Summer Brief

Over summer I've been working on my choice of the briefs for the break. I decided upon the book Kingdom Come as it is based on consumerism and I am very interested in society and human behaviour, especially to do with controversial issues. I also chose to take an illustrator approach rather than an authorstrator one as I think I am more suited to a planned and direct method.

Also, I've always wanted to make work in the realm of anti-media control, and am planning to write my dissertation on advertising so this project and it's research will link in well.

Whilst reading the book I started my making work based on the broad theme in relation to "the man".

And the mass population and their interests in consumerism.

I then looked at themes and highlighted imagery to draw from which I found really helpful as they conveyed the message of the book and the storyline at the same time. 

The themes were

-picturing the psychology of the future

-nationalism

-fascism

-consumerism 

-advertising

-violence

-racism

Here is some of the work I created from these themes. 

Overall I found it a really fun topic to work with and enjoyed the imagery of the story. I am looking forward to expanding the ideas and making my work look more professional.

david foldvari: guardian masterclass

link to David Foldvari's guardian masterclass

david foldvari: guardian masterclass: i've been invited to take part in guardian's masterclass series . the title of the event is 'what every illustrator should know...