Exercise 3

Remake and Remodel

This exercise could involve the re-making of an existing piece of work, or a potentially fresh starting point. Work, remake it, evolve it and make a series of iterations or versions of it. Use all of, or a combination of, the following prompts and questions to drive you creative response in new ways;

I decided to use a piece of work I have very recently finished, but have wanted to use in a different variation than what I have painted it in. I created these autumn farm illustrations to initially create a surface pattern design for. But I would like to also use the elements to create a illustration scene out of it, and thought this exercise would help me to come up with an unusual feature of the elements.

Substitute

• What materials or resources can you substitute or swap to improve your work?

So I initially want to erase the background so I can use all the illustrations as separate elements that I can then put back together by layering on Illustrator. First I need to use photoshop to save them as PSD files.

• What other material or process could you use?

So actually I changed my mind and used Procreate to layer up the illustrations into a scene. This is more portable and easier to sit and get on with the work better.

• What rules could you substitute?

So again I used one of the tools on Procreate to distort 3 of the fences into place, this did make the focus a bit blurry, but it gave me the idea of how the fence would look.

• Can you use an element of this work somewhere else, or as a substitute for something else?

Yes after I have created my scene I could used the elements to create a surface pattern design technical repeat, or even some design work for my website, and make greetings cards out of the illustrations.

Combine

• What would happen if you combine this image/work/technique with another, to create something new?

So I am actually going to use the PSD files along with drawing and painting on the iPad to combine the traditional work with the digital brushes to create the new scene.

• What if you combine purposes or objectives?

So this exercise is actually one of my purposes in coming up with, and practicing making whole scenes for illustrating children’s books, it is my main objective with my degree too.

• How could you combine the current approach with another approach to create a new method of working?

I have used the same approach I use to make surface pattern designs, into making the illustration scene.

Adapt

• How could you adapt or readjust this work to serve another purpose in a different work?
• What else is this work like, and how might that similarity enable  you to adjust the work?
• Who or what could you emulate to adapt this work?
• What other context could you put your work into, and how might that adapt it?
• What other ideas might you use for inspiration/motivation?

After having made the illustration scene, I do still prefer traditional materials and media, the digital work does look false to me, so this has given me inspiration to work more completely on analogue techniques. Also the motivation to start with the whole scene first rather than separate elements.

Modify

• How could you change the scale, shape, look, or feel of your work?

I think some of the elements could be made a lot bigger, to give a bigger impact and to show the textures off better.

• What could you add to modify this work?

I could create a watercolour background layer, and some grass and fields, to layer up to give the traditional painterly feel I want.

• What could you emphasize or highlight to create more impact?

I think I would make the cockerel in the foreground a lot bigger, to have a bright textured element to the scene, I would add more painterly details into the field, and maybe make more of the young woman.

• What element of this work could you focus on to create something new?

I would focus on the scene nut improve the quality of the illustrations, and have a more dynamic composition.

Put to Another Use

• Can you use this method/technique somewhere else?

This could be the new techniques I use when starting the ideas for page spreads, it’s quick and easy and could help with composition, and what illustrations to create from traditional paints.

• How might this work be seen differently in another setting?

It could be seen more as thumbnails or rough layouts for sketchbook work.

• Could you recycle the waste from this work to make something new?

You could print the sky and field (the digital parts) to use as collage components for other work.

Eliminate

• How could you streamline or simplify this piece of work?

You could use less animals but make them bigger.

• What elements, rules, or connections could you eliminate?

I would eliminate the digital art, although I would eliminate the digital process of layering to make the scene.

• What could you understate or tone down?

would tone down the colour in the sky, and make it more pastel, less bright and more natural.

• What would happen if you took away part of this work? What would you have in its place? What could you do with the removed parts?

Reverse

• What would happen if you reversed your process or sequenced things differently?

If you reversed the process you would end up with a black page, if you changed the sequence you would have a different illustration, but with the same individual illustrated elements.

• What if you try to do the exact opposite of what you’re trying to do now?

I would end up with a fully digital piece of art work.

• How could you re-organize, or re-configure this work?

I could use the barn and have it a lot bigger in the background, I could take out the field and sheep. I would have the cockerel, chicken and hen in the foreground, erase the pigs. and focus on the young lady and maybe have her feeding the chicken or picking the sunflowers.

• What if the order of the images were reversed?

The cockerel, chicken and hen would face away from each other, the young lady would be walking towards the fence, the barn would be the back of the barn. The pigs and sunflowers would be on opposite sides.