Coronation Street (British Culture)

I have moved past my starting point of "Tea" slightly, mostly in fear of being stuck on the same theme for too long. I have started to look into other parts of the British culture - this design focusing on the TV dramas. The English have a huge interest in watching TV as part of their leisure time; I thought this would be an interesting topic to design around.

After doing some more artist research I found myself eager to gather the imagery I had collected and make the design fit - using what I already had, rather than searching for the right images. This way I am able to create a collection of contrasting images which I feel can often have the desired effect I am looking for.

I used photoshop in this design to piece together the imagery - this gives me the option to rearrange aspects of the image easily. What I would really like to focus more on in the next few designs is the concept of typography. I feel I am getting more involved with the image when it comes to this as finding the relevant language becomes a task in itself.

Teatime (British Culture)

I am starting to put more of a focus on certain motifs within my designs (As with these ones it would be the imagery of the "tea ladies"). I feel that this is the best way to continue working. When expressing a certain topic I am able to put the focus onto this motif and then work around the image to get a different design/perspective.

I am hoping to move forward from the "Tea" motif soon but feel I could always come back to it and make changes or build upon new ideas.

Now I will begin to focus on more British stereotypes/British Culture.

DIY is a Man's job

The idea behind these sets of images was the stereotype that men do the DIY around the house. It's an idea I wanted to test out with the materials I already had. 

I find this image worked very well as I like the style of photography and the abstract imagery of 'changing the lightbulb'.
This image has potential as it represents a message - however I feel it could have more to it. This is something I will look at in the future - where I could fit in typographic elements etc.

I tried adding in another background to the original image and also changing the colours - by doing this I was able to learn a few new skills which I can continue to look at in Photoshop. With these edits I find that the added background was maybe too busy and maybe took away a few elements from the image. Next time I can look at new elements and see how these work.

The British Home

I made these designs as a starting point with a few materials I already had. The idea behind the design was based upon the 'stereotypical english home'. By using key aspects of furniture, I was able to construct an interesting approach to this view.

With this piece I created a background into my sketchbook which represented the layout of a room - by using different papers - in a similar way to Richard Hamilton.

I used this time to simply try out working with what I already had. The images don't directly represent the British culture in the way I would like, however the process I used of selecting and editing really worked well and I will continue to work in this way. For the next images I will focus on a more stereotypical aspect to see whether I can make the image fit in the same way.