For this project, I realised that I failed to find a magazine or newspaper with a design I like. This is probably an indication that this field is not for me??
In any case, I picked an article in the New Scientist, entitled Crocodiles swam the Atlantic to reach America. I Practised doing this in the middle of Christmas preparations, so for instance instead of looking for a fine nib and ink, I used a felt tip pen. I chose to do something rather than being stopped in my tracks by perfectionism.
My mock-up was made by measuring the space where the picture is with the crocodile, scaling it up to make it easier to draw, and fixing it together as best as I could with the computer. Not sure where the pixellation came from but I like it! It's a bit like computer style impressionism!
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| It worked saved in "Gif" |
Note to myself: used crocodile sketches, scanned them and printed them in different sizes. Printed-cut and glued them, then painted over it. Looking to have a lino cut (/wood block print) feel. (Not sure that in this image the statue croc. is the right size). Afterwards, looked again at the 'tears of the giraffe' book cover, and realised that there is an area around each object, like the paper cut around the design, sometimes coloured, on each and every object.
