Wednesday 23nd March 2011:

Today I looked through some of my questionnaires to see what words I could use within my sketchbook work. One, which caught my eye, was from someone who was bullied in her old band and was called ‘attention seeking’ and ‘a bitch’. I decided to write ‘attention seeking bitch’ using images of teenage related objects, such as makeup and musical equipment (as this would relate to her being bullied in her old band). I wrote ‘attention’ using ‘make up’ objects such as lipstick and makeup brushes as this could relate to wanting attention. And I wrote ‘seeking’ using musical equipment, such as microphones and guitars, as this would relate to her being bullied in her old band. I then wrote ‘bitch’ in a more ‘angry’ type style to help it stand out and convey more emotion. It looks quite effective but would probably look better in colour. I could try different words and emotions using different objects which relate to the word.

I then thought it would be interesting to write these out using actual objects and take a photo. I think it’s quite unique and eye-catching, however, it is quite hard to read and so maybe there would be a better way to present them. It would also maybe look better if I digitally edited the photos.

Target for today: Create typography using images and drawings of stereotypical teenage ‘objects’, eg: lipstick, makeup, football, technology, magazines, etc. Then go on to take photos of words created using the actual objects.

Target for tomorrow: Look through questionnaires and start recording results and evaluate organisation name/ tagline ideas in sketchbook.