Academic Progression

Fallout and Retro Futurism The Fallout series is one of my most favoured Sci-fi franchises, it is a brilliant rendition to the 'what if?' scenario. It  takes place around the 23rd century in an alternate reality where the culture of the 1950s just wouldn't die, but most of humanity does. In this reality, the cold war was prevalent until the bitter end. After nations began to run out of resources in the 2050s the world plunged into a global conflict that ended in 2077, when the then nuclear powers decided to launch their arsenals at each other, enveloping the world in a new apocalyptic dark age, this was called the 'Great war' and lasted only 2 hours.  However, 'Lucky' people survived the great war thanks to the sanctuary of underground fallout shelters called vaults, designed by the vault-tec corporation they officially provide "better living, underground" when in reality they were part of a series of experiments orchestrated by the united sta...

Josan Gonzalez The most inspirational artist that I follow the work of on social media is an artist called Josan Gonzalez. More commonly known under the alias of Deathburger, Josan creates vibrant, bold Sci-fi Cyberpunk and post apocalyptic art that features a mixture of rich and pastel colour palettes that makes his work stand out remarkably. I absolutely adore the work by Josan, it has always been a favourite. As a fan of the subculture and genre of the Cyberpunk movement, I personally think that his work captures the feel of what it means to be 'Cyberpunk' perfectly, this bond of flesh and metal is brilliantly portrayed consistently. I frequently get a 'Judge Dredd' or 'Ghost in the Shell' vibe when discussing his artwork. A piece that I like in particular is the following image. Being able to incorporate a fisheye lens effect into his artwork gives an amazing perspective, the piece has a feeling of depth because of this effect. Although out attentio...

Callum Watt Calum Alexander Watt is a conceptual artist that I follow on Instagram, his work always consists of detailed, diverse character concepts usually with futuristic theming. As I personally find creating futuristic concept art to be an enjoyable exercise and activity, artists such as Calum Watt are certainly inspirational.  The colour palettes that Calum uses are very appealing. His more recent work consists of artwork that uses 3-4 colours that contrast with one another, such as greyish whites combined with vibrant blues, reds and yellows. using minimal colour palettes is typically a common approach with my own work, giving it a really clean and simplistic approach. A concept piece by him that I really like in particular is one called 'Big Red'. What I love about it is how bulky the suit looks due to using a rounded and curved look. Additionally the fiery red really pops out on screen in contrast to the cool grey background.  

Anonymity I have always found the concept of anonymity to be interesting, the condition of being anonymous gives this notion of  impersonality. Being anonymous often creates a feeling of protection from direct judgment, allowing an  individual to preform  stunts and actions with an immunity to social humility. A prime example mascot costumes, this is rather popular in american sports where the mascot of a specific team would dance, showboat and attempt to haze the opposing team.   The antics of the mascots in american sports have always been a personal favourite, the sport itself, not so much.   Anonymity has also been applied to mascots of beloved characters in places like Japan, rilakkuma for instance. Anonymity in Art and Design Anonymity is a popular approach in art and design, anonymous art can be powerful, it leaves the viewers wondering about the artist. Take Banksy, the England based graffiti artist for example, ...

Japan Graphics, Volume 1 Japan Graphics or 'JPG' for short is a really interesting book about Japanese Graphic design and illustration. The book was published in the early 2000s and it's a rather bulky consisting of designers and design teams showcasing designs, illustrations and photography. Majority of the designs within the book share a modern colourful styling with one another yet have their own unique appeal.  To put it bluntly I love this book and it's contents. Coming across this in the university library was like striking gold to me.  What caught my eye when I was searching for some inspirational books was the way the book stood out among the rest, the book cover has a very minimal design to it but the cover itself was made out of this textured plastic that reminds me of bubble wrap. The front of the book has a piece of foam shaped like a page or document icon housing the name of the book 'JPG' in a simple pixel font. A great hom...

Venture Through Huddersfield Before joining the university of Huddersfield I had never visited Huddersfield. To gather my bearings I thought it would be a good idea to venture through the town to not only find my way between the train station and the university but also find some places of interest and leisure that I could visit throughout my time at the university. I came across a church in the town centre, although I personally prefer more modern structures, the architecture of the church was appealing, I might consider drawing architectural features of the church in my spare time. I took two photos of the church using my phone, one part I particularly liked about the church was the clock tower with it's angled corners.                In comparison to Manchester, I did notice that Huddersfield has a very brown/black colour scheme to its buildings, the brickwork having a sandstone look to it. I...

During one of Rob Lycett's Thursday lectures, one of the Various Books we were suggested to read up on was a book called 'Everything Sings' by Denis Wood. The book features an innovative portrayal to mapping, the maps are rather unusual and possibly considered impractical which is what I like about them, Maps are created with a purpose and a job, to get you from point 'A' to point 'B'. Denis creates these maps but in a very different perspective instead of showing roads and train lines, he illustrates a map of a small vicinity where the only thing illustrated are little circles and squares labeled "disfigured trees". Denis surveyed a place called Boylan heights and throughout this book he documents various neighbourhoods using creative and interesting subjects such as 'Squirrel Highway' where he observed how the local wildlife would traverse, in this case Squirrels would use the telephone wires to travel safely over roads.  One of my pers...

Thought Bubble Leeds 2016 On the 1st till the 6th of November every year in Leeds is an event named Thought Bubble, Thought Bubble is a comic book convention and annual art celebration of sequential art in all of it's forms. It was first formed in 2007 as a none profit-making organisation that dedicated itself to promoting comic books, graphic novels and animation as an important national and international art form I attended this event and being able to view all the artwork that all these independent artists and illustrators have created was inspiring, there was never two similar style of artwork throughout the convention, each artist had their own characters and worlds that they had spent months to years perfecting. I was able to network with a lot of the illustrators and artists who were set up there which is perfect because I have personally aspired to do this sort of stuff as a hobby and getting insight from these artists was an ...