spiritual motifs, and why those particular animals have been used? Throughout history we have been learning from animals and even chosen them as our gods. In today's society I think we need to respect and embrace these links in order to make people happier.
Working 9-5 sat in an office or school where you cant see a sky, the earth, or a plant (maybe just one cactus etc haha) then getting a stuffy train home, back to a closed in house and then perhaps to a boxy pub. No wonder people are getting so depressed. At least some people do this and get some social interaction with the other people around them, but what about those that don't. I really don't see the way a lot of people live there lives as a recipe for success based on our social and natural values that we have evolved to live with- being part of a collective society helping and being helped by others, working with the earth, with animals, gathering and collecting, being active and tactile with our environment. There's a reason you feel better after a run, and there's a reason you feel depressed and bored in the classroom/office room. It isn't natural for human beings to be sat on a computer all day.
I will be exploring and investigating the key themes that connect us all in the animal kingdom and the reasons for societies separation to this world.
* http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a593770/the-island-with-bear-grylls-to-feature-men-and-women-in-two-shows.html#~pneOgYvB7vagDD
I love it when you go camping or walking etc and you start to loose touch with your usual inhibitions... weeing in the woods, fields, not showering if there's no washrooms - just washing your face hands and feet, swimming in rivers getting muddy, sitting on the ground and sleeping on the ground, cooking with limited utensils, spending ages getting a fire going, playing and being imaginative and creative with the nature around you. Things that would mostly never be acceptable in your normal day-to-day living but yet are so natural to human beings.
I really want to explore our links with animals and how and why we have as a society seperated ourselves so much from our natural interactions with the world. We don't even look up at the sky half the time.
Books such as Lord of the Flies, programmes such as Island with Bear Grylls* and films like The Beach and Wild encounter this issue of our animal tendencies (in my opinion not just tendencies... we are all part of the animal kingdom really)... either warning us against it or just exploring it. I think people really worry that embracing animalistic ways means no rules and no order... but that is something the animal kingdom is absolutely full of.
For this project I want to explore the huge parts of life that link us despite our want of separation. The rawness of the animal kingdom is something artists also embrace; the raw truth behind our actions and behaviours. Art shows us our truth- the truths we usually avoid or don't face. But why don't we want to face them? The interesting thing about cultures and societies is our rituals; every animal and human is born, mates, and dies... and we all have rituals around this allowing us to continue and cope with celebration and loss so that it doesn't overwhelm us but lets us continue with survival of ourselves and our genes etc. Religions and other folklaw/tribal rituals do this. We face whats happened and move on. But gods and the spirits give us hope, give us a reason and an explanation. They allow us to continue surviving without driving ourselves crazy. I want to see what the rituals in the animal kingdoms are- if they too do this or if this is what defines us. I also want to explore the influence of animals as gods and spiritual motifs, and why those particular animals have been used? Throughout history we have been learning from animals and even chosen them as our gods. In today's society I think we need to respect and embrace these links in order to make people happier.
Working 9-5 sat in an office or school where you cant see a sky, the earth, or a plant (maybe just one cactus etc haha) then getting a stuffy train home, back to a closed in house and then perhaps to a boxy pub. No wonder people are getting so depressed. At least some people do this and get some social interaction with the other people around them, but what about those that don't. I really don't see the way a lot of people live there lives as a recipe for success based on our social and natural values that we have evolved to live with- being part of a collective society helping and being helped by others, working with the earth, with animals, gathering and collecting, being active and tactile with our environment. There's a reason you feel better after a run, and there's a reason you feel depressed and bored in the classroom/office room. It isn't natural for human beings to be sat on a computer all day.
I will be exploring and investigating the key themes that connect us all in the animal kingdom and the reasons for societies separation to this world.
* http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a593770/the-island-with-bear-grylls-to-feature-men-and-women-in-two-shows.html#~pneOgYvB7vagDD
Henley-on-Thames: Street Art
On the hunt for street art in this small middle class town is a bit of a challenge...
My findings so far:
Not too expressive of the youth in this society but more of a wannabee bansky thought provoking statement by someone wanting to push their own boundaries... but still in a suburban, respectable and safe way? Basically just not that shocking or imaginative haha but a good start.
Also liking the 'NO!' at the bottom. Henley youth has no chill.
My findings so far:
Not too expressive of the youth in this society but more of a wannabee bansky thought provoking statement by someone wanting to push their own boundaries... but still in a suburban, respectable and safe way? Basically just not that shocking or imaginative haha but a good start.
Also liking the 'NO!' at the bottom. Henley youth has no chill.
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art: China: Through the Looking Glass.
Both my sister and I absolutely adored this exhibition. It was both the way the garments were presented within the exhibition itself; alongside videos giving contextual reference and the original pattern inspirations alongside the designers work. It was so good to see this link between the inspiration and the catwalk garment. I love history and I think it's great to be presented with the co-operation between the influences of the Chinese aesthetics on Western fashion and how this country has fueled the creative imagination for centuries.
This collaboration between The Costume Institute and the Department of Asian Art combines high fashion with Chinese costumes, paintings and porcelains. The dress below was absolutely stunning and the craft behind it was breath taking, as was with all of the other incredible garments, however this one in particular stood out because of the juxtaposition with the heavy but precious material (porcelain) used and the function of a dress - however this was definitely a work of art rather than a functional garment to do the shopping in! It really played with the inspiration behind the design by using actual pottery - not just the painted design used on pottery- embracing the work of art behind this chinese craft of the pottery itself.
The MET describes the exhibition:
'From the earliest period of European contact with China in the sixteenth century, the West has been enchanted with enigmatic objects and imagery from the East, providing inspiration for fashion designers from Paul Poiret to Yves Saint Laurent, whose fashions are infused at every turn with romance, nostalgia, and make-believe. Through the looking glass of fashion, designers conjoin disparate stylistic references into a pastiche of Chinese aesthetic and cultural traditions.'
'The exhibition features more than 140 examples of haute couture and avante-garde ready-to-wear alongside Chinese art. Filmic representations of China are incorporated throughout to reveal how our visions of China are framed by narratives that draw upon popular culture, and also to recognise the importance of cinema as a medium through which to understand the richness of Chinese history.'
This collaboration between The Costume Institute and the Department of Asian Art combines high fashion with Chinese costumes, paintings and porcelains. The dress below was absolutely stunning and the craft behind it was breath taking, as was with all of the other incredible garments, however this one in particular stood out because of the juxtaposition with the heavy but precious material (porcelain) used and the function of a dress - however this was definitely a work of art rather than a functional garment to do the shopping in! It really played with the inspiration behind the design by using actual pottery - not just the painted design used on pottery- embracing the work of art behind this chinese craft of the pottery itself.
The MET describes the exhibition:
'From the earliest period of European contact with China in the sixteenth century, the West has been enchanted with enigmatic objects and imagery from the East, providing inspiration for fashion designers from Paul Poiret to Yves Saint Laurent, whose fashions are infused at every turn with romance, nostalgia, and make-believe. Through the looking glass of fashion, designers conjoin disparate stylistic references into a pastiche of Chinese aesthetic and cultural traditions.'
'The exhibition features more than 140 examples of haute couture and avante-garde ready-to-wear alongside Chinese art. Filmic representations of China are incorporated throughout to reveal how our visions of China are framed by narratives that draw upon popular culture, and also to recognise the importance of cinema as a medium through which to understand the richness of Chinese history.'
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