When I actually stop and thought about it.....

I was so caught up in producing visuals for the brochure that I totally forgot about the typefaces that I would use for the actual brochure, a brochure is just not about pretty pictures but about the information inside of it.

So looks like it's back to the drawing board to choose a different context which just really focuses on my visuals...

As my mum always says to me....

"Ash, why do you always make a mountain out of a molehill for yourself?" - AlisonKay Wilson

Developing ideas and compositions....

These drawing are on a larger scale, A4, I know that I am using the same colours of deep blues and blacks  but I have a reason due to the actually instrument, I have been using youtube to listen to the sounds of these instruments. With each one I am listening to I am translating a sound into a colour somewhat like a Synesthestic process. When I listened heres what instrument I came up with from my notes....

percussion - deep reds - a bold colour which strikes warning. loud.

trumpets - yellow -  lively colour for a lively sound

guitar - rainbow colour range

cello - dark blues - sombre slow sounding instruments

violin - baby blue - light high pitched sound

oboe - greens - fresh sound in higher notes and and calm sounds when lower notes are playes

flute - light powder pink - a dainty sound

the method of applying the ink is using the edge of credit cards and this is always like a struggle whilst I am drawing with it because of the restriction of being able to draw a curved lines so making quick brush marks and rotating the card layering inks give me that option create a curved line. However there is one thing I can't work out though, I don't know whether it is the scale which is too small. Or I am making my drawings too complicated for the method. However I really like this illustration of the cello playe, layering of ink to create tone so then it doesn't look flat. I like the abstration of the figure in it, it kind of contradict everything I was taught from life drawing but that is the beauty of abstraction you have the ability to warp and 'adjust' features to make them work for you.

Music is composed of layers of sound so I took this aspect and moved it on into my work....

I like this composition however I have not really considered colour. So I am going to create separate layers of tracing paper then copy them on to asesthate. From this point I can jiggle the layers about and when I have found a composition that I like scan them backinto the computer for print.

First marks made.....

Here are the first few intital starts of what came from my lists of brainstorming. All in drawing inks and letting the materials do the work for me, I made these little thumbnails on A6 by applying ink using blunt edges of card or simply dripping ink and blowing it to create some kind of composition which was really based on chance. However with this technique I found that it really restricted what I was trying to do because of the scale so I needed to increase or make what I drawing simpler so I could make it clearer and not totally abstract.

Methods of applying..

Contexts....

Bags are a good place to have illustrations on seen they are available for people to see. A you're walking through town they're always people that have a bag which makes you want it. A bag is a fashion statement and would also be a good way to advertise the Alight festival.

T-Shirts are also a fashion statement and they're basically a walking poster, if I produce images which people would refer to the alight festival it would be good advertisement. I would need to consider composition to create design for the tee so that the tshirt could be worn after the event,as a souvenir.

Scarves especially silk would also be a nice idea however I would need to make the outcome available to all and this rather feminine.

Inspiration...

Many artist base their illustration and works on music and sounds they hear. However in this work I am particularly drawn to the work of Wassily Kandinsky, most of his work was based upon the interpreatation from sound to abstract painting, and this is the part which I am interested in.

since I have began to specialise in illustration my outcomes have always seemed to be more sucessful using the untraditional methods of appling lines and marks to paper, for example using edges of cards, and it seems to work for me. (After plenty of practice and tries)

The qualities of the abstraction of lines and geomtric shapes is what I want to bring forward into my works to enable that I am able to create what I am thinking in my mind to paper.

I am going to limit myself to two/three colours in one particular piece due to the thought of printing costs as this is a realistics factor in a live brief to consider.

using a variety of inks and acrylics to create the lines.

First thoughts....

When I think about what the Alight event is about, it is a cultural gathering which celebrates art and music. (mainly music) so as a starter I made lists of connecting words, to stir up ideas and get the creative juices flowing.

Here were my lists...

Music

Tune

Rhythm

Flow

Loud

Quiet

notes

quartet

music sheets

black and white

introduction

verse

chorus

harmony

random

canon

rhyme

pluck

string

bow

blow

reed

silver

mahogany

bold

brass

percussion

tighten

beat

bass

easy

my list lasted 4 coloms of a 2 double sided sheets of A4.

But yeah you get the picture. :)