Visual Language: 17th - 23rd October 2016

After receiving the brief, we each picked a random word to use as our stimulus. The word that I ended up with was 'rocket'. I was pretty happy with the word that I had been given. I felt that this had a lot of potential to make cool variations upon. First I googled the word to try and see any of the possible other ways that it could be interpreted other than the obvious, rocket ship. 

I found rocket leaf, rocket launchers, rocket raccoon, and many other ways of using the word, all of which I wrote down in my spider diagram before starting on anything else. I don't feel as though I have done all that many. I know that I do work slowly and this is something that I am trying to improve on. I attempt to work more impulsively and experimentally, without worrying about what the outcome may look like and just doing it anyway. 

One of my favorite drawings so far is the tonal Biro pen piece. I really like these line shading styles and the depth they can give so I was quite happy with my attempt at this style. I do feel that I could have done a better job with consistent proportions, perhaps I will create another space shuttle like this later in the book.

For the drawings I have left to do, I will also try to be more experimental and use different materials and techniques. I feel that I have been using pencil too much as this is my favorite practical media. I'll see what other techniques will help me achieve. I am making an effort to try and think outside of the box to come up with more inventive ways of thinking about 'rockets'.