Monday 21st March 2011:

Today I looked through my previous sketchbook pages and annotated what I have done so far. I found this useful, as I was able to reflect on ideas and think of how to develop these further. I then looked back at the artist, Jules Julien, from the graphic art fair, and responded to the work in my sketchbook. In the first piece, I basically created something similar to the artist’s work, but I added in letters to make up the word ‘victim’. This is quite subtle, but I think this works well. I also like how it could represent the victim ‘falling apart’ due to being bullied. On the next page I decided to make the whole face up from type. I think this is attractive, however, the words should maybe be easier to read and stand out more. I could’ve perhaps used different shades of grey and some red for different words. I could develop this idea further digitally to see if this works better. However, so far, I quite like the overall image as part of a final poster idea as it stands out.

I then gave out a few copies of my questionnaire as a test to see how people answered and if there were any changes I should make before giving it out to more people. The only change I made was to add the choice ‘peers’ to the question: ‘Who do you feel bullies/ has bullied you the most?’, because quite a few people wrote this option under ‘other’. I found it interesting that no one had answered yes to the question: ‘Do you think that you have ever been a bully to somebody else?’ because I think that everyone has been a bully at least once, even if without realising. However, they tended to answer ‘not that I’m aware of’ instead of ‘no’, showing that they may realise that if they had been a bully it hadn’t been intentional. I will have to see what other people answer to this question when I collect some more in.

I started thinking about what I could create with a lino print, and felt that words would look quite effective. I will start on this tomorrow and see how it turns out.

Target for today: Create more pages in sketchbook influenced by designers seen at the graphic art fair. Start to think of how to work in new ways, eg: lino print. Annotate sketchbook work.

Target for tomorrow: Give out more questionnaires. Start creating work in sketchbook using the process of lino printing. Write organisation name ideas, etc, in sketchbook and reflect on these ideas.