About Me

“Being a Good artist is the toughest job you could pick, and you have to be a little nuts to take it on” -Charles Saatchi, founder of global advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi. I aspire to be as great and successful as him and hope that I can become somebody to be inspiring the way I am inspired by many great artists and designers. I am currently studying a BTEC National Diploma in Art and Design (Graphic Design) complemented with an A Level in Photography and I thoroughly enjoy this. It motivates me to continue on studying Graphic Design to gain new skills and expand my knowledge in the hope that this would help me fulfil my dream of becoming an Advertising Art Director. Art has always been a passion of mine from being a young child and I was taught the aesthetics of art from my Grandma. I have two younger siblings, ages 8 and 6 who keep me on my toes, so I find my Graphics work relaxes me. I enjoy taking photographs, spending time with friends, listening to music and reading books, autobiographies and articles. I also enjoy visiting galleries in the hope I can take away some inspiration with me. I am an outgoing person who is keen to have new experiences, travel and design.

Thursday, 20 January 2011

Current Work (Lloyds TSB Art Of Nurture)

This is a drawing I have sketched using fine-liner, for the LLoyds TSB Art Of Nurture Brief. This brief concludes of a set of quotes in which we are to create an image that would represent the quote. This idea would be to reflect the quote "We stretch ourselves". I chose to focus on the body and in particular looked at the moves gymnasts do and how they stretch their muscles to create different shapes. I plan on experimenting further with this image.
Here I used charcoal to sketch out a mother elephant and her infant. I felt this image would show "We succeed together" but more so "We take ownership" because the mother is holding her infant and playing her role as a mother. I feel in order for this to communicate the message more successfully I need to experiment more with the image and perhaps use more colour.
This was done using inks and water. I used a silhouette of a group of people in a rowing boat. This sport is quite strenuous and you have to work in a team for the boat to glide along the water. I felt this image gave a good representation to the Lloyds TSB quote "We succeed together". I would like to develop this further by digitally enhancing the image.