Final Compositional Development

Final Compositions

From all my roughs these are the three compositions that i am going to push forward. 
Approaching the visual aspect of the final pieces, i know that i want to continue to push a similar aesthetic to my lino and mono prints from 504. This is something that I have pushed quite heavily through the rest of the year, but i am continuing to refine and develop this visually through digital means, and not limiting to the hand made process.
I would have liked to create the detail in lino but i have realised with the time available it would be impossible to create a substantial resolution to the brief. I need to be efficient with my time and remember that the project is a lot more about proposing an idea than actually making it. I don't want to sacrifice my ideas and concepts due to the lino process, so i have decided to create the detail through block ink which will be scanned in and edited with the mono printed textures - and potentially watercolour textures that i have created. I will experiment with this in processing my final designs.


I had used greek art as inspiration for my sketchbook and the style in which i drew some of the characters, and i think that the ancient artwork has an aesthetic that is very similar to the lino cut style created in my previous work. - I am going to continue this aesthetic for these final pieces - using bold block lines to depict the detail which i think is a good visual interpretation to represent the the greek mythology theme.

Although i am quite pleased with how the ink has come out, i have realised that its very difficult to create the exact same effect as lino cut. Its a lot more organic and i find that a lot of interesting details and mark making can occur through cutting lino that can't be drawn. which is something to bar in mind for the future.

Refining my compositions for final:

Sirens:

Scylla:

Charybdis: