Artists that are currently inspiring my work....

Matthew Monahan
Working with the concept of turning 2D to 3D, Monahan's work has really helped me to move forwards, i really like how he can make a 2D image really interesting, and if you saw his work just from the photograph, you'd probably think it's a sculpture....Another thing i really find interesting about his work is the fact that he does very realistic and precise like how i like to do my work. Here are some examples of his work.


Anish Kapoor
Since i'm now working with reflection, i felt Anish Kapoor was the perfect artist to look at. Working with reflection he often uses the surroundings to create an interesting piece, which i felt really related to my work (it seems like i am doing a really similar thing, but using drawings) I like the scale that Kapoor uses and hope to try something out of this scale in the future, here are some examples of his work.
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Further experimentation

I also tried distorting images with water, i'll have an image up when i can. I didn't really like how it turned out, but it worked and that's kind of the main thing i suppose.....I think i want to continue working with the reflections rather than the distortion . But i need to give off a bigger impact with it, perhaps i need to work with scale. I need to play around and see...

Playing with reflection...

Still no pictures i'm afraid, but i'll have them on here asap. I took a further look into reflections and did a bit of playing around. I found a reflective piece of silver card around and thought i would see how i could play with reflections.  And surprisingly, the outcome was  great. Reflecting from an image onto the piece of card, it creates an image which seems to follow you around the room, it looked really 3D and worked very well. I'm gonna continue playing with manipulating images. (seems like i've really moved off drawing atm)

Yuuuppp

Although at this moment in time i don't have all my photographs with me, i was trying to find out how i could make my skull manipulations into something presentable, so i had a play around with a few things. I thought a mirror was a very good idea to do because it really fits in well with the optical illusion side to it, and feel this might be a good way forward. I'll post some pics when i find them....

Beep

 This is my attempt at curving the image in an outwards direction, and to be honest, it turned out pretty well, i think it looks very 3D! The photograph doesn't really do it justice. I think i may continue with this at some point but at this moment in time i have other things to concentrate on.

Here's another go at the image manipulation, but using it in a different direction. I don't like the material i used, but i just wanted to see how it would look. (it looks pretty damn creepy..) but i like the way it turned out, it gives it a whole new perspective, though i don't feel it makes it look particularly 3D....

Moving Forward....

Looking at drawing in depth, i thought about what drawing really is, an optical illusion. Supposedly creating depth within the image that isn't really there. So i started to look at how i could manipulate images (in an opart way), making 2D drawings 3D, this really questions whether drawing has to stick to a certain criteria. First off, (after having inspiration from Matthew Monohan) i decided to adopt a very similar technique, physically bending an image to create a more 3D look, i really think it look effective. 

 Here are the first few pictures i have using this technique, i think i may play around with it some more. I like how you have to interact with the piece which i feel makes it very interesting

a couple more detailed monoprints

Here's a couple more monoprints, and i'm really liking how it picks up detail, it's very interesting. I do really like this technique, but feel like i need some  meaning and reasoning to use it, hopefully in the future it'll become more likely but right now i feel as if i need to step back from it.

lino print

not exactly drawing, but it was worth giving it a bash after I've done quite a bit of printing. Its interesting because it picks up the detailed texture quite well. but I can't see myself using this technique. ...worth trying tho!

testing out "drawing"

<p>a technique that suprisingly have never done before, after looking at some artists, this technique was suggested to me. Really, it looks quite effective, perhaps not in that colour.But its not really my style of work, so I won't be experimenting further, but it was worth giving it a try

Testing out monoprinting

Worked very well actually, its an interesting effect and it picks up detail suprisingly well. Gonna do some more, I like it a lot!

After doing Monoprints...

 
I really liked it, ill post some pictures of the results sooner or later. But it was suggested i look at Tracey Emin and other people who use mono print, quite interesting and there's a few things i've seen that i'd like to try out, got a lot of experimenting ahead of me. I feel i might actually be starting to get somewhere!

Another artist...

Greyson Perry, his vases kinda link into the look at Yinka, i really like his use of colour and think looking at his work might help me in the project. It's very much his own style and I'm not sure personally about the Vases, but there's something about his work that's interesting. I think it's also great that you have to look closely to see some detail.

Before i can move on....

 

I need to really figure out where my pathway is leading me, yeah, i like drawing, but how can i explore drawing to give me a better understanding and more impact. Taking a look at a few artists will hopefully help me to find my way. One i looked at is Yinka Shonibare, his view on his own culture is interesting, and though he is not initially a textile artist, he gives me confidence that artists can expand in other areas of art. I like it how he can use something really recognisable and make it into something you have to look at to understand. Also i like how he does his work in a subtle way and not too much thrown at you. His work might help me in this project because he has a humour to his work that i can see fitting into Alternative Miss World.