Theory to practical understanding

Working in the six different areas (photography, fashion, textile's, 3D, graphics and fine art) has really enhanced my understanding of art and design. I think the best example of me looking at different theory s and then applying them would be in 3D. Before the start of this course I hadn't done any 3D before and I believe learning how to use the equipment and how to do different techniques has made me more interested in the subject.

Random and structured repeats are the main theories behind surface pattern and I have explored both. I prefer structured because I like uniform and I like the way patterns look. I found doing a random repeat hard because they always seemed to end up structured.  

Evaluation of my Research

I think the way I have researched is really effective because it has helped my development work and final pieces. From the gallery visits I looked in more detail at some art pieces and the artist. From this I looked at artist that have similar work or have been influenced by them and this gave me more ideas to develop. This then lead to other research such as different medias and seeing what worked the best.

I found this worked well for me because I really like the work I produced and I believe that having a starting point such as the gallery visits really helped me get ideas going in my head.  

The 50 practitioners is helping me with knowledge of artists and photographers and it provides a library of artist which i can go black to for further reference, influence and ideas. 

Photography in response to Dan Mountford (Final Pieces)

All of the image used to create this final outcomes I took. The eye series I think work really well together. The images inside the eyes are all different images of the sky. I think the fact that the eye is the only colour in the image really works because it makes the eye stand out and shows the viewer the colours and tones in the image overlapped with the eye. I don't think the eye images would have worked by themselves, I think there more noticeable and make more sense as a series of images.
The other series consistes of expiraments to see what kind of image works best with overlay. The image, in this series, which is the most effective in the image 2nd down from the top. I think this because the colours of the nature image are very subtle and they blend well together. The image isn't bold which I think works in its favour. The image below are my final pieces for this series because I found these worked better together.

Photographers

Dan Mountford

• Dan Mountford is based in Brighton, England.
• He is a freelance photographer and graphic designer.
• He is most known for his multiple exposure photography. He describes them as "a visual journey through our minds by calm and tidy means which the reality of everyday life does not show"
• All of his multiple exposure images are created only by the use of a camera, no Photoshop. 
• I find the fact that Dan Mountford only used a camera to create his images amazing. I like that the image are subtle and the viewer can find hidden things within the image. 
• For my photography project I'm going to take inspiration from his work because I find it amazing and very open for me to experiment. 
• Getting the following images from just the use of a camera must have been hard to create because the exposure wound have to be just right and the first image would have to have a white background. I have tried this in A-level and it was very trial and error.   

Matt Wisniewski

• Matt Wisniewski was born in 1990 in the Philadelphia.
• He is based in New York.
• He is most known for his surreal photography.
• He blends fashion photography and nature photography and creates new interesting, surreal photography pieces. 
• Matt Wisniewski's work and Dan Mountfords are very similar but Matt keeps more of the facial features most properly because its a fashion shot. His work is more easy to read whereas Dan Mountfords is more complicated to figure out the content of the two images. 
• I really like the use of nature in fashion photography because I think it gives the series a unique look compared to other fashion photography. 
• The ways that the nature image has been introduced into the fashion image is really interesting to look at and works really well. The two images look like they were made to fit into each other. 
• For example, in the image below her neck is used as a stream of water. Her neck has replaced the real stream, which brings in nature to the fashion image.

Final Fashion Pieces

These image above are for my gallery in a box. I believe the dresses work well together. I arranged the dresses in colour because I wanted to create different seasons. The 2nd image is for autumn and winter and the 4th is spring and summer. All the images used to create the dresses I produced and they are all related to nature.  

This is how the images were put in my gallery. 

Final Graphic Pieces

Net of Cigarette box 

Smoking Poster