Pick Me Up Exhibition

During the easter holidays I attended an exhibition where young artists displayed their graphical work for us to see and also to purchase. The exhibition was very exciting and inspiring as many of the artists work related to my theme and many of their pieces gave me new ideas and techniques that I could possibly use for my final piece. I managed to talk to a number of artists that gave me advice and different ways of making simple things look creative for example the piece on the left was made out of block colours of paper but has been put together in many different shapes and sizes to create this amazing vibrant landscape, that piece was created by a designer called Zee Loot.

This piece was created by a graphic designer named Chris Dent. This guy inspired most of all because his piece related to my theme of cities and buildings. This design was all hand drawn with a fine liner which is amazing with especially the detail that has gone into it. I like this piece most of all because of the creativeness that has gone into it, he has called this piece the 'City Heart' has you can see a pink heart that stands out in the centre, I admire the way he has coloured parts of the buildings to form the heart.




Chris Dent also had a tattoo on this arm of New York city that looked like a piece of art in itself. He gave me advice on different techniques he had used as a designer and what his favourite one was which was hand drawn with a fine liner, he said that it makes every single detail in the piece stand out and gives the piece more depth. He is a very inspiring graphic designer and I admire his work.

 These are two pieces that I found very interesting and the detail that went into them amazed me. The first design is of the inside of a human body that has been made out to look like it is one big factory with lots of machines inside and instruments etc. Unfortunately I didn't get to meet the artist that created this  but seeing the details up close was a great experience.

This piece amazed me also, it is of a dragon which has been made out of buildings. The creativeness of this design is mind blowing as such simple buildings can be made into such a work of art, a dragon and buildings don't really relate in any way but the two work perfectly together. Again I unfortunately didn't get to meet the designer who created this piece. This piece inspired me as it relates to my theme with buildings and landscape. A dragon is also part of the chinese culture which relates to travel.