For this exercise, I am going to develop some new images from the photos and sketches I did whilst walking my route for exercise 3.0. I’m going to note down some words that describe the qualities I want to express in my new images. I am going to communicate how each image reflects on my chosen word using composition, colour, marks, materials, and textures. I am going to be trying out a new medium, this being my Wacom Cintiq graphics tablet as I would like to incorporate actual photography into some of the images.

My chosen photos:

Next, I decided to go through each of my chosen images and choose the word I wanted to use to describe the qualities I want to express in my image, I also wanted to give a reason for each chosen word.

My Chosen Words:

1. Cigarette = Multiple

I chose the word Multiple for Cigarette as they were strewn around everywhere! There are so many of them so I thought Multiple would make sense and give me some interesting outcomes.

2. Garden Door = Unique

I chose the word Unique for Garden Door as this is the only interesting door that I have spotted on Meads Street, and in contrast to the wall next to it, I think it really stands out.

3. Park = Sparse

I chose the word Sparse for Park as everything in the parks including the light posts, trees, branches, and paths all seem so far away from each other and at a similar distance.

4. Dog Waste Bin = Bold

I chose the word Bold for Dog Waste Bin as in comparison to the green grass and brown earth the colour is very dramatic and vibrant… or bold!

5. Traffic Bollard Lights = Dark

I was going to choose the word Light for Traffic Bollard Lights as (quite self-explanatory) they are bright in comparison to the rest of the image so I decided to try something new and go for the word Dark instead as my image will be more interesting.

6. Post Box = Long

I chose the word Long for Post Box as (unlike in the previous image – Traffic Bollard Lights) I wanted to see if the word could still be normal in relation to the object but abstracted even more.

My ideas for each image (4 each) :

1. Cigarette = Multiple

2. Garden Door = Unique

3. Park = Sparse

4. Dog Waste Bin = Bold

5. Traffic Bollard Lights = Dark

6. Post Box = Long

My process for each image:

1. Cigarette = Multiple

2. Garden Door = Unique

3. Park = Sparse

4. Dog Waste Bin = Bold

5. Traffic Bollard Lights = Dark

6. Post Box = Long

My Final Images:

1. Cigarette = Multiple

2. Garden Door = Unique

3. Park = Sparse

4. Dog Waste Bin = Bold

5. Traffic Bollard Lights = Dark

6. Post Box = Long

Evaluation of experience:

• How did your images evolve as you focused on your adjectives?

I feel as though my images evolved when focussing on my adjectives. I started by relooking at my original images and saying the adjective over and over in my head and when I had thought of 4 ideas I then went on to the next image etc. I then relooked again at each of my 4 images for each adjective and chose 1 image each that I wanted to develop further.

• Which compositions and interpretations best convey your adjective?

I am torn between Cigarette = Multiple and Dog Waste Bin = Bold because both really seem to convey the adjectives the best. The Cigarette image has a pattern of ‘multiple’ cigarettes throughout, but the Dog Waste Bin is quite obviously ‘bold’ so when I relook at both together I would choose for the Dog Waste Bin to covey the adjective the best.

• How did you use photographic reference in the process of developing your original sketches?

I used photographic references in many different ways for each of my images. So for Cigarette, Garden Door, Park, and Post Box I used the photograph as a literal reference for me to remember what the items and objects from each image look like so, I can recreate them accurately, but for Dog Waste Bin and Traffic Bollard Lights, I actually incorporated the photographs into the actual image and then illustrated over them.

• How did you enjoy the process of building upon your sketchbook work?

It’s interesting to see how my images develop over time from my initial sketches in my sketchbook to final pieces (when I say final pieces of course a few of them aren’t fully completed as I would prefer to add more detail or make the design neater). It’s also interesting to see how my ideas change as I create, for instance on the Post Box one my initial idea was for the post box to be a lot longer and more ‘worm-like’ than it actually turned out but when I started creating the design on my drawing tablet I realised that it was going to be a lot harder than I thought so I changed my idea so that I could still make the post box ‘long’ but without too many loops involved. Unfortunately, when I look at this design now I realise that it doesn’t really scream ‘long’ but more ‘loop’. If I was to go back and redo an of the designs it would be this one, and I would probably go with one of my other initial ideas, maybe even the one that is just literally a long post box.