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Related art/artist research

Photogram, the process of using items on a piece of photosensitive paper and shining a light on it, then using development chemicals to show strange after images of the items that were on the paper before hand.

Man Ray- was an american artist who was best known for his Photograms, his work relates to mine as I used the photogram process to create the basis for most of my final pieces. I used this to take images of my hands and edit them in photoshop to relate further to the quotes used with them.

X-ray art, the process of creating images using an x-ray machine.

This relates to my final pieces of work as they are fairly visually similar, utilising black and white to contrast against each other to allow the art to work very well and shows its context very clearly.

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Final Outcomes

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Final Products processes

For the basis of most of my products I used prints made in the dark room by using photosensitive paper and my hands to develop the background images.

Font Source: https://www.dafont.com/jmh-wolfa.font

After resizing the image I took an image of a butterfly and cropped the wing off, I then cut the severed wing into pieces. Changing the Hue so that all colour leaves the butterfly, it becomes a silhouette. Adding the text to the image required finding the font from Dafont.com and colouring keywords.

I began by creating a silhouette of a person raising their hands, I then used the pen tool to create a path and used the render-fire tool to create the fire coming out of his hands choosing the colour in the rendering options. Using the text tool to type the quote and colouring keywords.

Fire Rendering process: 

I took the original print and manipulated the finger to look crooked and as if it had been broken and didn’t heal properly. Again with the Text tool I typed the quote and coloured the keywords that relate to the theme or scene. 

I used one of the prints I made in the dark room and used the wand selector tool and outlined the hands in order to colour them brown in a new layer, then in another new layer that’s opacity has been lowered, using a black brush create shadow underneath the fingers. Again with the Text tool I typed the quote and coloured the keywords that relate to the theme or scene. 

Duplicate the background image, Apply high-pass filter to the duplicated layer, desaturate layer, change blending setting to linear light, apply hide all layer mask, paint over iris and pupil in white on the layer mask, play around with Colour lookup tool until happy with colours, apply layer mask to colour lookup, use wand selector to select Iris and copy onto new top layer, continue to experiment with colour lookup on lower layers to find optimal colouration. Again with the Text tool I typed the quote and coloured the keywords that relate to the theme or scene. 

Eye creation process:

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Changes to project at midway point

Part-way through the project it was made clear to me that full character design takes a lot of time to complete and make look good to a decent standard.

With this information I was given the idea to recreate scenes and quotes from the book instead of the characters using photography and Photoshop. This will allow me to create high quality final results quickly allowing time for the writing of an evaluation of the entire project start to finish.

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Quotes from Source book

I have used the quotes from this book as it contains many different types of conflict, this being conflict between the countries, characters, internal conflict, physical and political conflict. This gives me a wide range of potential ideas to use for my FMP.

“Unlike me, Violetta had inherited our mother’s rosy temperament and innocent charm.”

“Unlike my sister, blessed with shining black hair to compliment her dark eyes and rich olive skin, I am flawed”

“My left eye became so swollen that a doctor had to remove it. he did it with a red hot knife and a pair of burning tongs.”

“While my sister emerged from the fever unscathed, I now have only a scar where my left eye used to be. While my sisters hair remained a glossy black, the strands of my hair and lashes turned a strange, ever-shifting silver, so that in the sunlight they look close to white, like a winter moon, and in the dark they change to a deep grey, shimmering silk spun from metal.”

“As always, I made sure my hair covered my scar.”

“Scorch marks on the wall, their bodies melted from the inside out. Everyone is frightened of malfettos, sir. Even you are reluctant to do business with me. Please. I’m helpless.”

“I never said i wanted to marry her. I am merely Proposing to take her off your hands.”

“Tomorrow she’s yours. Just... Keep this private. I don’t want Inquisitors knocking on my door and fining me for giving her away too young.”

“I grabbed two long strips of silk cloth that make up a Tamouran headwrap. I would need to cover up my silver hair”

“I looked over my shoulder one last time at my bedchamber door, as if expecting my father to walk in. where are you going, Adelina? He’d say. There’s nothing out there for a girl like you.”

“In the dim glow of night, I could see the gloss of her dark, marble eyes, the thinness of her delicate skin. Her beauty was so pure.”

“I tried in vain to escape his grasp, but his hand only gripped tighter untill i gasped from the pain. My father pulled hard - I stumbled, lost my balance, and fell against him. Mud splashed my face. All i could hear was the roar of the rain, the darkness of his voice.”

“I gritted my teeth and stared back. ‘I hate you,’ I whispered. My father struck me viciously across the face. Light flashed across my vision. I stumbled, then collapsed in the mud. My father still clung to my hair.”

“The storm drowned me out.I dragged myself away from my father’s body. this is all wrong. But that was a lie. I knew it, even then. Do you see how I take after my father? I had enjoyed every moment. ‘I didn’t mean it!’ I shrieked again, trying to drown out my inner voice.”

“She looked as if she had been crying, and dark circles under her eyes marred her perfection. There was a bruise on her cheek, turning blue and black.”

“His white robes are embellished with more gold than the others iv’e seen, definitely clothing befitting his status.”

“His hair is the colour of wheat, pale for a Kennetran, and cut in a fashion i haven’t seen much in southern Kennetra - Shorter on the sides, fuller on the top, with a slender tail wrapped in gold trailing down the nape of his neck.”

“His face is lean and chiseled as if from marble, handsome in its coldness, and his eyes are pale blue. Very pale blue. so pale that they seem colorless in in the light.”

“ ‘How impolite,’ he mocks, his voice velvet and deep. Even in the midst of chaos, I can hear him.”

“One of the Inquisitors nearly cuts him in half with a swing of his sword, but the boy slices his hand clean off. the sword clatters to the ground.”

“ ‘It’s the Reaper!’ Teren shouts, pointing at the boy with a drawn sword. He starts heading toward us. His pale eyes are mad with glee. ‘Seize him!’ ”

“A column of fire explodes from his hands, slicing a line across the platform and dividing the soldiers from us with a wall of flame stretching high into the sky. Shouts of terror come from behind the fiery curtain.”

“The only part of his face not hidden by his mask are his eyes - hard, midnight dark, but alight with fire.”

“I try not to cry. ‘I don’t want to,’ I whisper, but my words fade away at the look in my father’s eyes. I take the butterfly’s wing between my fingers, the rip it from its body, my own heart tearing as I go.”

“ ‘Are you worthless like that butterfly, Adelina?’ I shake my head in panic. No. Please. Give me a chance. ‘So show me. Show me what you can do.’ Then he breaks my finger at the joint.”

“Now, instead of wearing that silver mask and his hooded robes, he’s clad in finely spun linen and a black velvet doublet trimmed with gold, clothing exquisite enough to belong to the wealthiest aristocrats.”

“But his hair holds my attention the most. It looks dark red in the light, so dark it’s almost black, a rich shade of blood that I’ve never seen before, tied back into a short, loose tail at the nape of his neck. it is a color not of this world.”

“A gold ring flashes on his finger.”

“He wears a pair of thin gloves, and when I look closer, I notice tiny flecks of blood on their surface. A chill runs down my spine. He doesn’t smile.”

“ ‘My mother used to call me Kami Gourgaem,’ I reply. ‘Her “little wolf.’”

“The last thing i need is for a killer with blood-flecked gloves to dislike me.”

“The king uses malfettos as an excuse for his poor rule. As if we are to blame for the state of his impoverished nation.”

“ ‘you-’ I stammer ‘You’re the prince.’ No wonder he looks so familiar. I’d seen many portraits of Kenettra’s first born prince as a child.”

“Enzo leans close enough for me to see slashes of brilliant red in his eyes.”

“Underneath the leather, his hand is a mass of burned flesh, most of it healed over in thick layers of hideous scar tissue that must have accumulated over the years, while a few spots remain red and angry.”

“Teren is nineteen. does she like me for my youth? Perhaps she sees me as a boy, four years too young for her. He marvels again at how lucky he is, to have drawn the attention of royalty.”

“A famous poet from the Sunlands once described a beautiful face as ‘one kissed by moon and water,’ an ode to our three moons and the loveliness of their light on the ocean. He gave exactly two people this compliment: his mother, and the last princess of the Feishen empire. If he were alive to see who I’m now looking at, he would add him as the third. Moon and water must love this boy desperately.”

“Under canopies of long, dark lashes, one of his eyes is the colour of honey under the sunlight, while the other is the brilliant summer green of an emerald.”

“His hair, black and shining, drapes across one of his shoulders in a loose, silken braid. His olive skin is smooth, flawless, glowing. The faint musk of night lilies envelops him in a veil, intoxicating, promising something forbidden.’ “

“The boy smiles at me, exposing dimples. ‘It’s good to meet you, mi Adelinetta.” I shiver at the softness of his lips. He takes my hands and leans down to kiss me on each cheek. His hands are cool and smooth, his fingers slender and encircled with thin gold rings, his nails gleaming. His voice is as lyrical as it sounded through the door. ‘I’m Raffaele.’ “

“ ‘Oh,’ I manage to reply. I’m a fool. He isn’t the client at all. The man inside is the client, and Raffaele is the consort.”

“The breeze combs through his hair, revealing several brilliant sapphire strands glistening under the black, jeweled lines moving against a night canvas. A second marking.”

“Raffaele glides around me in a slow circle, his eyes alight with curiosity. The way he’s circling me feels almost predatory, especially when he passes to the weak side of my vision and I have to turn my head in order to keep him in view.”

“He picks up Violetta, laughs, and spins her in a circle. She squeals in delight as I stand by. Later that afternoon, I challenge Violetta to a race through the trees behind our home. I pick a route that is filled with rocks and crevices, knowing full well that she has just recovered from a fever and is still weak. When Violetta trips over a root, skinning her knees, I smile and don’t stop to help her. I keep running, running, running until the wind and I become one. I don’t need my father to spin me in a circle. I can already fly.”

“On a strange impulse, I reach out and close my hand tightly around the rose’s stem. A dozen thorns slash into the flesh of my palm. Still, I clench my jaw and tighten my grip as hard as I can. You’re right, Violetta. Finally I release the stem, staring in wonder at the blood that blooms on my hand. Scarlet stains the thorns. Pain enhances beauty, I remember thinking.”

“The whispers in the dark corners of my mind now spring free of their cages and fill my thoughts with their noise. They bring a flurry of memories, of everything I’ve already seen and everything I’ve fought to suppress. My father breaking my finger, shouting at me, striking me, ignoring me. The night in the rain. His shattered ribs. The long nights in the Inquisitor’s dungeons. Teren’s colourless eyes. The crowd jeering at me, throwing stones at my face. The iron stake.”

“ ‘Formadite and Caldora, the twin angels of Fear and Fury,’ he whispers. ‘Amber, for the hatred buried in ones chest. Nightstone, for the darkness in oneself, the strength of fear.’ He hesitates then looks me in the eye. ‘Something blackens your heart, something deep and bitter. It has festered in you for years, nurtured and encouraged. I’ve never felt anything like it.’ ”

“Raffaele’s eyes, so warm and sweet earlier, now seem dark and frightening.”

“If I cannot pass their tests, then they will do to me what they must have done with the boy who could not control the rain. They will kill me.”

“He touches on her alignment with the amber and nightstone, her overwhelming attraction to the twin rocks. As he feared, Enzo narrows his eyes in interest. Raffaele shivers at his expression. He has recruited many Elites for the prince in the last few years, but none has ever shown Enzo’s same alignment to diamond, such fiery ambition. Being near his energy is intoxicating.”

“ ‘We’ve all seen what she can do. She has no reason to tun on us.’ Raffaele hesitates. ‘Tread carefully, Reaper. We don’t know the extent of her energy yet.’ “

“Enzo nods once. His expression doesn’t change, but the scarlet slashes in his eyes burn bright. He presses a gloved finger against Raffaele’s chest. His voice is a quiet command. ‘Next time, do not keep secrets from me.’ “

“I stop humming. my smile fades. ‘Violetta?’ I murmur. Imove my arm and roll her to face me. Where Violetta’s face should be, there is instead nothing. The bed collapsed beneath me - and suddenly I am falling. I fall down, down, down. I fall forever.”

“Front and center before them stands Enzo, his hair the colour of blood, his hands folded behind his back, and his gaze fixed unwaveringly on me. Gone is the hint of mischief in him that I saw when we first talked in my chamber. Today, his expression is hard and unforgiving, the young prince replaced with a cold-blooded assassin. The cavern’s strange lighting casts a shadow over his eyes.”

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Sellotape transfer / Dark room work

Making a collage of images related to the FMP.

I found images relating to the book I am using as a basis for the characters.

Cover the collage in sellotape leaving no gaps.

Wet the paper and scrape off to leave the ink on the sellotape

Using Photosensitive paper and magnifiers to imprint the images on the sellotape onto the paper. By covering the paper with the sellotape transfer and turning on the light the paper is then coloured by the light and uses chemicals to bring out the colour.

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T-Shirt Design

Tracing an image related to my theme.

Printing the image onto transfer paper and using a heat press to transfer the image onto the clothing.

As is clear form the above image after a single wash the transfer paper has began to peel and fall apart, however the original product from when it was first made was quite a high quality image and came out very nicely. It is unfortunate that the transfer paper didn’t last long, but before the wash it looked very professional.

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Lino Print

Using the design shown on the paper I was able to carve the square of lino i was given.

Having carved the lino i needed to apply ink evenly to the square, to do this i used a piece of acetate to spread the ink evenly so that it spreads on the lino properly.

pressing the paper onto the lino and rolling over it to press the ink onto the paper.

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Progression After Project

I want to continue onto the level three Interactive Media course after this course, In order to further improve my existing skills and expand my skill set.

The outcome of this Project will decide whether or not I will be able to progress onto the next course so I will need to produce enough work and research at a high enough level that I receive a Merit at the very least as my final grade. This will support my progression by allowing me a basis for the next course’s director to see what im capable of and what grades I can achieve when given free reign.

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Concept Art research

Aloy (Zero Horizon Dawn)

Aloy is the main protagonist of the game Horizon zero dawn, she was cast out at birth and sent to live with Rost who trained her so that she would have the opportunity to run the gauntlet and re-enter into the tribe.

Aloy’s original design differs from her final rendering in that her nose has been made smaller and her face slightly more round so that she resembles a more human character, her hair has been designed without the fringe and more tidy looking with more braids and beads.

Rost (Zero Horizon Dawn)

Rost is an outcast that takes in the baby that he names Aloy, he does not know why she was outcast but does not care, he takes her in and grows to love her as if she were his own daughter.

Rost’s original design is quite similar to the final rendered design, however there are some differences between them, for one the final rendered character is slightly slimmer and more toned rather than having a larger stomach, this makes more sense for the character as he has to be athletic in order to hunt and destroy machines, his hair has been cleaned up so that it only grows in one direction and is tied at the back allowing for a sleeker design.

Hunter (Bloodborne)

The player character from the game Bloodborne, the player can customise the look of their character by changing the equipped clothing.

The player can customise their character so that it looks and behaves as they want so that they work well for their play-style.

Cleric Beast (Bloodborne)

The cleric beast is the first major boss of the game and is the final form of someone infected with ‘the old blood’. 

The cleric beast is a mass of hair, vines, bone and blood, A twisted creature that kills anything in its sight.

Provost Willem (Bloodborne)

Provost Willem is one of the few people who feared ‘The old blood’ and refused to use it, instead to become more like ‘The old ones’ he lined his brain with ‘insight’ to see the unseen.

Beast Men (Bloodborne)

Beast men are an early stage of the change from human to beast. 

The beast men’s design is very simplistic but works well as they look physically like an early version of the larger blood beasts like the ‘Blood-starved beast’ or ‘Cleric beast’. The left character looks very much like the Cleric beast in that it is very bony and has vines and plants growing off of his body, The character on the right looks like a form before that of the one on the left, his body has grown larger and his hands more mangled, his skin has paled and his muscles and fat layers have shrunk making him very skinny.

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Previous Artist’s Interpretations

Zoelovatt is an Australian freelance artist, designer and photographer. Her skills range from traditional to digital art, she has been working for the last 7 years. This relates to my work in the final project as It allowed me to see another person’s interpretation of the characters from the books.

Adelina Amouteru (above)

Enzo Valenciano (Left) Raffael Laurent Bessette (right)  Teren Santoro (above)

The two pieces above were drawn by IParwing, a young american artist, working through deviant art, who draws scenes from books and tv shows using her imagination and own style to create amazing artwork of the things she loves.  This relates to my work in the final project as It allowed me to see another person’s interpretation of the characters from the books.

Enzo Valenciano (above)

This piece was drawn by Loweana (Blackhana), she is very passionate about her art and draws characters and scenes from her favorite media forms, such as games, books and tv shows. This relates to my work in the final project as It allowed me to see another person’s interpretation of the characters from the books.

Valentina Amouteru (above)

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Character Appearance  Research

Adelina Amouteru:

- Missing Left eye (badly scarred)

- Silver hair and eye lashes (change colour in different lighting)

- Dark olive skin

Enzo Valenciano:

- Eyes ‘Hard, Midnight Dark but alive with fire’

- Warm brown skin

- High cheekbones (narrow face)

- Dark red hair ‘A dark red so dark its almost black, A rich shade of blood that i’ve never seen before, tied back into a short, loose tail at the nape of his neck. It is a colour not of this world.’

- Thin leather Gloves Dotted with tiny flecks of blood.

- Slashes of brilliant red in his eyes.

- Underneath the leather gloves, his hands are masses of burned flesh, most of it healed over with hideous scar tissue, a few spots still red and angry

Teren Santoro:

- White robes embellished with a-lot of gold.

- Wheat coloured hair (short on the sides, fuller on the top) with a slender tail trailing down the nape of his neck (wrapped in gold)

- olive skin (pale for a Kenettran)

- Lean chiseled face ‘handsome in its coldness’

- Pale blue eyes ‘so pale they almost seem colourless in the light’

Violetta Amouteru:

- Shining Black hair

- Dark eyes

- Rich olive skin

- No marking

Raffaele Laurent Bessette:

- Black shining hair (loose braid across one shoulder)

- Flawless olive skin

- ‘One eye is the colour of honey, the other the brilliant summer green of an emerald.’

- Dimples when smiling

- Strands of sapphire hair 

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Trip Outcomes

The Template i made in the design of the Valknut a Norse symbol of Odin the God of War.

The finished image sprayed onto a wall in the Leake Street tunnel.

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Leake Street / Tate Modern Trip

We went to London to gain research and inspiration for the Final Major Project.

Leake Street is a tunnel in which Graffiti is legal and allows anyone to walk in and spray paint whatever they want.

The Tate Modern is a Modern art museum that displays the work of many different artists, meaning that all of the art is different in genre and format, some of the art is surreal and strange whilst others pieces are more complex and refined. 

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Parameters and Limitations of the FMP

Limitations:

- Limited Space

The space in which we have to display the Final work is limited and needs careful consideration when making the final project.

- Limited Resources

The resources available to us to use are limited to a degree as some devices or programs are not always readily available.

- Limited Time

The time limit on this Project is 10 weeks.

- Limited Ideas

The Theme limits the available Ideas that can be used.

- Limited Funds

Funds are needed to display the work properly.

The Parameters of the project are defined by the Theme. this is because the theme defines what can and cannot be done within the project.

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Preliminary Ideas for Final Major Project

Character Designs / Edited fictional scenes inspired from ‘The Young Elites’ by Marie Lu.

-The series of novels describe many different kinds of conflict ( Internal, war,   Beliefs .Ect) 

- Using character designs I can create scenes of conflict that happen within the Novels.

A series of images describing mental illness or ‘Internal Conflict’.

- Using a camera to take images that can be edited into different scenes detailing struggles with mental illness.

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Theme Research

Conflict:

“A serious disagreement, typically a protracted one” - Dictionary defintion

Internal conflict:

A psychological struggle between two or more opposing thoughts or mind-frames.