"Asses Seem Certain Erotic"

Perhaps one of the most peculiar (and the most fun!) projects I've done so far: Four Word Phrases. We had to pick the 9th, 4th, 6th and 2nd letters of our name and come up with phrases using these letters. When a friend suggested Asses seem certainly erotic, another friend proceeded to scream at me "DO A 1950'S PIN UP DONKEY" and the idea escalated from there. I chose to used acrylics to get the bright colours I desired. I learnt a lot about pin-up artists during this process, and was very inspired by Dean Yeagle's character for Playboy, Mandy. (left; Dean Yeagles Mandy, Below; Four Word Phrase Client visual sketch and Four Word Phrase Final.)

"Only Jail Can Stop Me" Said Illegal False Tooth Fitter

One of the projects we had to pull a phrase out of a hat, and come up with a piece for this. I got ""Only Jail Can Stop Me" Said Illegal False Tooth Fitter"  ( we later found out the quotes were actual newspaper headlines!) After a lot of thinking, I can up with this piece, which is just less that A3 in size, and done in acrylics. Overall, I do like the piece, however in critic I realised how misshapen the face was, not to mention the orange complexion of the skin!

Pay more attention to the time vortex in your shower.

One of the first projects we did in first year was the print making module. I've loved printmaking since I chose it as my minor in College. The idea was to take one of the words provided and make a six image narrative around the word. We had to draw four of them, and two of them had to use the techniques we had learnt - etching and lino. I chose "time" and went with the idea of a woman getting into her shower and accidentally teleporting to the age of the dinosaurs! While there, she befriended a stegosaurus and brought him back home! I used collage in matching colours to keep them related, and I'm pretty happy with the outcomes - I can see how much fun I had doing this project - scenario and character designing has to be one of my favourite things!