Tutorial

People on Facebook like my sweet wrapper flowers so I through why not and make an tutorial of how to make on of them flowers. Reason is when I was young that how I started to learn by looking at tutorials of making something easy so when you start making it you can add your own style or twist to it. Plus it would be cool having people making my flowers because it shows that I teach them something that they think looks really nice.

Name - Sweet Wrapper Flower Tutorial 

Link - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1WtBVLbsKg&context=C4dc14d2ADvjVQa1PpcFOxVdj31y6i3zwHtw2Q1vt_wG95YCqYK3c=

Flowers

Starting making the flowers out off stuff I can find in the bin. The first material I was using is sweet wrappers just because of the different colours/patterns they are and a lot of flowers are very bright so I though why not and using wire for the main body of the flower and PVA glue for sticking. After I finish one flower I starting to improve my skills with using sweet wrappers on another flower and then for the next flowers I made plus will be making for next we adding on more different materials like the last image of this blog I used a toothpaste box for the flower and it looks really nice but will have to work on it abit more.

I've also starting putting these images on other public site like Facebook to see people reaction on these images.

Put this photo 3 days ago. I've have now 25 links and 1 comment saying "pretty' this picture which to me show that what am I doing is good and I find it nice people enjoying my work so it make me want to make more just for people enjoyment.

Put this photo late night and its got 12 links plus 10 comments. The comments I found intersecting because my friend who doesn't do art wants me to make more of these flowers and he give me an idea saying "How about making a bunch of them actually coming out of a Quality Streets box/tin? " with is a good idea because its still junk materical I'm using but it like the flowers are growing in the junk insted of ground.

   

Just a few minutes ago I've upload this photo and I've got 2 links for far so I can't saying anything about this photo yet but maybe next blog I will give you a review of what people said about it.

Reject - Accept

Full image of my work area.

I though it will be an good idea to show my display of my working area because for my final project in uni is reject - accept.

Which is how can I make flowers with are nice to look at and its accepted to people in normal life to last longer so I've pick wasted/junk materials which is the rejected side because people don't want but because I'm using this materials for making the flowers it will make them accept as well.

 Because I wanted to know every bit to a flower I started to break them into there single parts of it and layer it out in order to see the different size, colour change, order, etc etc.

Wires

 For two days we had a vister called Jill Walker (http://jillanitawalker.blogspot.com/) who is lecturer use on using wire.

However before the lecturer we had to do tasks.

Task 1 - Produce series of line drawings based around your home but pay attention to
- light levels
- evidence of wear and tear
- texture and nature of the materials in the spaces

SO one of my drawings that I like and also improve as I went along was my bookshelf and my toy collection. I like this photo because its got so many stuff happening with the lighting, shapes, shadows, colours.
 

So when I got started planing on how I'm going to use the wires I started putting the work on the wall so I have to stand up. It help me because I can use bigger paper so I don't feel limit to me drawing it out.

Also I started doing colour system to help me which wire goes where.
Exmaple
- Thick Blue
thick wire (main body)
- Thin Blue
extra details for smaller stuff so thinner wire
Brown
- Where the shadow is
Red
-  Where I'm going to bend it to make is coming out of the wall (3D effect)

Using the drawing I started making it over the picture. Helps me to know which bits goes where, size, scale also I look at both drawing and picture as well to give me ideas of how I have to connet ALL them different shapes together.

Ones all the main body finish I start adding shadow by using bits on cans and putting them between the wires sometimes over lapping to give it and uneven effect.

Because I have a lot of toys I wanted to keep there shape to I sue the wire and put it around there body or face so see where everything is and I was make it look like I'm drawing out the toy but this time using wire to make is 3D insted of drawing it out on paper like I did on my task.




To my surprise because of how I work on the wall when I step back I can see ANOTHER shadow that was created with the wire because the light was just above me so the shadow look really long and stretch plus of the colour wire and how it was putting together it look like the shadow was apart of my work as well which to me I like.

So move this project more I put another big paper under my wire and started to draw out the shadow, why because I wanted the shadow to stand out more and to see what it will look like if still look like its apart of my work but still using two different size pens for the thickens of the shadow.
Ones that done I started to move the paper in different area so insted of having just one shadow I have created an extra one so its looks like there another light as well.

Here is some photos of the final outcome.

Models Public

When I put ALL of my Stereotype models on an Facebook to see people view on it and a lot of people like it (12 likes and 9 comments) but there was one comment that was interesting because the person ask if it was public or private my models so I comment back saying it still private but I might make it public for people later on.

So my next task is to see if I can make my models public for people so they can to print out and make them for there self. My England Model is the first one I'm making it public because it was easy to understand the layout and not too difficult to edit it.

I started out drawing the main layout (head, body, arms and legs) but still keeping the same measurement because I want it to be the same size as the other model.

By scanning it to the computer and adding colour I create my very first public model for people can do for them self HOWEVER when its printed its the size of an A4 paper.

Canada Model

Last model for my stereotype G8 Models. 

So this is Canada and after all the other models that I have done this one is the one that I'm most proud of because I've have used the right materials so it looks and feels real. The design for him I made a bit error because the brown strap was on the wrong side so I change that when it came to making it.

Review 

On my G8 Models

• That it was harder than I though it will be.
•  Had to think which bits go where and how are you going to glue them together.
• Should try EVEN MORE materials like glass, metal, clay, different types of paint (e.g. water colours), pens, pencil, wood/sticks, plastic.......
• The Model that I enjoy the most to make was ENGLAND because I was born in England, had SOO many ideas that it was hard for me to narrow it down plus it was my first model to make.
• The Model that I least enjoy was FRANCE because it wasn't a challenge to make should of done using fabric for the clothes so it feels real insted of using tissue paper.

FUTURE PLANS

 How am I going to make it even better.

• Design packaging for the Box Boy to be display
• Improve Models (re-make some or all) by use other materials that I didn't use.
• Photography (taking picture of them and editing them so it can be used for adverting, comic skits, posters)
• Design other object with the similar theme to Box Boy like handbags, lunch boxes, pencil case, pen/pencils, clothes, computers, rooms, furniture, toys, notebooks/dairy/folders.......
•  Make online paper craft and see if other people can make them

Germany And Russia Models

For these two Models I made it a little bit different because insted of gluing the hat you can remove it whenever you like so if you want to change or swap hats you can and its very easy to do.

Note - Masking Tap is a very good for adding colour, layering and texture to the model.

Because Russia is a very cold country and in most stereotype images they have them wearing furry hats, so I wanted my model to have that so I used old black furry hat for it.

Note - Was abit hard to handle because the fur so too long so if I got the time I will fine a different material for the model hat.