About the Author - Development and research

Positives:

Chosen colour scheme

- I've had to work really quickly this week in order to get my lino cut and printed before turning them into positives for screen print- this has really been helped by my timetable making
- I also used simple pencil lines and live image trace on illustrator to make the solid colours
- After also investing a lot of time looking at colours, and have come up with a colour scheme I'm really happy with, and reflects the fun yet calm tone of Yutang's work


RESEARCH:

Yutang:

I want to ensure my project is still really reflecting Yutang, so I revisited some of his work. Here are some quotes which helped me to remind what he was about:

- 'The world, I believe, is far too serious'
- 'Where did you find this authority?... in my own heart'
- 'The true motive of travel should be to travel to become lost and unknown... travel to forget'
- 'Paying a compliment well and appropriately is called a beautiful compliment, and on the other hand, paying a compliment with bad taste is called an awkward compliment'

I found this really useful, as although this is a personal response to his work, it still needs to be intrinsically linked to his life and ethos. 


Artists:

Andy Johnson

I really like this linocut print by Andy Johnson, and it really has a quality I want to emulate in my prints.

What do I like?

- Use of white as an additional colour- especially with white birds

- Tone of image made using subtle colours

- Perspective and depth of image- huts lead a natural line of sight

What does this mean?
- Try to make the most of negative space in my prints
- Really focus on getting cohesive colours
- I would like to try and include some depth in my pictures- and perhaps revisit the rule of three grid to make dynamic images