Charlotte Nixon
Mapping Project
Work Blog | Arts University of Bournemouth
The first project of first year, BaHons Illustration at AUB explored the city a lot of students were new too and allowed experimentation to take place. The final outcome was to be based individual interpretation of the area in some sort of mapping form.
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Drawing exercises consisting of studying a table full of random objects and then closing your eyes and sketching down whatever you can remember. The times of memorising and drawing gradually increased with the final study being just over 20 minutes. An interesting exercise with even more interesting results, the outcomes looking very abstract.
Memory Sketching
Primary Imagery
Photos taken for use of reference. Includes Bournemouth Seafront, Gardens and popular restaurants and bars.
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Week One | Five Minute Sketch (Pencil)
Week One | Five Minute Sketch (Pencil)
Week One | Twenty Minute Sketch (Pencil)
Week One | Five Minute Sketch (Pencil)
Life Drawing
Starting with an A2 landscape drawing in mid tone, I started layering the picture with large/med/small depictions of people, animals and vehicles.
The landscape was mapping certain areas of Bournemouth and by adding certain characters, I was beginning to create a new perspective and story.
Finally, the squares are ordered and text is added to create a random story out of the images. This workshop was a great way of taking an image and creating a whole new perspective of narrative.
Starting with an A2 landscape drawing in mid tone, I started layering the picture with large/med/small depictions of people, animals and vehicles.
First collaboration project with fellow illustrators, the task was set to make a map of certain areas of Bournemouth in smaller groups and then join the whole classes contributions together to make the completed city.
Our selected area was quite commercialised so we decided to illustrate the buildings, adding in pedestrians and road names to make a clear visual of the square.
Overall, this was a good introduction into starting to collaborate with other illustrators as you can use your individual strengths and join them to make a product you couldn't necessarily achieve by yourself.
First collaboration project with fellow illustrators, the task was set to make a map of certain areas of Bournemouth in smaller groups and then join the whole classes contributions together to make the completed city.
Feedback from a recent critique consisted of trying to strip back my drawings from black line and experiment with constructing images in a different way. I started playing around with a digital drawing of a shop front, focusing on creating an image through layering shape and colour and found the result to be quite successful in steering away from old habits and making a recognisable outcome. The buildings began to expand and the street was formed which could be a potential direction to explore for the map project; creating flat images of the fronts of iconic places around Bournemouth and making a map out of the images.
Street Illustrations
This workshop involved learning how to turn hand script into a digital vector, ready to be applied to images or to create a unique style of typography. I started by experimenting with different fonts and pens such as a sign writing markers and finer brushes; this process just involved trying out as many adaptations of the same word over and over to find one with the best potential.
Once scanned into Photoshop, I cleaned up the type and began playing around with colours to create an outcome of a more professional standard, ready to be paired with an image.
I then finished off experimentation by using the hand script I created with the vectors I have been creating to see if I could potentially use the type in my final outcome.
This workshop involved learning how to turn hand script into a digital vector, ready to be applied to images or to create a unique style of typography. I started by experimenting with different fonts and pens such as a sign writing markers and finer brushes; this process just involved trying out as many adaptations of the same word over and over to find one with the best potential.
A potential mapping outcome would be creating travel posters out of the locational vectors I previously created. I felt simplicity was key in keeping with the continuity of the pieces, such as with the minimal palettes and basic shapes, so I kept the titles simple (Futura) and clean with a balanced centre composition. Here are few examples of experimentation with factors such as scale, gradient, font and positioning. If I were to go with the poster route, these prints would potentially be printed off on an A3 scale and be a part of a series but could be displayed seperately.
Bournemouth
Posters
