Friday 8th April 2011:

I decided that after exploring the meaning of ‘beauty is in the eye of the beholder’ and creating the word ‘beautiful’ in response to the work of Si Scott, I decided to try something similar but by exploring the word ‘ugly’, in these ‘beautiful’ ways.

I think this turned out really well as it’s bold but also detailed and will make people look twice to see that the word ‘ugly’ has actually been presented and illustrated in an attractive way. If I used this sort of idea and type within my final pieces (ie: the poster aimed at the bully), I think it would present quite a strong, but subtle, message which could perhaps make a bully realise that what they’re possibly saying to someone isn’t always true and isn’t necessary.

I also explored ‘gold leaf’ further as a few of my peers had commented on how it had worked nicely for the word ‘beautiful’. I think that yet again, this has worked quite well and shows that when you illustrate a word in the complete opposite way to its meaning, it can create a completely different visual effect. I will remember this when designing my final pieces, as perhaps this could be a good way of giving out a message to a viewer.

Whilst using the gold leaf for the word 'ugly', I had a look to see what a sheet of gold leaf would look like behind the word ‘beautiful’ from the previous page. I think that this is quite effective, but perhaps detracts the attention away from the cut out detail.

Target for today: Explore the word ‘ugly’ in ‘beautiful’ ways (ie: looking at the work of Si Scott).

Target for tomorrow: Begin to present data from questionnaires in an attractive way in sketchbook.