Wednesday, 3 March 2010

FIRST A-Z

THIS WAS MY FIRST ATTEMPT AT ILLUSTRATING AN ENTIRE A-Z. THIS WILL RUN FROM Z-A IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT IT FROM THIS WAY DOWNWARDS. MY INITIAL PLAN FOR THIS PROJECT WAS TO ILLUSTRATE ALL 63 A-Z'S TO FORM ONE HUGE COLLECTION OF BOOKS.
HOWEVER, THESE WERE TAKING FAR TOO LONG AS NOT ONLY DID I HAVE TO DRAW THE IMAGES, I FIRST HAD TO FIND THE RELEVANT SOURCE MATERIAL TO DRAW FROM. THIS PROVED REALLY DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY WHEN SOME OF THE WORDS WERE QUITE BLAND OR OBSCURE. ALSO, I WAS HAVING DIFFICULTY IN MY OWN MIND TRYING TO MAKE THEM MAKE SENSE AS A SET, AS THE WORDS WERE NOT WRITTEN DOWN WITH ANY NARRATIVE OR FORMULA.

I AM HAPPY WITH SOME OF THESE DRAWINGS AND WOULD MAYBE LIKE TO USE THEM IN A DIFFERENT CONTEXT, BUT THEY LOOSE THEIR STRENGTH WHEN THEIR NEIGHBOUR IS WEAKER.




























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