On Frustrations Project Finalisations

I have been working with photographs and combining them with photos as I like working with layers and having different textures to my pieces. I started by drawing from photographs of myself, still in sets of 3, in different scenery to represent the mood of the frustration. I then edited the colour and brightness of the images to show the deterioration of emotion.

I think these effectively reflect the meaning of them once you know what it is, but not so much that you would know what it was about without it. They can work both ways and allow the viewer to interpret them in their own ways.

I then realised I needed to take photographs for this project, so enlisted the help of a friend and chose to this time reflect the frustrations in the positioning of the body. I am happy with the way the images below have come out but would like the opportunity to develop the use of photography in this project more in the future.

The use of backgrounds has really helped to create an atmosphere in my work, even more so than I imagined when it was suggested that I should work on them.

Another aspect I looked at was using plants and nature to demonstrate the three frustrations of my theme. I decided upon flowers dying and combined my drawing with textures and colour, as well as type which I made to reflect the natural idea.

Overall I have learnt a lot about myself in this project and am really looking forward to the next (after a relaxing christmas break!).