Check out my board on pintrest - Black Beauty inspration, showing what black beauty is representing and what is inspiring me through portfolio development.
https://uk.pinterest.com/theedarkmatter/black-beauty-inspiration/
The unseen, the dominating, the blood, sweat and spit... THIS IS DARK MATTER! http://www.pinterest.com/theedarkmatter/
Saturday, 31 January 2015
KATARZYNA KONIECZKA
Photography, acrylics, ink, photomanipulation - Jarek Kubicki
One of my favourite magazines too look at is Dark Beauty. The magazine itself is about presenting dark glamour and elements of beauty in a non obvious way. One of the images that have spoken to me today is the works of Katarzyna Konieczka. Konieczka has created some interesting pieces like this collar that has the appeal of a corset. They have also create pieces that have a look of suffocating within their design which shows the essence of darkness.
The reason as to why this image has caught my eye is simple due to the combination as to how the photo has been edited. the photographer Jarek Kubicki has used photo-manipulation to an aspect that has made the photograph appear like a painting. Photo-manipulation is something that I personally love doing and loved discovering as there are multiple directions that you could go. Thus leaving the results endless.
The looks of the photo and the design shows emotion that has been captured by the black and white capture and by the empty look of the models face. The nudity in all of it's elements is one thing that i do love about this piece. As the collar has a slight bondagey feel to the look the nudity adds more to the look. And with the models expression slightly innocent it changes the emotion of the image, making it seem as though she is trapped.
I do love finding beautiful creations late at night and dark beauty is definitely one of the best places to snoop at and strongly recommend.
Sunday, 25 January 2015
Sunday, 18 January 2015
DESIGN DEVELOPMENT
The illustrations that appear on this board has been scanned into a mac and have been drawn over in illustrator. I decided to keep the sketchy look of the illustrations as they add a personal touch the design. I used the pen tool to create the outline which I then pasted into photoshop. And the same goes for the technical drawings that are placed on the board.
Instead of using block colour to fill in the illustration (giving the idea of what colours of the fabrics would be) I thought it would be more interesting to use fabric swatches to demonstrate the how the designs would look.
This was also useful to the illustrations as there wasn't much detail on the illustrations themselves. The detail was more in the patterns and the textures of fabrics. Cutting out certain parts of the fabric swatches for the illustrations made the board more quirky and more up to date. It also brought out the theme which was based on designed textures and corresponding patterns.
I am currently thinking of going back into my denim project and redoing the boards digitally as the process is a lot faster and the out come appears to be more professional. This would come in hand for portfolios and interviews.
Sunday, 11 January 2015
THE FALLEN
Film by Jason Ell
Starring Julia Oleynik
Showcasing A/W collections
Louis Vuitton
Damir Doma
Noel Stewart
AND MORE
2010
2010
Saturday, 10 January 2015
BLACK BEAUTY
Black Beauty is about bringing the beauty out of the darkness and showing what is hidden within it.
When I started this project I collected variations of imagery related to darkness, looking at imagery of witchcraft, insane asylums and vintage imagery of photographs of peoples families. I used this type of research as a starting point and placing them into a small A5 sized book with the imagery and slightly annotation explaining the image more than my thoughts. I also started to do some 'observational' drawings of a rams skull which was a starting point of the sketchbook. However the images that I had taken I have ended up using them as a central piece on the page and carried on drawing from the image, creating a new kind of feel to the original image.
Since I had a starting point I thought that I would do more contemporary research, using black and white photography as inspiration from the vintage feel that I capture in the small book. At this point I started to look at the likes of Philomena Famulok, Shin Kwang and Susula Roche. All three are very different from one another but all capture the same essence that could provide inspiration with my project. Looking at all of their work combined together is giving me a look on the darker side of things which makes it more challenging to find the beauty side which I love the idea of. It means that the outcome will be more challenging and more appreciated when it happens and I honestly can't wait to adventure into the beauty side of things.
SCARF IS FINALLY DONE
Here is my final outcome of the scarf that I was finally able to finish, And I managed to finish it right before Christmas.
The main purpose of me making this scarf was because the one that I wanted was roughly about £200 and came from america, so rather than spending that amount of money I decided to make one. And in total it cost me roughly £40 to make which saved me a lot of money.
The scarf is 50cm wide and 251cm long which is 2 and half meters long, the wool that I used is hayfields, chunky with wool. As I am 5ft9 this scarf sits just before my knee and it's quite thick. I genuinely love this scarf to bits and there isn't a day where I don't wear it. AND it's washer safe so I'm able to clean it and throw it into the washer machine when needed.
It has been at least a good while since I had last knitted and managed to forget how to cast on, off and everything in between. To reteach myself I was able to find a few links on youtube that I found quite helpful. Obviously there are some faults with the scarf like one end being wider than the other but these mistakes happen and you learn from that.
Currently I am wanting to do a thinner grey scarf with bigger stitching and thicker wool which would be interesting.
Link to the starting process -
Link to videos that helped me -
Casting on - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWJQvsZ6kT0
Joining on - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy__eVIDshE
Casting off - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIhhAM5MFbQ
Thursday, 8 January 2015
3 books 1 journey
My personal artwork is influenced by capturing what I feel at particular time. Most of it is captured when I'm down, through having anxiety attacks, the classic boyfriend break ups, family troubles. Everything and anything that could possibly get you down. And today I am going to show what the outcomes of these type of emotions, and how they influence my work.
My set for drawing usually entails me sitting in my room with just my lamp on and in my bed with a cup of tea. No music and no TV, just myself and my book. What ever I feel, what ever is going through my mind, happy or sad it goes straight in to my book. For the past two year I have done this and I have completed two books of my personal drawings. Some drawings are good and some are hard to look at but when I look through them now I find it fun to look like. It's almost like looking at a book of your life, a diary about your year, what you've done. A journey. My journey! And when I look at my work I feel like that I have traveled so far and it shows in my work.
There is no theme into what I create because it can go in any direction. The most material that I use is pen but every now and again I will choose water colour or pencil but again this depends on what I feel like using at the time. With the outcome of my drawings... Well that's not in my control. Half the time I don't start with an outline, I just put pen to paper and just do it. Anything I want is on that paper and the pen does what I want to do because the work is mine and mine only, I'm in control of the pen and it does what I want it to do. However sometimes when the emotions changes throughout the process of drawing, the outcome can change in itself. And that's why the some of the outcomes can have a slight mix of being gentle and being aggressive.
Keeping a book of what I have done is also a remind of how I have progressed as an artist, my progression on my skills. I am currently on my third book and I honestly can't wait for my journey with this third book. And I hope that you have enjoyed a little look at my work.
My set for drawing usually entails me sitting in my room with just my lamp on and in my bed with a cup of tea. No music and no TV, just myself and my book. What ever I feel, what ever is going through my mind, happy or sad it goes straight in to my book. For the past two year I have done this and I have completed two books of my personal drawings. Some drawings are good and some are hard to look at but when I look through them now I find it fun to look like. It's almost like looking at a book of your life, a diary about your year, what you've done. A journey. My journey! And when I look at my work I feel like that I have traveled so far and it shows in my work.
There is no theme into what I create because it can go in any direction. The most material that I use is pen but every now and again I will choose water colour or pencil but again this depends on what I feel like using at the time. With the outcome of my drawings... Well that's not in my control. Half the time I don't start with an outline, I just put pen to paper and just do it. Anything I want is on that paper and the pen does what I want to do because the work is mine and mine only, I'm in control of the pen and it does what I want it to do. However sometimes when the emotions changes throughout the process of drawing, the outcome can change in itself. And that's why the some of the outcomes can have a slight mix of being gentle and being aggressive.
Keeping a book of what I have done is also a remind of how I have progressed as an artist, my progression on my skills. I am currently on my third book and I honestly can't wait for my journey with this third book. And I hope that you have enjoyed a little look at my work.
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