Collage Postcard

At the beginning of the year, the whole of foundation were set the task of creating 30 postcards, with the use of collage. Many results were achieved and this number was set, so that many designs failed and strong outcomes were achieved. The time scale was 2 weeks, and we were advised to take this process further and produce final outcomes, whether that be drawing, printing, editing, digital manipulation or collaging again. At the end of the week many of us did in fact achieve this, even the postcards themselves could be looked at as a final piece.

This task was a hard task to undertake, to produce 30 images was a struggle, to find quality images and text. My solution was I got up early before college had started, and looked around local sweet shops, to find cheap magazines, with quality images.

When looking around, I spotted a hair magazine, with the models looking face on towards the viewer, I immediately thought, that this could in fact create an interesting outcome and decided to focus upon this subject area. I also thought that this could be transformed into a final outcome more fluently, than my previous combinations, that included shoes, trainers jeans, e.t.c

The majority of my designs were in fact the faces above, and here is a selection of the stronger outcomes.

First, I started to draw from my postcards on an A4 scale, but then experimented using A2. This worked and immediately, I thought this would be the way forward. I did plan to produce my works in an A1 scale, using graphite and charcoal, however my ink and pen drawings on A2 took a lot longer than I anticipated but nevertheless a strong outcome was achieved and I have no regrets.

I was then advised to manipulate this further by my tutor, at a review session held at college. The conversation  suggested that I digitally manipulate the drawings. The original idea was to combine the drawings with the collage pieces themselves, however this did not develop a strong outcome, therefore I decided to add colour behind the drawings instead, using Adobe Photoshop.

Looking back, I find the images achieved to be strong, and I am really pleased with the outcome. Initially I planned to produce a set of three, however due to mistakes and progressions of style, this developed into more. I did enjoy this task and developed my skills in doing so.

After adding colour, the opportunity to collage again was available, here I duplicated one half, to produce a new image, however duplicating the other side of this composition did not work.