I'm currently producing a small personal illustrative
publication. In my previous post I looked at the power of words and I wanted to
carry this into my work. I want the subject matter to be hard hitting and serve
a purpose, to move people. So I chose to work with the Ebola outbreak, it’s
something we are seeing in the news all the time but to us in the UK seems
worlds away. I found a wealth of information online of individual’s personal
accounts, people who have survived Ebola and those treating it, and I want
their raw real feelings to come across in my work, opposed to the statistics in
the news.
I have recently started writing so with this new found
passion I will be producing 3-4 poems surrounding the Ebola outbreak and
illustrating them. This I am then going to print into a small booklet as well
as posting on here. Sensitivity towards those affected, along with their
families is essential, the aim of this publication is to raise awareness and
understanding and not to exploit people in a vulnerable situation.
With the style of art used in the project I want to
challenge myself and find new methods of working. As I normally work with graphite
pencils, heavily focusing on shading techniques and my subject matter doesn't
normally have a lot of depth in terms of perspective. Below are some artists I
am going to be taking inspiration from and the techniques of producing art I
would like to try out.
Frank Miller - Black & White
Ben Rider - Screen Print
Gustave Caillebotte - Perspective
Georges Seurat - Pointillism
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