Front cover

Having printed off my front cover and looked at both that and the comic i have noticed that it is not the exact same colour background so i have changed this so that they are. Here is my final front cover,

Finished Comic

This is my final comic finished. I feel that the 2nd page is a little blank and the first page has a lot of text on.

sclupture

Once I had created my maquettes out of clay I then created a smaller sculpture out of chicken wire, newpaper and scrim with plaster.

 

Here are images of the chicken wire in the shape of a thumb, 1st finger and little finger. As the chicken wire alone isn't a sturdy structure to add the scrim and plaster to I have stuffed it with newspaper, this will aso help the plaster and scrim stick to the sculpture.

Here is a picture of the scrim and plaster I have to dip the scrim into the plaster and take off any access plaster. And below is a picture of my sculpture with the scrim and plast on. 

Here is my sculpture covered in the scrim and plaster drying but I'm not happy with the final texture so I am thinking of ways in which to cover it or change it. 

Front Cover

For my comic strip/story board needs to have a front cover and from my designs i have chosen to have my characters back to back as it shows the tension between the characters before seeing the story or knowing what it is about.

Here i have moved the characters round to get the positioning right and central and also the tex aswell. Also i have tried different colours for the background to see what looks best and which colour makes the characters stand out more. I have tried the colour that i have used on my comic strips.

I have decided to go with this bottom one.

Sample -

This is my sample of Weave / Peg Loom. I have tried to create something that resembles grass/moss and i thought that the .... would give the sample a 

Jo Hamilton

Jo Hamilton is a textile artist who creates portraits using crochet and they are amazing! I love how Jo leaves the threads to dangle from the crocheted image.

Sample - Applique

This is another sample of applique but from looking at the artist Rosie James. I have looked at a tigers pattern and added different materials to create the pattern and even cut out pieces of paper and sewn round some of the edges, also leaving the loose ends of the threads. If this sample was covered more then i would like it better but i do like this technique.

Sample - Rag Rugging

This is my sample of rag rugging and i dont like this technique as it take a lot of time and to create a decent sized piece that looks good takes a lot of planning.

Sample - Applique

This is my sample of applique although for the smaller pieces of fabric i have used the glue gun to apply them. I have tried to create some bark using similar colours and using the different colour layered up.

Sample - Felting

This is my sample of felting and i have tried to create a feather but it has not come out well. 

Sample - Crochet

This is my sample of crochet.

Sample - Mola work

These are my samples of mola work which i rather enjoyed doing. This first one i have done i have tried to create a zebra pattern. I like how this technique can have as many layers of any type of material, in this sample i have used 4 different types of material and i have also cut straight though all of them which also looks good. Also i have chosen to keep the edges rough rather than sewing round them to neaten them up.

This next one i have tries to create snakes skin and where i have cut all the way though and stuck in my book i have layed it over the fabric that looks like snakes skin and it looks off but works rather well.

With this sample i have used quilted applique on the odd few along with mola work to try and create scales. I dont like this sample as much.

Sample - Quilted applique and free machining

Looking at my research into human cells i decided to create something similar using stitch, the cell i was looking at was the bacterial cells called Staphylococcus aureus.

 By pinching the material on the reverse side and using a simple stitch to sew the material together i created the oval shapes. Once i had turned the material over i realized you could see the stitch and i didn't like it as it looks messy. I then remembered a technique i looked at a few years ago which was quilted applique and thought i could use this technique to create the ovals. After i had successfully attached and stuffed the fabric on i then used the free machine to sew on the lines about the ovals to make the sample look more like the image from my research. Here is the out come.

 I love how it has turned out and also i have left on the loose ends of the threads as they also add to the sample. The reverse side also looks good although by my picture you can not see as good.

Human skin close up

Here are some of the human cells that I have found and like because of their weird shapes

This is an image of an embryonic stystem cell.

This is a neuron and it forms the nervous system. The biggest part of this is the heart known as soma and the branches from this are called dendrites and axons.

This is a close up of a glial cell which is what your brain is made out of. 

This is a close up of the red blood cells.

These are improperly formed white blood cells that dont help the body they attack it 

Rosie James

Rosie James is a textile artist who uses applique and stitch using a machine. She creates everyday scenes for example this one of the couples walking down a high street.

I love how Rosie has left on the loose ends of the string that hasn't been sewed onto the fabric. Also I love how detailed her machine stitch work is of the figures, as you can se on this one below.

Here is a hand she has created in detail that looks amazing to say it has been done with a machine.

Skin

Images of Skin.

This is a microscope image of partial loaded with TGF-β.

This is a close up of human skin flakes.

This is an image of  Bacterial cells called Staphylococcus aureus.

Weave&Peg Loom

Weaving involves a warp and a weft thread and the easiest way to remember it is that weft sounds like left therefore the weft is the thread that goes from left to right and the warp is the one up and down. Weaving has become a mass production industry.
A textile impression has been found and indicates that weave has been around the paleolithic era.

A loom holds the warp threads and the weft threads are woven from one end to the other alternating the warp threads with the leavers. There are 3 basic weaves there's plain weave, satin weave and twill. You have the opportunity weave a decorative design which would need to be planned.


A contemporary artist who uses weave is Suki Russack. She creates tapestries of women with a double weave. A double weave is where there are 2 threads on both the warp and the weft that are woven to create an image.

Life Drawing

These are photos of my life drawing.

7th November

Using measurements and planning out parts of the body. These are done in pencil. At first I struggled getting all the proportions right but I found that the longer I had on one drawing the better and more accurate my drawings were.

7th January

Using measurements and planning out parts of the body.

14th January

10 Minutes

7 Minutes

5 Minutes

3 Minutes

1 Minute

30 Seconds

21st January
These drawing are done in charcoal and the more of these I did the better I became as the 4th and 5th picture shows better proportion of the body and better shading. 



 

4th February

Using only primary colour and mixing them on the paper. I didn't really like using this technique as we were only aloud to mix colours on the paper but I feel I was able to create some decent paintings.

11th February

Using any material. I have used paint, charcoal and oil pastels.

4th March

These drawings are drawn using a stick with charcoal taped to the end. This was rather difficult as we were about a metre away from my paper but it was a rather interesting technique to try and master. I feel the more I drew I the better I got but it was time consuming and it was difficult to try and get the lines exact.

Drawing with charcoal on a stick and shading by hand. This one looks better as I was able to make more of a solid shape using the shading.

11th March
I have drawn this one in pen and I love using pen as you can see the different types of mark marking.

 18th March

                  Here I have used pen and I love using       Here I have used pencil on the top

                  it especially with this technique.                drawing and pen on the bottom one

                                                                                      and this shows how the pen shows up

                                                                                      more on paper but I do like the 1st 

                                                                                      drawing better.

                   Here I have used oil pastels and I

                   don't like how they don't blend in.

1st April

I really like using this type of mark making as it can easily show shading.