During the fifth week of the final major project I continued to look at the idea of the insides of the human, more specifically the skull. I continued experimenting however this time with the idea of stencils as I thought that stencils somewhat to the idea of "letting a person in" through the holes of the stencil.
I also experimented with another kind of illustration where I drew two drawings on top of each other. One drawing being of a person, while the other being the skeletal form of the person on top of it. I really enjoyed trying out this style of illustration because it was something different to what I would usually do, it was also an uncommon way of illustrating that I believe people do not see very often.
These thoughts then led me onto looking at and researching the human anatomy and the skeletal form of the human being and what is truly under the things we try to disguise. So I looked at the cardiovascular system, muscular system, skeletal system, nervous system etc.
Through my research of transformation, disguise and lies I was then able to come up with the idea of secrets. This idea stemmed from the fact that people wish to disguise themselves all the time and lie about their true feelings and thoughts and so I wished that as part of my project people could be a little more honest.
And so I came up with the idea of a confessions booth as part of the "secrets" aspect of my project, which related to unmasking ones true self. I wanted people to open up and be a little more honest by writing a secret/confession to me anonymously. I therefore created a trial confession booth where I made a quick poster that I believed to be eye catching and a small box for people to put their confessions in and provided post it notes and pens for people and just sat and waited for people to participate. The results of my trial was a lot better than I expected. I believe the reason that people did this was because they possibly saw it as an outlet for their secrets and a way for them to share their confessions and thoughts anonymously (to get something of their chest). For others, I believe they took part in this trial for fun and entertainment purposes, which was also welcomed.
From the good results I then wanted to start designing the real booth.
Pictures all author's own
I used the colours black and red not only because they suited and looked good together but because when it comes to lies, deception and hidden feeling the colour black comes to mind because of its mysteriousness and element of hidden darkness. For the red on the other hand it came to mind because the stencil I made was in the shape of a skull which relates to death, which then also related to blood and pain. However red can also symbolise passion as you are "letting someone in", therefore you care for that person.
I also experimented with another kind of illustration where I drew two drawings on top of each other. One drawing being of a person, while the other being the skeletal form of the person on top of it. I really enjoyed trying out this style of illustration because it was something different to what I would usually do, it was also an uncommon way of illustrating that I believe people do not see very often.
These thoughts then led me onto looking at and researching the human anatomy and the skeletal form of the human being and what is truly under the things we try to disguise. So I looked at the cardiovascular system, muscular system, skeletal system, nervous system etc.
Through my research of transformation, disguise and lies I was then able to come up with the idea of secrets. This idea stemmed from the fact that people wish to disguise themselves all the time and lie about their true feelings and thoughts and so I wished that as part of my project people could be a little more honest.
And so I came up with the idea of a confessions booth as part of the "secrets" aspect of my project, which related to unmasking ones true self. I wanted people to open up and be a little more honest by writing a secret/confession to me anonymously. I therefore created a trial confession booth where I made a quick poster that I believed to be eye catching and a small box for people to put their confessions in and provided post it notes and pens for people and just sat and waited for people to participate. The results of my trial was a lot better than I expected. I believe the reason that people did this was because they possibly saw it as an outlet for their secrets and a way for them to share their confessions and thoughts anonymously (to get something of their chest). For others, I believe they took part in this trial for fun and entertainment purposes, which was also welcomed.
From the good results I then wanted to start designing the real booth.
Pictures all author's own
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