Taking Notes With Ian

Here are some notes and rough illustrations that I got from yesterday morning's lecture with Ian. Ian gave us all some good tips and advice on professional filming, and hopefully these shall come in handy when I make my own documentary.

Documentary Planning

On Monday I began planning out how I would construct my documentary video. I included possible questions and interviewees which would help generate a flowing conversation. I have even considered taking on a variety of camera angles, so that the whole video won't be too boring or monotonous to sit through; it would also depend on who the interviewee is and how they appear to me.

That night I watched two documentary movies: The Miners Campaign Tape and WWE Unauthorised. As I watched, I took notes on how each shot stood out and what they each did to keep the entire thing consistent and fitting to the context. I now feel more prepared and know better which way to operate my camera for filming.

Natural Textures

On Thursday night I went for a walk over Tooting Bec Common, taking photos of any natural textures I could find, such as tree branches and park benches. Because many concept artists have to be as convincing as they can, I figured that a variety of textures was paramount to perfecting such realism. Among these illustrations there are elements such as foliage, rocks, wood, rust, worn-away brickwork and pathways.

Foundation Diploma Specialist Lanyard Design

Each student across Ravensbourne has a different coloured lanyard dependant on which subject they're studying. When we got ours, we had the option to decorate them in our own way. Using a pen and my set of coloured dual brush pens, I set about laying out a series of dynamic shapes and structure across both sides of the lanyard. They weren't supposed to mimic anything in particular; I thought it would just make it look more particularly art-based.

Ravensbourne Big Draw

My two ideas for my postage stamp, based off of Tim Burton and South Park. I aim to finish them both through PhotoShop. I decided to scrap Fallout 4 because I felt it was the least stylish and unique, whereas the other two feel more expressive and arty.

Ravensbourne Big Draw

Here, I have outlined Joseph's key facial features and done a rough self-portrait of him, so that I can get a better idea of how he may look when illustrated.

Ravensbourne Big Draw

Our task for the Ravensbourne Big Draw event is to design a postage stamp based on a student that matches our liking. So I chose a student in the Animation department known as Joseph Young. I asked him a few questions about himself, which in turn resulted in some worthy notes to help generate ideas and find the right style to work in.

Being an animation student, I thought it was important to find out what kind of artwork he was into, so I asked him questions that related to his animation work, his favourite styles and his sense of fashion.

From there, I found out who his favourite artists were and created a series of visual mood boards, in order to help work in a certain style that matched his personality as an animation student.