Final Major Project!!

For the past few months I've been wanting to design mock posters for my FMP by using Word just to start with and then use various other programs like Photoshop and GIMP (which I've started using) but I've been so busy handing in Papermaking and Information Graphics but I'm going to make time for the other posters. Ive made about 5 mock posters already and they all look plain and a bit boring so I decided to use colour for the background but the last poster I did, the colour never came up when I printed it so now it's white which I'm quite angry about! I have two of my posters to show so be warned there is blood!

Melting Crayon

As part of my memory book I also wanted to put in some crafty things and one the craft ideas I got from Pinterest was crayon melting and all I did was get some crayons, used a hairdryer to melt them and then aimed downwards for the drips. Here is the end result:D

Memory Book.

For a few weeks I have thinking so hard on units that I haven't actually had time to do my own stuff so this week I have decided to create a memory book and everyday I would fill a couple of pages up of memories with family and friends and of course college! Even though this is a blog I won't be posting a picture on this post but the next one I definitely will! I am literally so excited about starting this book and it will help me concentrate on art and also the memories that are stored in my head. 

Typical Fan Girl!

For my paper making unit I am creating a top hat that is getting covered in hand made paper with certain song lyrics and will be printed on from Lino and today I tried to print out one certain song lyric from a song called 'I Feel Alive' by We The Kings and the song kind of takes me back a few memories when my grandmother passed away a few years ago and the song helped me a lot to get me back on track with life because it's such a happy feel-good song!
The start of cutting the lino took me 2 days because I had to trace the lyrics onto tracing paper and then trace it again on the other side of the tracing paper and then rub it on the lino so the backwards writing has been transferred onto the lino and then it was the start of the cutting process. When I finished cutting the lino, I started to print a few off for some trials runs and then discovered that my handmade paper is too small for the type to fit on so I just used plain A3 paper and used 2 sheets. The first sheet, I used a red printing ink for the first 2 prints and then the second lot of prints I added yellow printing ink to make the colour lighter and then printed onto the paper. The second piece of paper was for darker colours but the prints didn't turn out as well as the first lot of prints.