Process and Production Self Evaluation

What 5 things have you gained from this work and how will this impact on your practice?

• I've learned not to rely solely on my line work and try to incorporate more texture and shape into my pieces.
• Using printed textures works really well to give some depth to the image.
• Minimal use of collage can be really effective and add another quality to the image.
• Collage isn't something I intend to carry on with in the future.
• I can put down Ideas much quicker using shape and textures rather than drawing it and trying to make it perfect the first time.

What 5 things do you intend to explore further through your visual journey and why?

• Including clouds and smoke in my work I think this can be really effective, especially when done with ink and wet paper.
• Minimal use of colour can work well with limited colour schemes, this is something to think about for the printed pictures brief.
• I really want to start incorporating characters and figures into this work.
• I also want to start scanning it in and digitally working with the images.
• I definitely don't want to do anymore collage though.

What themes do you intend to explore further through your visual journal and how will you explore these visually?

I intend to explore character much more now and also look at American culture and travel, so I can incorporate the images of clouds and planes in to my work also the motels can fall into the American culture and travel categories.

How do these themes relate to your research into your chosen author?

My themes relate to my book well because when I first picked them I literally picked them out of the book such as the liberty dollar owned by Shadow and the Chevy Nova he owns, Plus the motels he and Mr. Wednesday visit through out the book. My themes are just a natural extension of the motifs I picked and I intend to start to incorporate characters from the book into this.