I experimented with distortion effects on the computer, in order to further manipulate my images and make them surreal like the style of Andre Kurtesz, a photographer that i used for my art history.

In my final, i decided to work on a larger scale as it gave me more room to lead them into eachother. I wanted parts to come out and go into the others because it is like a cycle of how they all flow into eachother, it also reminded me of my thought cycle, of how things seem to blur into eachother when you overthink it, which again is linked to the main title, as its my 'cycle' of thought.
































This is the first piece of experimental prep where i started to use surrealism to link the borbles into one another, i decided to use tree branches, as they're easy to manipulate into any shape so they can all fit together.


















I practiced drawing tree branches in biro, as preperation for my main piece, but i decided against using a scratchy biro effect and went more for a smooth look, like Escher or Magritte.

I used Magritte as some of my art history, as his paitings are all to do with surrealism as well, which was similar to my destortion. i also like the smoothness of the way he paints, which is similar to my precise, graphic style.

































I also used Escher as art history, again his style of drawing is similar to mine. But his images are also a lot to do with distortion, such as this eye or the hand holding a ball.
















This drawing is a lot like my photos using the Christmas borble. The technique was good practice for my final piece as drawing with pencil is similar to biro.


















A painting based on one of the photos that i took, i decided against working in paint for my final piece, as im better at getting fine detail using drawing media.

Exam work

This is a selection of the better photos that i took for my final project. The title was 'rythms and cycles' and i decided to base mine around distortion and how light bends from different surfaces. I also tried to visually make it look like a cycle by fitting them into a circle, which was the first thing that came to mind when i heard the title.

These images were the final stage of my project, depicting a stereotypical hippy, smoking 'cannabis'.

These were prep photos for my chav stereotype

Stereotypes

As prep work for my hippy i used the Album cover for Yellow submarine by The Beetles and carried on with the pattern. It the gave me the idea of doing a pattern like this as the background for the jigsaw piece.














For the geek i used pencil because its very precise and neat, like the way a geeks mind would stereotypically work.














I then moved onto to taking my own photos and drawing pictures to go with them. I tried to link the medium with the type of stereotype, so for Emo i used scratchy biro, because its messy, like the mess inside and emo's head.

























For my stereotypes project I started off by doing small sketches of different types of people.