Manchester Metropolitan University Degree Show
Whilst walking round the MMU degree show I felt inspired by all the different disciplines of work that were all displayed in one room. It was nice to be able to look at what the third years had spent their last year producing and what I will soon be doing in my final year.
(Images taken from Joanna's blog - http://joannaortizwordandimage.blogspot.co.uk)
Joanna Ortiz
One of my favourite students work, which has inspired my brief for my final year, is Joanna Ortiz. Her work just stood out to me. I actually saw her work first, during a tutorial right at the beginning of my second year (her first year) and I instantly fell in love with her work. Her subject matter was herself, about her life, thoughts and images that she had taken herself. I loved her witty approach she had towards life and the fact that she did not take herself too seriously and that was what her work was based around. This is something that has inspired me to take that approach in my own work.
(Images taken from Becca's MMU degree page - http://degreeshow.mmu.ac.uk/2014/BeccaHall/)
Becca Hall
I tried to view as many different sections of the degree show as possible and I have always been a big admirer of illustration so I was interested to see some of the degree show work. I stumbled across Becca Hall's work, it was placed very delicately on a shelf in the corner of the room. She had produced a illustrated book of a journey she had taken. I found her work very delicate and detailed. Her drawings were not over complicated, and included the details that need to be included. The colour palette was very simple and didn't take anything away from her line drawings of buildings. What I liked most about her work was that it was such a simple and beautiful subject matter, it wash't over complicated and it was just nice to spend the time flicking through her sketchbook.
(Images taken from Jessica's MMU degree show page - http://degreeshow.mmu.ac.uk/2014/JessicaIp/)
Jessica Ip
What I love about Jessica's work, is her style of drawing. These drawings that she has created of victims of air war are stunning. I loved the texture that she creates within her drawings and the colours that she uses are perfect. I think that I have connected with her style of drawing as it could be seen as being quite unusual and I think that my way of drawing is very unusual as well. I really like the fact that these drawings look almost unfinished, they don't look 100% perfect with every line completed and every section filled with colour, which is what I really like about them. It is a very unusual technique and something that I would like to take into my own work.
