Artist Interview

The thing I enjoy most about being an artist is I have the power to create what ever I want and try to make the ideas/visions in my head become a reality, I am mostly inspired by artist such as patrick Rochon and william Klien as I was introduced to their light painting recently and have taken an interest into their work and I like to try and recreate work similar to theirs, just adding my own personal touch to it, with my work I like to experiment and be random, I like to not know what the outcome of my work will be, before creating my work I take inspiration for the things around me and think how I could develop these into a piece of art.
In the future I see my self doing something visual and creative and taking my ideas and trying to make them bigger and better.

Page Layout analysis

On this magazine layout the there is very little text which is placed at the top left of the first page and also a large title at the bottom of the page with a quote under it, and the remaining spaces on the pages are taken up by images, as the entire second page is taken up by the images, the thing that stands out the most is the title as it is filled in with the imagery so it works in with the images and is attractive as the images, the type that has been used for the font is bold and very simple which I think is more effective as it reflects the page because the whole page it's self is very simple and the amount of writing is kept to a minimum, whereas the other magazine spread contains mainly writing, but still uses a bold and simple type face so this could also suggest that it is a sophisticated article.

There is use of a colour scheme of black, white and the colours in the photo which I think adds to the simple but effective look to the article, the text is in black against a white background which I think makes the photo's stand out in the article the most as they are very colourful and attract the most attention, also the title looks as if it is a cut out of the photo, so it has the same colour scheme as the actual photo so it equally draws as much attention, the photo's used are directly to do with the article, because its about skateboarding.

The typography in this article is tiny compared to the images used, as it is placed directly next to the images so it gives a small insight into what the image is for/about, the impact of using large images with small typography is that it suggest that the subject is more of a practical experience rather than something you would read about, as the article is to do with skateboarding.

On this page layout text wrapping is used around the image of the building on the first page, and its as if the text has had to make space for this image which shows that it is the one of the main subject of the article, the images in the article 
are mainly kept to the top or the edges of the page with the large amounts of text placed besides the and more to the middle of the page, which is very different to the other article's layout as in the other article the images seem to overpower the amount of text, although in both articles a simple and bold font has been used to create a simple look, however the simplicity of the font for this article has been used to represent formality and sophistication.

In terms of scale the images and text take up around the same amount of space on the page because most of the images take up about half a page, and the text fits around it which takes up another half of the page, which draws and equal amount of attention to both the text and images.

On the page photo's have been used in relation to the article, the colours of the text have been kept simple by using just black and white which works in with the sophistication of the article and will appeal to the target audience.

Photgraphy analysis

Henrik Bonnevier

Henrik Bonnevier is a swedish photographer whose work includes fashion still life and has had clients such as,Condé Nast Traveller, Bon Magazine, Gourmet, Toyota, IKEA, and Moby and the work is used to advertised their products.

 Colour plays an important part in his work as he uses high contrast colours and lighting, which clashes making some objects stand out from the rest of the image, which he uses to advertise, as the brighter colours are used to show the more important objects being advertised so it draws attention to those certain objects.
There is also a very planned composition in all of his work because he uses a range of objects therefore he needs to make sure everything fits together and that the objects trying to be advertised stand out the most, his work is quite contemporary as he is photographing fashion items therefore it as to look appealing to the target audience.

Edward Weston

Edward Weston was a 20th century American photographer who has been called "one of the most innovative and influential American photographers", he photographed a number of subjects including, landscapes, still lifes, nudes, portraits and genre scenes.

Alot of Westons work is very close up to the subject and doesn't always contain the whole object, this is done to focus on the detail of the subject and show the textures in the subject, he uses dark backgrounds throughout most of his work so that the subject it's self stands out from the the back ground although there is not much contrast between the background and the subject as the set up of the shoot would have been very simple and he may have used only one light therefore making the image appear soft and delicate as there isn't much contrast, although using one light highlights certain areas of the image which directs your attention to the the small details within the image.


Andrea Bricco

Andrea Bricco is a food, lifesyle and travel photographer who lives in los angeles, she has been photographing for many well know restaurants in southern california such as  Spago, CUT, Bestia, Tar & Roses, Rustic Canyon, Alma and Din Tai Fung.

Andrea's work looks alot more natural and organic compared to both Henrik Bonnevier and Edward Westons work as the colours she uses are mainly white and soft delicate colours with most people would associate with purity and natural things, the picture of the food it's self in the background is hand drawn which adds to the effect of the food looking very natural and organic, also the use of a white back ground makes the plate stand out the most in the picture showing the audience it is the main subject/feature in the picture, the picture is taken from a birds eye view as the work was most likely done for a menu or recipe therefore the whole image would need to be seen.

Illustration Analysis

                                                       

Matthew Midgley

This piece of work was done by Matthew Midgley, it was made for an advertisement for Ikea.

 I think to create this he would have used water-colours and fine-liners and pens to do outlines which gives the work a hand drawn touch, which also relates to the scale of the work, which is quite small so it gives a small delicate touch which works with the hand drawn look, the main subject is the only thing in the colour whereas the other drawings are not in colour showing that they are not as important as the main subject, also a white background has been used which brings out the coloured image more, however with both Natsko Seki's and Andrea Josephs work they do not necessarily have a main subject and have many things going on in their work.

Matthew has done work for other companies other than Ikea such as converse, I think he is chosen to do work for these companies because his work has a home/hand made quality to it, therefore it implies what is being advertised has a home/hand made quality to it and would attract a certain audience, there are no pictures of people included in his work which show he advertises products like food and home decoration rather than things such as clothing and fashion, unlike Natsko Seki who includes people in his work, which makes the work seem more social and as if it is something for people.

Personally I like Matthew Midgleys work because I like the hand drawn look to it, and the contrast of the materials between the watercolour and the fine-liners and also I like the look of water colour work as I like the different shades and tones that you can get when using them.

Nastko Seki 

This piece of work was done by Natsko Seki who has done work  for clients such as Louis Vuitton, Transport for London and waterstones.

To make this piece of work I think Natsko Seki would have used materials such as paper, paints and pens/pencils,and techniques such as paper cutting, this is effective in his work because the materials clash and create a contrast between each other and make certain elements of the image stand out from each other, for example in this piece of work the trees stand out the most as they look as if they have been cut out from a magazine and they are a different material to the rest of the image.

Natsko Seki has done work for large brands/companies therefore the work has to look more professional, which I think is represented with the materials used, as there are straight black lines drawn in pen used  for the buildings in the back ground and block colours which gives the work a formal and simple look, the use of the white buildings in the background of the picture makes all the colourful objects stand out more in comparison, the work 

is for commercial use rather than for personal use which matthew Midgley and Andrea Josephs work is more likely for as their work is hand drawn, which is why I think Natsko Seki includes people in his work to make it look more social, as the large companies have big audiences of people they want to appeal to therefore adding people into the work for an advertisement might make people feel more involved or included.

Natsko Seki was one of my favourite artist out of Andrea Joseph and Matthew Midgley as I liked the used on different materials on each other and how they contrasted each other, and how her work is interesting and there is alot going on in the work.

Andrea Joseph















This Piece of work was done by Andrea Joseph, this particular piece of work was done for personal use, although she has done work for exhibitions.

To create this piece of work Andrea Joseph would have used materials like biro pen and pencil as that is what she uses throughout most of her work, which gives the hand drawn quality to the work and makes it a lot more personal to the artist because when you draw by hand not every detail is perfect, which is similar to how Matthew Midgley works, although there is no main subject as all the objects are more or less the same size and there is not colour on the page therefore it does not make any object in particular stand out maybe suggesting they are all as important as each other and also to draw attention to the fact that each item has been drawn out individually in detail so you aren't just supposed to focus on one item in the image.
Andrea Joseph does work for exhibitions and  for personal use, I think she chooses to do this because her work is a form of expressing her self.