Bonjourno peoples!
Recently, since one of my friends on Facebook posted a Youtube video of an artist recording himself doing a painting, I have developed a bit of a new fascination for these kinds of videos. I keep watching them and having them on in the background whilst I do my work, which is nice as it feels like I'm working with someone else, even if it is just recorded. So I wanted to share this video with you of one of my favourites to watch. It is the artist Agnes Cecile doing a watercolour portrait.
Bubyee! xxx
Saturday, 7 January 2012
Friday, 6 January 2012
Light and Shaddow Films.
Helloooooo!
So today is Friday, which means it's the start of my weekend (I only go to college Monday to Thursday). Today I was hoping to spend the whole day doing research for my new college project where we have been asked to illustrate three book covers. But I haven't particularly been in the mood to do research today, so instead I decided to do some photography work and think of photo-shoot ideas I want to do as I haven't done any for a while now. It made me think of my previous work done and reminded me of my Light and Shadow photography project I had in my second year of 6th form and the films I made at the end of it as a sort of 'final piece'. So I have decided to share those with you today. I'm not allowed them on my Facebook page as the music over them isn't mine and they get deleted almost immediately, which is a bummer! But I am allowed them on Youtube, and therefore allowed them on here.
This first one is the first film I made for this project. The dancer is my friend Grace Williams, who is a beautiful dancer and made this dance up on the spot! Which may be easy for dancers like her, but as a non-dancer, I just thought it was pretty amazing also considering she had never even heard the song before! I used 2 large studio lights either side of a stage and had a gauze in front of her, so her shadows showed up when she went close to the lights or the gauze. The song is Fall by Ed Sheeran and as I previously said, it is not my song, I don't own it (not sure if that actually makes a difference for copyright stuff but lets hope it does and I am allowed to keep it on here!). When watching them both, I advise you to make them full screen as they are easier to see and have a better impact on the viewer.
This is the second film I made, again using Grace as a model. In my project I had previously taken images of the nude body with dramatic lighting therefore giving it dramatic shadows and was really pleased with the results. After doing that, I was watching TV and saw a perfume advert that reminded me of my images. This is where the idea for my film came from. You will notice it has a sort of 'perfume advert feel' to it, which is what I was aiming for. The song is Slow Down by Morcheeba and again, I do not own it, etc.
Hope you liked them! xxx
(p.s. After deleting my Youtube account, my videos didn't show up on here any more after sharing this post, so I tried again on my new account which again didn't work, so you'll have to click on the link to see the video rather than watching it on my blog).
So today is Friday, which means it's the start of my weekend (I only go to college Monday to Thursday). Today I was hoping to spend the whole day doing research for my new college project where we have been asked to illustrate three book covers. But I haven't particularly been in the mood to do research today, so instead I decided to do some photography work and think of photo-shoot ideas I want to do as I haven't done any for a while now. It made me think of my previous work done and reminded me of my Light and Shadow photography project I had in my second year of 6th form and the films I made at the end of it as a sort of 'final piece'. So I have decided to share those with you today. I'm not allowed them on my Facebook page as the music over them isn't mine and they get deleted almost immediately, which is a bummer! But I am allowed them on Youtube, and therefore allowed them on here.
This first one is the first film I made for this project. The dancer is my friend Grace Williams, who is a beautiful dancer and made this dance up on the spot! Which may be easy for dancers like her, but as a non-dancer, I just thought it was pretty amazing also considering she had never even heard the song before! I used 2 large studio lights either side of a stage and had a gauze in front of her, so her shadows showed up when she went close to the lights or the gauze. The song is Fall by Ed Sheeran and as I previously said, it is not my song, I don't own it (not sure if that actually makes a difference for copyright stuff but lets hope it does and I am allowed to keep it on here!). When watching them both, I advise you to make them full screen as they are easier to see and have a better impact on the viewer.
This is the second film I made, again using Grace as a model. In my project I had previously taken images of the nude body with dramatic lighting therefore giving it dramatic shadows and was really pleased with the results. After doing that, I was watching TV and saw a perfume advert that reminded me of my images. This is where the idea for my film came from. You will notice it has a sort of 'perfume advert feel' to it, which is what I was aiming for. The song is Slow Down by Morcheeba and again, I do not own it, etc.
Hope you liked them! xxx
(p.s. After deleting my Youtube account, my videos didn't show up on here any more after sharing this post, so I tried again on my new account which again didn't work, so you'll have to click on the link to see the video rather than watching it on my blog).
Thursday, 5 January 2012
Cinemagraphs.
Good evening!
Today I am going to show you a website which has a series of beautiful cinemagraphs. These are all done so perfectly and effortlessly; they're just amazing. I so badly want to give this a go but don't know how. Youtube tutorials here I come! There may be a post in the future of my own cinemagraph, who knows.
http://inspirationfeed.com/photography/35-beautifully-animated-photographs-a-k-a-cinemagraphs/
Enjoy! xxx
Today I am going to show you a website which has a series of beautiful cinemagraphs. These are all done so perfectly and effortlessly; they're just amazing. I so badly want to give this a go but don't know how. Youtube tutorials here I come! There may be a post in the future of my own cinemagraph, who knows.
http://inspirationfeed.com/photography/35-beautifully-animated-photographs-a-k-a-cinemagraphs/
Enjoy! xxx
Wednesday, 4 January 2012
Good Evening!
I'm doing this post quite early tonight compared to the others as last night I was up until quarter to two (which I know may not be too bad for some of you, but for people like me who are practically dead the next day if they go to bed any later than 10; 1.45am isn't a good time to stay up until). I was up until this time as I have had a Christmas project to do for these past 2ish weeks and had to finish off the last bits last night, not realising how much I actually had left. Fortunately I did finish and am pleased with my final result, and becasue of this, I have chosen to show you that today.
The project theme was books and the idea was that we look at our own bookshelf, take inspiration from our own books and create a piece of book art that relates to one or multiple books on our shelves. I chose a book from when I was little called 'The Flower Fairies Treasury' and decided to fill half a book with an introduction to all the fairies by stating their name and their 'song' (which is just a little poem about them taken from the original book). At the back of the book, I then decided to make the fairies actual treasury where all their special possessions are kept.
Below are photos of my book art. There are a few images of the fairy intro pages and then one (and a few close ups) of the treasury at the back.
Hope you like it!! xx
I'm doing this post quite early tonight compared to the others as last night I was up until quarter to two (which I know may not be too bad for some of you, but for people like me who are practically dead the next day if they go to bed any later than 10; 1.45am isn't a good time to stay up until). I was up until this time as I have had a Christmas project to do for these past 2ish weeks and had to finish off the last bits last night, not realising how much I actually had left. Fortunately I did finish and am pleased with my final result, and becasue of this, I have chosen to show you that today.
The project theme was books and the idea was that we look at our own bookshelf, take inspiration from our own books and create a piece of book art that relates to one or multiple books on our shelves. I chose a book from when I was little called 'The Flower Fairies Treasury' and decided to fill half a book with an introduction to all the fairies by stating their name and their 'song' (which is just a little poem about them taken from the original book). At the back of the book, I then decided to make the fairies actual treasury where all their special possessions are kept.
Below are photos of my book art. There are a few images of the fairy intro pages and then one (and a few close ups) of the treasury at the back.
Hope you like it!! xx
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| Opening page. |
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| The Dandelion Fairy. |
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| The Daisy Fairy. |
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| The Forget-Me-Not Fairy. |
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| The Wild Cherry Blossom Fairy. |
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| The Horse Chestnut Fairy. |
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| The Mountain Ash Fairy. |
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| The Treasury title page and shelves. |
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| The Treasury shelves. |
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| Miniature fairy books. |
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| Miniature flower vase. |
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| Fairy jewels. |
Tuesday, 3 January 2012
Aurélie Ronfaut.
Hello all. Today I am going to share an illustrator I recently found called Aurélie Ronfaut. She is a French artist (as I'm sure you can tell be her name!) and has a very simple yet detailed style of drawing females, often with watercolour/ink backgrounds. Her website is here: http://www.thiluu.com/#!portfolio/vstc7=illustrations. Please take a look as I'm sure you will like it if you have similar taste to me.
xxx
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Monday, 2 January 2012
Metroplastique.
Hola!
So day two of the 366 project. Today I wanted to share a video by two artists who go by the name of Metroplastique. I found it a while back and shared it on my facebook, which got a lot of love, so for those of you who aren't connected to me on there or just didn't see it, here it is again.
It is a video showing the creation of a large piece they did called 'Euphorie'. The end product is so amazing but the process is just as interesting so be sure to watch!
Hope you like it! xxx
So day two of the 366 project. Today I wanted to share a video by two artists who go by the name of Metroplastique. I found it a while back and shared it on my facebook, which got a lot of love, so for those of you who aren't connected to me on there or just didn't see it, here it is again.
It is a video showing the creation of a large piece they did called 'Euphorie'. The end product is so amazing but the process is just as interesting so be sure to watch!
Hope you like it! xxx
Sunday, 1 January 2012
Cashback.
Firstly, Happy New Yeaaar! I hope you had a good 2011 and hope this year will be even better for all of you.
So today is the 1st which means day one of the 365 project (although this year is a leap year so technically it is the 366 project). Today I wanted to share a film that I found whilst on stumble (which if you don't have, Google it, I highly recommend it) quite a few months ago. 'Cashback', directed and written by Sean Ellis, is a short film based in a supermarket. I wont say too much, I'll just let you watch it.
http://www.indiemoviesonline.com/watch-movies/cashback
Hope you enjoy xxx
So today is the 1st which means day one of the 365 project (although this year is a leap year so technically it is the 366 project). Today I wanted to share a film that I found whilst on stumble (which if you don't have, Google it, I highly recommend it) quite a few months ago. 'Cashback', directed and written by Sean Ellis, is a short film based in a supermarket. I wont say too much, I'll just let you watch it.
http://www.indiemoviesonline.com/watch-movies/cashback
Hope you enjoy xxx
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