MOWING THE LAWN DOESN'T HAVE TO BE BORING!

8 DEGREES OF SHOPLIFTING

I have been greatly influenced by Nigel Holmes work which came in use when doing my own piece of information graphics on shoplifting.

NIGEL HOLMES

In my opinion Nigel Holmes is the king of information graphics. His combination of shape, line and tone allows him to create very bold graphics which not only look intriguing but explain the subject. His book 'Wordless Diagrams' is a must read even though there are no words!

THE ANCIENT ASSASSINS

The Ancient Assassins have been set free so watch out! 

DAVID HOCKNEY

I went to see David Hockney's work at the Royal Academy of Arts over Easter. His use of vivid colours in his paintings is really striking when seeing them up close and I was particularly captivated by his recent work on an iPad. The range of marks he was able to create on the iPad really allowed him to add detail whilst describing the textures in the landscapes.

THE ANCIENT ASSASSINS

These are my paper toys which I created for my university project. They are a group of war veterans who are OAPs during the day and assassins by night.

PAPER TOYS

My new project is to create my own set of paper toys so to get me in the paper making spirit I printed some existing templates off and assembled them. Here is Ralph with his formula one car!

NOMERZ

Nomerz is a street artist who uses derelict buildings in Russia to create faces. He uses features of the buildings to build up the faces which makes them quirky and witty.

WILLlIAM KENTRIDGE

William Kentridge is a South African artist who does a mixture of prints, drawings and animated films. I was very captivated by his use of charcoal and how he has used this material to create very dramatic and atmospheric pieces.

SEEING DOUBLE

This is one of my final pieces for the seeing double project. Created using inks.