FACT: Bonobos prefer sharing their food with strangers. They do it to extend their social network.
What went well?
I am pleased with the texture I created with the brush pen to resemble the bonobo’s hair, I think it works well that the brush pen was starting to run out so there was some added texture.
I think the monkey that is eating while reaching up and holding some fruit was the best aspect of the image and I think this is enough to answer the brief. I think my advice to myself for the future is to do the exploratory drawings but don’t feel like I have to use them all in my final composition. Keep it simple and if it answers the brief, there is no need to overcomplicate things.
Decision making! I actually made a solid decision to strip my design back and get rid of unnecessary elements and I think it has worked out for the best.
What didn’t go well? Ideas for improvement.
I am already behind with this brief as it has taken me a while to actually decide what it is that I wanted to do each week. I created the two busy compositions and I was really not happy with them. I chose the square format because I thought it would be good as a weekly thing to share online and also if it had the fact written beneath it, it would fit neatly into an A4 format which could then be turned into a print. I am already regretting this decision as I am really not very good at layout and composition (as I rediscovered this week). I feel like I might try and focus on vignettes for some future weeks which still fit the square proportions but don’t have the defined border of the square, or do what I did this week and just utilise one edge.
I have chose to focus on black and white a my scheme so I can push the development of my ink work but my approach this week as very safe. I need to push myself more and think about processes differently if I want to learn anything from this brief and develop my techniques.
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