Sketchbook Work Display

Sketchbook Work

This page is to show what's going on inside my sketchbook (this book is for my FMP, final major project) I have taken photos of my sketchbook, to show my thinking process and how I got to where I am now. I haven't taken photos of every single page, however I've taken photos of the main pages that will show useful information about my work.

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This is the first page of my sketchbook. I decided to draw a creepy face with a title " Why Would You Want To Feel Scared?" I find it important for the first page to show what the whole project is about.	In this page I'm looking at the reasons why do we like to feed scared. The reasons are - The safety net: so many of us are actually seeking "controlled" fear and suspense, cause we know we are safe. Self Satisfaction: some people love to pus their limits and seeing how much they can tolerate. Closeness With Others: horror movies are great for first dates- for closure to one another. Curiosity: Many people are curious about the dark side, people like to make their worlds make sense.	Here I was looking at the scientistic reason behind us enjoying to scare others. - The desire to frighten someone, is a product of society obsessed with sensationalism has became a currency, a way to impress yourself and feeding your personal ego. page 5 is about why do we watch real videos of people dying?- its not for grossing people out but for documenting and observing the disturbing reality of death.
In this page I was looking at the QUIJA board and I was looking at the story of when it first came out and when people started to realise that it's bringing ghost to their house and loved ones are dying. Page 7 is going back to the page 5 where I talked about why do we like to watch videos of people dying- I needed to show some photos of what kind of videos I mean (these images are all real, however they are from google and don't show faces of the victims)	I picked out 5 horror movies to talk about and show the graphic scenes in them. I picked- Hereditary, Thirteenth ghost, Final Destination, Wrong Turn and Midsommar. I spoke a little bit about the movies and ten ive taken screenshots of the gory parts.	Here I was looking at Midsommar. I chose to pick this movie because its the most bloodiest and the SFX in it is amazing!
this page is photos from a trip that me and my class went too. I saw a few sculptures which related to me.	Here I went to another trip with my college to see old buildings and houses, which reminded me of torture and witches. So I started to look like different torture's that were used.	Types of tortures that I looked at was - Pear of Anguish, The Rack, Dunking, The Judas Cradle, iron Maiden, The Iron Chair, Saw Torture, Knee splitter and The Brazen Bull. page 23 I have photos rom the Science Museum
going to the science museum was something I needed to do for my primary source. looking at what's underneath human bodies and how it all looks like.	Here I decided to look at Leonardo Da Vinci, because I started to look at whats underneath our skin, Leonardo da Vinci came into that category because he dissected human body so he can draw/paint the perfect painting.	In here I started to look at How do we read facial features? so for example an Oval face- expresses a character somewhat balanced, sweet, charming, in which case those are the best diplomats. Heart face- people with heart shaped faces do indeed have a lot of heart, are very creative, have strong intuition. Yet can be a little bit pushy
Here I carried on looking at how do we read facial features. so I started to look at hair colours, for example Blonde hair - is showing physical weakness and indifference, reflects youth. then I looked at different ear size. Small ears - show honour manners and affection ect . Then I looked at different sized forehead and eyebrows.	Then I looked at different eye colours. Green Eyes - are all about nature, healthy living. Then I looked at different size noses, for example Straight Well-Formed Nose - shows patience, kindness, elegance and power to endure. lastly I looked at Lips, so Thick Lips - shows available pleasure, loving character but undecided.	I researched the Chapman Brothers, because their work is very odd and creative. then page 34 I looked at Coronavirus, because its a deadly new virus which is killing people around the world. I'm looking at death and fear, So I thought what if all the people that have passed away, aren't dead and that in time they will come out from the ground and wonder about on the earth as a zombie.
Ebola, was another deadly virus, so I researched more about it and how many people were affected by it. I remember the first time I heard about it, it created fear. Page 36 I looked at dead body, it was important for me to research it, since when my main focus is death. I needed to know how it looks like and what happens to the body.	I started to research a famous SFX artist called Howard Berger. Berger created costumes for the Walking Dead.	page 39 is some of Howard Berger's work. Page 40 is about another SFX make up artist called Rob Bottin.
I looked at a book called "Making faces- Playing God, identity and the art of transformational make up" I chose this book because it shows me more information on how to create a zombie.	the first page gave me my idea to how I could possibly make the body to my sculpture. Page 44, I looked at Why do we do it? well.... We like to feel in control of another persons feelings, it makes us feel powerful. We get pleasure and excitement from it.	This page I was looking at Hubris. Hubris is arrogance or excessive pride, often leading to a persons downfall. then I looked at Eschatology - which is the resurrection of death, often these notions are contrasted with the experience of suffering in the world. Then I looked at Thanatos - Thanatos is personification of death.
Here I'm talking about what would I need for my final idea and how I want it to look and what it will be. Page 50 I started to draw out how I want my sculpture to look. These are all of my drawings, I just drew them on my iPad	some more of my sketches	Some more of my drawing ideas.
some more of my drawings, however this one is my final idea, the drawing is very simple however I can imagine how it will look like.	I went to the V&A to see the Tim Walker exhibition, which was amazing, it also made me start to think of how I will present my work at my exhibition	Some postcards that I brought at the Tim Walker exhibition. Page 60 is my final sketch of how I want the body to look like. Although the arms won't look like that.
Page 61 I talk about how I'm going to make my sculpture, so step to step of my process. Page 62 is different ways of using the stand to make the sculpture	So these are photos that I took of my work, they show my step by step process. I didn't post all of them, because ive posted my whole process.	Some more photos. I found it hard to work to the size of a skull, because it just felt very small in-comparison with my previous work
		So here I took equipment back home, due to the coronavirus.
I felt quite unmotivated because I just couldn't see it working. I tried over and over again many times, it just wasn't working. I realised that the problem was is that the face was too long and skinny. Here I started to make the body, putting a metal pole through the body of the mannequin	I started to get somewhere and I was liking where I was going. For some reason in this project Ive struggled a lot with eyes. Here I started to create the cuts around the mouth.	I started to create the cut around/on the nose. Then I realised that if the skin was taken off on the nose, the only thing that would be left is the bone and two holes.
In this page I made the ears, but then I decided to have the ear ripped. After I used this skin texture rolling tool all over the face and the head. Then I used thin plastic to get more skin texture, like long wrinkles.	Page 99, I have a little silicone piece stuck in which is a colour tester. I need to practice first before I apply it to the real thing. My aim is to make my sculpture as realistic as I can.	Here I'm showing the step by step process of casting an arm.
Here I was in the process of casting an arm and putting the silicone in. The process of putting the silicone in, as I had a few errors.	Here I am showing the process of colouring. I started off with blue I used a sponge and I dabbed the paint on. Then I used red and dabbed it on.	Here I'm showing how I made my character, scarier which is using red and blood.
It was quite complicated to make holes through silicone and expanding foam, so I had to burn a rod and as it was hot I pierced it through, which then allowed me to connect the arm	In these pages I started to create the tones on the arms, Ive never coloured hands before, so I am trying my best to make it look realistic.	Some areas didn't work how I wanted them too, so the only option is to improvise. One of the fingers didn't work, expanding foam didn't reach to it, so I cut it off and now its an injured finger. The top of the arm didn't work well, the expanding foam didn't expand so I acted as if its an injured arm.
Here I'm showing the final thing, how it looks like in the end.	In this page I'm showing all of the photos that I took of the sculpture.	I needed to make sure that the photos would be in good quality and that the set up was good.
I took photos at the back of my garden, I covered my sculpture in mud because a zombie isn't clean. I also needed to make sure that it created the illusion that its coming out from the ground.	I took photos during the day and during the night, which creates a different atmosphere.	I chose 16 photos as my final photos. I only decided to post a couple. This page is me showing the Before and after of my editing.
I took photos from different angles so I can get the perfect photos.	Just some more photos of y before and after. It is important to edit the images because, because they need to be up to the standards	I took some photos through a cobweb, which looked kinda cool. it gave it more of a creepier look
It was important total photos from behind , to show how the guts looked like. The mud completed the look, it made the guts look more realistic.	here I just printed out A4 sized photos of my final edits and stuck them in. To show in full size how they looked like in the end.	Not all of the images looked clear in the end, they would look quite blurry, but ive tried my best to edit them so they look more better
These are the proper close ups that I took, love these images.	The last photo is my photo, I love the angle, the colour.. everything! Page 163 is my final evaluation of the whole process, how I found it, if I had any errors, if covid 19 ruined any plans of mine. In total, I think this project couldn't of gone any better!

Sketchbook Work

This is the first page of my sketchbook. I decided to draw a creepy face with a title " Why Would You Want To Feel Scared?" I find it important for the first page to show what the whole project is about.

I picked out 5 horror movies to talk about and show the graphic scenes in them. I picked- Hereditary, Thirteenth ghost, Final Destination, Wrong Turn and Midsommar. I spoke a little bit about the movies and ten ive taken screenshots of the gory parts.

Here I was looking at Midsommar. I chose to pick this movie because its the most bloodiest and the SFX in it is amazing!

this page is photos from a trip that me and my class went too. I saw a few sculptures which related to me.

Here I went to another trip with my college to see old buildings and houses, which reminded me of torture and witches. So I started to look like different torture's that were used.

Types of tortures that I looked at was - Pear of Anguish, The Rack, Dunking, The Judas Cradle, iron Maiden, The Iron Chair, Saw Torture, Knee splitter and The Brazen Bull. page 23 I have photos rom the Science Museum

going to the science museum was something I needed to do for my primary source. looking at what's underneath human bodies and how it all looks like.

Here I decided to look at Leonardo Da Vinci, because I started to look at whats underneath our skin, Leonardo da Vinci came into that category because he dissected human body so he can draw/paint the perfect painting.

I started to research a famous SFX artist called Howard Berger. Berger created costumes for the Walking Dead.

page 39 is some of Howard Berger's work. Page 40 is about another SFX make up artist called Rob Bottin.

I looked at a book called "Making faces- Playing God, identity and the art of transformational make up" I chose this book because it shows me more information on how to create a zombie.

the first page gave me my idea to how I could possibly make the body to my sculpture. Page 44, I looked at Why do we do it? well.... We like to feel in control of another persons feelings, it makes us feel powerful. We get pleasure and excitement from it.

Here I'm talking about what would I need for my final idea and how I want it to look and what it will be. Page 50 I started to draw out how I want my sculpture to look. These are all of my drawings, I just drew them on my iPad

some more of my sketches

Some more of my drawing ideas.

some more of my drawings, however this one is my final idea, the drawing is very simple however I can imagine how it will look like.

I went to the V&A to see the Tim Walker exhibition, which was amazing, it also made me start to think of how I will present my work at my exhibition

Some postcards that I brought at the Tim Walker exhibition. Page 60 is my final sketch of how I want the body to look like. Although the arms won't look like that.

Page 61 I talk about how I'm going to make my sculpture, so step to step of my process. Page 62 is different ways of using the stand to make the sculpture

So these are photos that I took of my work, they show my step by step process. I didn't post all of them, because ive posted my whole process.

Some more photos. I found it hard to work to the size of a skull, because it just felt very small in-comparison with my previous work

So here I took equipment back home, due to the coronavirus.

I felt quite unmotivated because I just couldn't see it working. I tried over and over again many times, it just wasn't working. I realised that the problem was is that the face was too long and skinny. Here I started to make the body, putting a metal pole through the body of the mannequin

I started to get somewhere and I was liking where I was going. For some reason in this project Ive struggled a lot with eyes. Here I started to create the cuts around the mouth.

I started to create the cut around/on the nose. Then I realised that if the skin was taken off on the nose, the only thing that would be left is the bone and two holes.

In this page I made the ears, but then I decided to have the ear ripped. After I used this skin texture rolling tool all over the face and the head. Then I used thin plastic to get more skin texture, like long wrinkles.

Page 99, I have a little silicone piece stuck in which is a colour tester. I need to practice first before I apply it to the real thing. My aim is to make my sculpture as realistic as I can.

Here I'm showing the step by step process of casting an arm.

Here I was in the process of casting an arm and putting the silicone in. The process of putting the silicone in, as I had a few errors.

Here I am showing the process of colouring. I started off with blue I used a sponge and I dabbed the paint on. Then I used red and dabbed it on.

Here I'm showing how I made my character, scarier which is using red and blood.

It was quite complicated to make holes through silicone and expanding foam, so I had to burn a rod and as it was hot I pierced it through, which then allowed me to connect the arm

In these pages I started to create the tones on the arms, Ive never coloured hands before, so I am trying my best to make it look realistic.

Here I'm showing the final thing, how it looks like in the end.

In this page I'm showing all of the photos that I took of the sculpture.

I needed to make sure that the photos would be in good quality and that the set up was good.

I took photos at the back of my garden, I covered my sculpture in mud because a zombie isn't clean. I also needed to make sure that it created the illusion that its coming out from the ground.

I took photos during the day and during the night, which creates a different atmosphere.

I chose 16 photos as my final photos. I only decided to post a couple. This page is me showing the Before and after of my editing.

I took photos from different angles so I can get the perfect photos.

Just some more photos of y before and after. It is important to edit the images because, because they need to be up to the standards

I took some photos through a cobweb, which looked kinda cool. it gave it more of a creepier look

It was important total photos from behind , to show how the guts looked like. The mud completed the look, it made the guts look more realistic.

here I just printed out A4 sized photos of my final edits and stuck them in. To show in full size how they looked like in the end.

Not all of the images looked clear in the end, they would look quite blurry, but ive tried my best to edit them so they look more better

These are the proper close ups that I took, love these images.

The last photo is my photo, I love the angle, the colour.. everything! Page 163 is my final evaluation of the whole process, how I found it, if I had any errors, if covid 19 ruined any plans of mine. In total, I think this project couldn't of gone any better!