Eva Tosh

For the second task I wanted to explore more different ways of creating my designs, compared to task 1 – I wanted to experiment with creating digital drawings, hence why a lot of my drawings were created on Procreate. I took inspiration from the things around me, and the different shapes I could see. For example, I took inspiration from the streets and different shapes I could see in signs or on walls. I also took inspiration from the V&A, where I explored many different types of art. I was especially inspired by their embroidery exhibit, and I took a lot of influence from the shapes and patterns I could see within those. Also, to look at things from a different perspective, I decided to zoom in on an image of strawberries to draw them in a new way. I also wanted to emphasise my love of patterns, so I joined some of my drawing together to create a different patterns – enabling me to view my designs from a different perspective and experiment more. 

For this task I took a lot of my inspiration from the streets of London, specifically Portobello Road Market, and West London. Due to covid, I also took a large amount of inspiration, simply from my surroundings, for example, my garden and the different shapes I could see within my workspace. I enjoyed the experiments where I used media that I wouldn’t typically think of using – such as a glue gun to create an almost architectural sculpture and using little scraps of tile to use as the base of my drawings, as these were the media that stretched my thinking. I struggled with the accuracy of my drawings throughout this task. This is something I find difficult to do as I often want to emphasise aspects of an image that aren’t necessarily emphasised the same way in real life. I enjoyed having the chance to explore different colour pallets and media throughout this first task.