SPEAKING FROM EXPERIENCE_Ian Wright

I am looking at Ian Wrights' work because as part of my project to encourage the new first year graphics students to experiment more, I am looking at less usual forms ofrepresenting image and type. I am experiementing with Hama beads in a similar way to the way that Ian Wright uses objects to create his graphuc design. I am more intersted in creating type rather than image, but the concept is much the same.

VISUAL LANGUAGE_What is a line? Erone

Erone is another one of my favorite artists. I am looking particularly at the way that he uses line. His illustrations tend to be very linear and the characters have elongated limbs and abstracted mask like faces, their hands and feet tapering off. They reming me of big friendly giants. I like the way that he varies the weight of the line, and creates areas of dark inky black which make interesting contrasts against the thin spindly lines and the areas of pattern. Linear patterns also feature in a lot of his work. Something that I have been experimenting with myself.

VISUAL LANGUAGE_What is a line? Ralph Steadman

I am looking at Ralph Steadman's style of drawing for my What is a Line brief because aside from being one of my favourite illustrators, I really like the way in which he uses line. His illustrations tend to have a scribbly chaotic quality, using marks and lines to suggest physical features rather than using more traditional and visually accurate styles. I want to try and capture the abstract quality of his work in my own work, by interpreting the subject with a more open minded approach, rather than worrying about the outcome of the drawing.