Joiners / Kevin Meredith

Kevin Meredith's work...

Kevin Merediths work is done by taking separate pictures of people and joining them all up making a joiner effect to his work and kind of linking to the idea of exquisite corpse in the way it is done by sections. I like the look of his work and think it looks and works really well so I have looked into his work and tried to respond to his work in a way that they link but yet are different. I did a shoot outside and one in the studio to see how this would differ. I like how mine have come out. I created these by putting them into photoshop and lining them up to make my separate images into one. If I was to do this again I would try to get the lighting more of the same and accrete. Also if i wanted to use this sort of technique for a final piece I would do this sort of this and just add surreal elements to it in photoshop and I think this would work well. 

       My Responce...

Illustrator tools - Year 2

Multiple shape tool

I did this by selecting a shape but when I applied the shape to the page I held the button between the  'shift' button and the 'z' button and just simply dragged out the shape how i wanted. 

Blend Tool
First I just drew a straight line and a not straight line and selected them together. Then went to object on the tool bar and then went under the option blend then blend options and then you can select how dense you want the lines to be and how many you want. After you have selected what you want you can move the lines around to create a 3D looking shape.

Blur Tool

This tool was done by making the whole image blurry
which was done with a blur effect under the filter option
on the tool bar. Then using the rubber tool I went over 
the area that I wanted clear.

Surrealism photoshop workshop - Year 2

For this workshop the aim was to create your own surrealism image. We did this by doing thing like transforming the image, using the lasso tool the separate parts of the image, layers so we could layers images on top of each other and the blend mode to make the images on top of each other look better when they are put together. 

For my piece I made the face surreal by using the Lasso tool to select the facial features and moved them around on the face. After i chose a landscape and move the new surreal face on to the landscape background. I then played around with the opacity settings on the face then played around with the blend mode to make the face fit into the background more. 

   

Poster timeline - Year 1

1880
By Jules Chére
This poster is called 'Belle Epoque'. I think this poster is trying to attract women as in tis time women were not treated as equals so men would look at this poster and think it was rubbish as a women is the main part of the poster. This could be adverts


1890
By Champs Elysees
This poster is called 'Ice Palace'. I think this poster is also for something like a show as the woman is very dressed up. This poster is colourful which maybe shows that it is about a good thing. 

1990

Presentation techniques - Year 1

Some types of presentation techniques: 

• Flat wall mount 

Work that is mounted directly onto the wall using a simple method, string, wire, sticky pads or velcro.

• Float mount

This method is one that i good for work with materials like wood and foam board. It is like flat wall mounting but fitted for more 3D work or to make 2D work look more 3D like. 

• Wire and track hanging system

This method uses strong picture hanging cord or steel wire and a hook so then a piece a work will hang off of that and be displayed.

What presentation technique do I think would suit my work best?

If I were to present my final piece in something like a gallery I think I would use a wire and track hanging system as I think this would show my work clearly. This way it can be shown on a wall in a simple but effective way and I think this would work well compare to come of the other methods. I don't think I would be able to do a flat wall mount with my work and it wouldn't be as stable as my piece is a heavy piece and would be more stable hooked on to the wall instead of being stuck. The float mount would work but adds a shadow effect to a piece as its not fully stuck flat to the wall and the effect that the float mount gives off wouldn't look right with my piece in my opinion. By using the wire hanging system I think it will show my concept good as my work is about a dark place and uses dark colours and if it was to be hung up on a light colour wall like white it would make my work stand out a lot more than if it had a frame or mounting card around it.

Logo screen grabs - Year 1

Drug abuse research - Year 1

Article links:

• http://health.usnews.com/health-news/articles/2015/05/22/more-babies-born-to-mothers-addicted-to-pain-meds

• http://medicineabuseproject.org/stories/nobody-knew-how-bad-johns-addiction-was-until-it-was-too-late

• http://www.cbsnews.com/news/teens-drug-overdose-story-goes-viral-online/

General facts:

The average age of first experimentation with drugs is 13, and for alcohol it is even younger. 

Over 60 percent of admissions to emergency rooms are either directly or indirectly due to drug or alcohol usage.

Over 50 percent of all traffic accidents involve the use of drugs or alcohol, with many of these being fatal.

It is estimated that drugs and alcohol are a factor in at least 80 percent of domestic violence incidents.

Responses:

These are images I got from Pinterest when doing research. I like these images as they really shows the horrible effects of the theme 'Drug Abuse' and i think that is important to make people aware of the issue. These graphic images would make people think and they might not want to carry on from seeing things like this. I also like this from the reason u would want my graphic image and poster to show the message these images show.