Cybernetic: Experimentation

I initially started developing styles based upon my chosen artist research. The first two prints, done with a tablet and photoshop, were directly inspired by my David Walker research. I love the slight realism to the piece yet the way my brush strokes sort of imply life, a quick pace about the work. One of the things I wanted to do for development was to limit myself to around 2 hours a piece, even less if I could. This was to not get too carried up away about 'finalising' something, I just wanted to see how many different styles I could incorporate in a short amount of time and to see if they worked well together or not. This was a lot harder than I realised, as they're such contrasting styles; one works for the flow, quick marks and one is more precise and boxy. This sort of set me off track about the idea I had for my main piece as it was becoming harder to piece together two styles, however, I felt they did mark the contrast between Offline and Online.

The second but original piece of work I did was the fox, inspired by Denis Gonchar. I felt I really captured the essence of Gonchar's work here, and loved working on the fox's done and colour. This made me consider how complicated it would be to create a self portrait, however, and how much time I'd have to put into the final piece to come up with something relatable to the project. However I loved doing each piece and wanted to really take the project further with starting to sketch out any ideas on how, maybe, the final piece would begin to look.

Overall although I have a few mishaps and boundaries to cross over to gain momentum on my final piece, I was really enjoying the experimental stage that I'd started doing and wanted to combine the two styles to find something that would look great on my final piece, which was my next task.

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http://sandara.deviantart.com/art/My-brushes-351007003

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