Purnell Brief

For this project I had to create a piece to be displayed in Purnell's restaurant.

I started off going out into Birmingham and took photographs of Buildings and monuments that I personally thought represent Birmingham.

Here a few of the photograph that i captured.

Then I did some research research on Joseph Chamberlain. I took pictures of the Chamberlain square in Birmingham, and got information about him from the internet.

Camouflage summer Project.

Research:

Camouflage is a method of avoidance. It allows a person, object or animal to become less visible so that

they won't be spotted as easily. Camouflage can be seen in the animal kingdom, such as a polar bear's coat being white to blend in with its natural habitat, snow, so that it can hide from predators, and also sneak up on its prey. It is also used in the military to hide from the enemy.

Military camouflage became an essential part of modern military tactics after the increase in accuracy and rate of fire of weapons during the 19th century. Until the 19th century, armies tended to use bright colors and bold, impressive designs. These were thought to daunt the enemy, foster unit cohesion, allow easier identification of units in the fog of war, and attract recruits. In addition, bright uniforms, such as the red coats formerly used by the British, tended to deter desertion.

Conversely, the intent of camouflage is to disrupt an outline by merging it with the surroundings, making a target harder to spot or hit, or to confuse an observer as to its nature. Different countries have undergone different evolutionary stages towards the development of military camouflage.

Animals also use coflauge to blend in with their surrounding. This is used either to be invisible to predators or to prey to either help hunting or to stop them from being hunted.

Michael Craig-martin is a contemporary conceptual artist and painter. He is noted for his influence over the young british artists, many of whom he taught, and for his conceptual work.

In 1974, he exhibited the seminal piece An Oak Tree. The work consists of a glass of water standing on a shelf attached to the gallery wall next to which is a text using a semiotic argument to explain why it is in fact an oak tree

. Nevertheless, on one occasion when it was barred by Australian Customs officials from entering the country as vegetation, he was forced to explain it was really a glass of water. The work was bought by the National Gallery of Australia in 1977; however, the Tate gallery has an artist's copy.

Brief:
Over the summer I am required to design my own personal camouflage. this will be made up of shapes that represent me and my identity. These shapes will come from my personal history represented by a timeline of 5 objects.

I have chosen to have Music as my theme as it plays a big part of my life.

I have been listening

and enjoying music since i can remember. Also over the years I have listened to several genre's of music so this would account to the 5 different generations.

Development:

So I came up with the idea of vectoring different musical instruments from music genre's I have listened to over the years. Below is the development of how I created this.

I chose to vector a guitar first as I have always listened to rock music.

So I began by using the pen

tool in Illustrator to trace the base of the guitar.

I then did the same but on a smaller scale to add

detail to the base.

I then added further detail to the base such as pick-ups, the tremolo and volume buttons. I used circle and rectangle shape tool for this.

I then with the pen tool again I drew the head of the guitar.

I then added detail the head. I drew on the string posts and the tuning pegs.

I then added the neck to the guitar.

I then added the strings using the line tool along the neck of the guitar and ended at the string posts.

I am happy with the vector guitar as I think it looks realistic and in proportion. I will carry on using this technique with the other instruments. These are the other vector instruments that I created.

Click link below to view final image

camoproject.jpg

This is a photograph of my CD case on a CD rack in HMV. I chose to place it there as I thought it would blend in well with the other cd's.