josie-birds made of cd's!!

Just because they are exciting and might inspire someone! from HERE by Sean Avery. Check out his other animals they are amazing!!

Amy's Notes from the meeting

Josie - sewing onto paper - working really well.
*if people are interested, check out the birds/ animals at the Exeter museum? really good for this project*
Need to: work more on experimentation and drawing birds from different angles. Also need to look at the stories behind them.

Katie - picked 4 birds.
looking at the crests - how the birds became extinct is going to be placed within the crest's design.
been developing the crests and looking at the shapes made.
Josie said about maybe looking at the animation she posted on Plymouth Illustration (the owl in the hedgehog animation) might help?
Need to: carry on working in the print room as much as possible. start the etching.

Jo - looking at the colours she could include in her book about the bitterns.
going through different colour charts that are colourful but not too over the top.
character designing.
Need to: decide on colours and also start designing an adult bittern character.

Andjela - shows a book she has about Extinct birds which helps a lot. has a lot more back info about the different birds.
looked at artists who use collage in their work and so started experimenting with collage and different textures. (corrogarted cardboard - preperation for woodcut)
Need to: post a blog and carry on with the experimentation (woodcut, lino etc workshop sessions coming up)

Ody - been thumbnailing for comic which may be applied to an app.
been looking at colourful birds 
going to produce a continuous strip .
when the music plays the pics change.
Need to: carry on with thumbnails and maybe even start draft final ideas.

Emmy - going to produce 3 mini-zines.
going to link them together somehow - maybe reason for extinction or species or colour?
maybe look at secret garden technique if struggling to work out how to create the zines.
Need to: plan at least one mini-zine.

Nadine - been working in the printroom - some really nice monoprints.
experimenting a lot,
looked at Audubon? book of birds - really like it.
drawn some quick sketches from the Exeter Museum.
looking into conservation posters and may have live birds as well as extinct birds.
maybe use colour as a metaphor...no colour means extinct.
going to produce screen prints,
Need to: carry on researching and drawing.

Amy - fun, interaction.
need to have suitable text for the audience and because its an educational book.
look at how your style can come across in the pop up.
figure out what angle the book is from so either the birds view or have a narrative?
Need to: start making the pop ups, talk to tom about whether or not you can drop the Macmillan idea and experiment more.

Jo - LB Children's readers font size

In Children's early reading books (i.e.) key stage 1 the text should be sassoon primary 14 points (this is the preferred text as the letters are formed ina similar way to those used to teach children to write or other clear sans serif text like comic sans, ariel or miriad pro.

Mr Tibbles-funny story!

This website is pretty interesting, I cant search for birds specifically but if you click "extinct" at the top there are a few posts on birds if you are up for some browsing! This one is especially funny, never knew these birds had evolved without flight because of a lack of predators, give it a read!


The Stephens Island Wren

A.J Fosik-Josie (for Andjela)

This is the guy I was talking about earlier! The shape of the wood pieces and overlaying could work really well for feathers I think.

Meeting Minutes 6th Feb - Josie

    Apologies this took a couple of days I was in Exeter alll day yesterday! Just a note, I was at the Royal Albert memorial Museum in Exeter and they have some amazing paintings and natural history exhibitions going on. There is also a section of stuffed animals including about 6 different species of EXTINCT BIRDS! So if you fancy doing some drawing from life it is quite an inspiring place!




Notes from Monday 6th February:


Meg


Still working on drawings, no focus as yet. Jo LB suggested drawing birds from other angles thinking about their characters.
Research-researching decorative jewellery.
Target-Start drawing 3 different birds from different angles and in different positions. Post to blog-done!


JO LB


Written words completed, we all listened to them read out loud and concluded the second version is easier to read and has better rhythm. Starting to develop the characters and plan the design of the book.
Target-Background visuals by friday, research and look at reeds, Meg suggested Beatrix Potters pond drawings.


Jordan


Lots of drawing (yay) Currently choosing 3 birds to develop into poster designs and focusing more on development. Meg suggested researching Frans Masereel. 
Target-Clear concept of a theme and more research of bird superstitions.


EVERYONE-Jord had the good idea to research the habitat, eating habits etc. more about the birds so you have a clearer idea of their character. 


Andjela


Has changed brief to move more into merchandise. Lots of experimentation, going into woodcut and lino cut.
Target-More experiments, narrow down focus to one type of merchandise ie. tshirts, badges etc. Post to blog!!


Josie


Experimenting lots with scribbler drawings etc. Meg suggested using textures in work. Had brainwave in meeting about using sewing to replicate the scribbler drawings so it is more tactile.
Target-Experiment with sewing and thermographic ink. 
Research-Rework research question to make it more relevant to project. Possibly looking at tactile work using 3d media in print and whether this makes work more appealing. 


Meeting at... i think we said around 3.30 friday! will check and put on facebook!

Cranio design

Hihi
Found this on tumblr and thought they might be relevant to Jordan's research....

http://craniodsgn.es/

I looooove the strong, bold use of the black.

Plus they've drawn a racoon Jordan, YAY!