COP2 sketchbook / developing ideas

I just realised that I haven't blogged for a while but in honesty COP probably has been less on my mind than it should have been!! Here is a roundup of some sketchbook work

I've mostly been messing around with pieces of existing artwork, putting them into different contexts, making them silly. Being silly is what I'm about and after for this project. I did a bit of faffing around and spent some time writing rather than making, which never proves fruitful. In a crit the hotdog book with the best reaction was "Don't Be Afraid" (the small character on a voyage through pieces of famous art) so I've decided to roll with that and keep drawing to that idea. If it goes in and leads another direction that is more than fine at this point.

I've mostly been drawing 'raw' ideas rather than making anything of worth or experimenting with much media so that's something to think about starting.

I've started thinking about the production of the book. I'm considering making it quite a lo-fi affair, so contextually it could be given away or sold for cheap/ a donation at an art gallery. But maybe something making fun of art isn't wholly what a gallery would look for. The idea of 'education' like this I think suits quite a lo-fi feel though, especially when it's such a short publication. I think it would make it more accessible, which has been the keyword in this whole project.

I've started to think about how I will need a character to go through the book if I'm going with the original idea, but don't want it to look too cutesy. It could maybe do with being quite generic though, again playing on that 'relatable-ness'. I've messed around with lettering a bit but would like to look at actual type too.

COP2: megacrit feedback

I was really pleased with the feedback from the session. The comment "I can relate, I get it, I laughed" made my heart swell a little. Good times. I seem to be on the right direction.

I just scanned this in and remembered I was really tired and ill when we did the crit so this isn't an entirely accurate self evaluation!! But the basic points are there! I want to keep that element of humour  and accessibility in it all the way through, that's the absolute cement key. Visually I'm really lacking so I need to work on that, making something that's sophisticated and thoughtful- it could be sketchy and weird looking in a thought out way, maybe silly drawings like Shrigley's or Perry's are so funny because they're *ugly* about aesthetics.

And I have to think about why I took on this project- 

"what are you learning by responding to this brief and why is it important? - ABOUT ART!

why? - TO BE A BETTER PERSON!"

I am essentially the audience I am targeting !

humour and understanding art: David Shrigley / Grayson Perry

David Shrigley and Grayson Perry are two practitioners discussing art that come to mind. Both handle each topic with humour (in words, and even illustrative style) and feel accessible and welcoming whilst also being educational. These all seem to be recurring qualities that work that I plan on using in my own. Shrigley's animation, An Important Message About The Arts was shown to me when I was on Foundation and it really did make me think about it a bit more!

A fun and breezy comment