Josh Norris OCA logbook

Exercise: Using black and white When I initially read this exercise I was a very confused, I took it upon myself to spend 10 minutes just diving into other peoples responses just to get a clear image of what was expected. Once I had a better idea I began. The word I chose to explore was 'Extraordinary' For my object I chose the Eiffel tower, for two reasons. One, I'm going to Paris in April with my girlfriend, and Two it is for sure an extraordinary piece of engineering especially for its time and looked upon as one of the most iconic landmarks in history. To begin with, I gathered quite a few reference images of the Eiffel Tower. I chose this image because it was at a front-facing angle so I wasn't working with any perspectives that would've made this exercise more challenging. I then went onto creating a light sketch of the tower just in pencil in my sketchbook. Finished base sketch The next step was to go over the base sketch with a thin ...

Exercise: Moodboards Moodboards are used to document visual elements interconnected by a concept or theme. They are a good way of collecting visual information so that connections can be easily made. The word I chose was 'exotic', it was one of the words I completed the visual shorthand exercise for and I thought that the mooboard would be quite exciting and has so much visual potential. I started gathering a bunch of reference images, my dad would rather me not print out sheets and sheets of 'exotic' imagery, so instead, I created the moodboard on photoshop with digital images. I used my visual brainstorm for some inspiration for areas to explore. I think that exotic is an adjective for so many things, I found images on... Exotic... Cars Animals Plants Fruit Fashion Insects Places From my research there was already a large number of common threads, everything was colourful, vibrant and out of the ordinary. When you look at what exotic things nature is r...