Fish and Chips

I am analysing my surroundings everyday to see if there is any scrap images/typography I can use within my work.
Here I have collected newspaper headlines - stuck them into my notebook as a basis to an idea. I am starting to use paint mixed in with this so that I have that "mixed media" effect.

I really think this way of collecting "random" paraphernalia for my project is a successful way of working.

As the deadline is getting closer, and i am finding myself getting more and more flustered, I feel that I might run out of time to get all of my ideas down in a visual format. So i have decided that before I continue doing any more digital editing, I should get down as many collaged/visual images into my sketchbook - at least then I will have the body of work I hoped for. From that point I can then go back and edit these images easier.

I believe the process of digitally editing images in Photoshop takes up too much time and I should do this once I have a variety of works to choose from.

For the past few pieces I feel that I haven't really designed anything truly British.. so I intend to focus more on the traditionally British aspects from now on.

Playing In The Park

I am finding it difficult to incorporate typographic elements into my designs. This is something I am going to work on from now on.

Ideas I have had to help do this:

• find out statistics.
• photocopy passages about the topic.
• create my own fonts and use within the designs.

To help my project along I will also plan ahead and create my backgrounds for the next theme - giving the paints time to dry so I am able to work straight onto it.

Using the idea of having a main motif within my designs I begin to produce more detailed and interesting ideas. I am making more use out of my sketchbooks as I begin to build up ideas for each theme.

These images are of the British holiday culture: I want to use ideas such as tourism, photographs, Butlins and swimming. When making decisions about my next theme, I gather my imagery together and organise them into my sketchbook so I can then use these ideas many times.

I have decided to choose a theme for each time I am in the studio, so I will eventually have a diverse range of work available to choose from when it comes to printing my favourite for the final piece.

I believe that working in this way will work best and I really enjoy coming up with new, fun ideas. I plan to carry on working in this way.