Inspiration - kinda ...

Ellie Gouldings music video for her sinlge 'Lights' has different forms of light techniques to create different effects - now I just have to figure out how to do them myself ....

Lightbulb = Idea

Starting off a new idea means a brainstorm. Light was the centre circle and it spread to many topics including darkness, shadow, spectrum, flame, shade and environment.

I collected images of light sources, prisms and shadows.

 

The beams and splitting of light are my source of movement. I focused on how light affects objects, the splitting of light into a spectrum, the light from a lamp viewed in different camera settings and natural versus artificial light.

I photographed the light on my wall as it came through my blind - the result was a stripped, bar code effect.

I also came across different words to capture light and darkness - thesaurus came in handy!

 

I remembered a day in primary school when we re learning about light and my teacher took us outside for an experiment. He sent one of my classmates across the yard and told us to shout. We could see him the whole time but it took a few seconds for us to her him - this was to show that light was faster than sound. I used this as the inspiration of a simple cartoon.

After photographing my lamp, I decided to investigate it more by looking at light bulbs. I drew some with both charcoal and pen as well as pencil on tinfoil. I collage a bulb out of sellotape, masking tape and a paperclip.





I realised that bulbs weren't the actual movement of the light but the source of it, so I took a few steps back to the most primitive form of light - fire.I am beginning to look at fire and fire extinguishers.

My next step, I think, is the falling of light on objects, how light creates moods and different forms of light.

This is all new to me ...

I have never blogged before but I figure it ll be an interesting experience and a easy way to keep track of my work. Starting 1st year art and design I was cetainly nervous. I have loved art all my life and I assume it ll will be part of my future too. Starting LSAD comfirmes that. My main concern about art college was would I be good enough - in school when everyone has a variety of different talents I could say art was mine but here everyones talent is art! - I suppose I wouldnt have gotten in if I haden't shown some promise.

2 weeks in and its actually going ok. We have been given a project that will last our first semester - 13 weeks. Our project brief is a personal response to movement and motion. I began by brainstorming ideas:

I started off with obvious choices like vechicular movement, music,dance, wheels, bodeis. Then I tried to narrow it down more.My main area of interest was natural movement such as wind, water and light.

Cars, traffic lights, music, dance and instruments

Wind

Water

I explored these ideas through a range of mediums - pencil, pen, marker, pastel, photography, paint and ink. I found my ideas led towards the movement of light.