FE UAL 17-18 Design & Media

FASHION // Researching Our Theme // As required, I decided to do my research on Michelangelo. I didn't have him in mind initially but I was aware that I wanted to have some sort of sculptor to influence my work. I wanted to choose something very different but also at the same time it had to be a little similar to my interests. An obvious choice would be to research into architecture or into nature because they are some things I am familiar with having researched them a lot. I looked into sculpture and fond Michelangelo's work which is of course amazing. I decided to focus on arguably his most famous piece. David. I stuck in a range of images of David and wrote a little summary of the work, when it was commissioned etc etc. Moodboards // Another thing we were required to have was a moodboard. The moodboard would act as a narrative into what we were planning to achieve with our creation. It would also provide a creative direction for our designing, ac...

PHOTOGRAPHY // FORMAL ELEMENTS //  I am very familiar with the formal elements of photography and the many ways they can be used to alter and add to a photograph. LIGHT: Distorting light was a surprisingly difficult one because that day had particularly moody weather and therefore there wasn't much natural light at all. I had to rely on artificial light as well as shiny surfaces to use for my photographs. Thankfully the NOW Gallery has a funky roof with many light strips on the underside which, when edited, can become very vivid and interesting.  SYMMETRY  TEXTURE & PATTERN RULE OF THIRDS TATE MODERN VISIT // Visiting the Tate for our contextual trip was certainly alright, it meant I didn't have to travel much and I'm a fan of some of the things Tate has to offer. I chose Daido Moriyama as the artist to study because I have seen some of his work before and I was always interested in studying him though I never g...