The Little Art Collection - Making Decisions

Typical. I have left this brief to the last minute. Cop has been taking up so much of my time recently that I have put this off for way too long. I was so close to just abandoning it seeing as I had hardly done any work on it so far, but its better to submit something rather than nothing! I want to push myself and see what I am capable of in this short time. 

I literally have 24 hours to submit some work. The maximum submissions per person is ten which is unrealistic for this timescale so I am going to aim for three or four. I feel like this is manageable because the imagery needs to be simple anyway. If it is going to be adapted into a pattern then each component will be very small so there is no need for a great level of detail. 

I am very very aware that my time management is all over the place at the moment and this is something I really need to get under control for next semester if I want to make the most of my time and do a project that is not totally rushed. 

What do they actually want? As I discovered before when I analysed the brief, it is very vague. Including the example images in the brief suggests that this is the kind of work they like, but then it says they are open to any technique. I'm struggling to make sense of what they actually want so I'm going to interpret it to fit with my way of working and see what happens. I got really good feedback in the mega crit on the style used in my advent calendar design which was simple ink drawings coloured digitally. I think this would be a good way of working for this brief because it is relatively quick, I know what I'm doing with it and the digital element means changes can be made quite easily. 

I need to be decisive to be efficient with my time. 
I had started some bee keeping related drawings but I realised after some research that bee keeping isn’t as pretty as I thought. The bee houses aren’t that nice and they don't look like traditional bee hives. For this to represent a hobby rather than a naturally occurring thing I feel the subject matter should be accurate so I'm going to move away from this idea. 

I have used my lists from a while ago and taken on board Patrick's advice to consider a 'hipster market'.

Bird watching

Avoid the obvious - No actual birds. No time for bird anatomy.

Bird houses, feeders, feathers and binoculars. 

Astronomy
Telescopes, constellations, stars. 
Question: does the background of the image need to be white? Astronomy might work better on a coloured background. All examples given show white backgrounds... something to bear in mind. 

Kite flying

Do something colourful, maybe three or four different kites with different colours. Think about texture. 

What else is in the sky? Birds? Hot air balloons?

Stamp Collecting 

Range of stamps, maybe put drawing pins in them or another fastening to make it look like a collection rather than just a pattern of stamps. 

Jam making

I like drawing fruit and veg - a mixture of fruits and jars. 

Gingham fabric lids… traditional idea. 

Sugar spoon? Saucepan?

Too feminine?

CHUTNEY. What even goes in chutney? I don’t know. 
OR make sure the jam isn't too pink... include blueberry jam to avoid a too 'feminine' colour palette. 

If I have time….

Origami / Balloon modelling

A pattern of animals. 

Marbles 

I remember thinking when drawing marbles for an older brief that they would be nice for children’s products. Does this count as a hobby? Is it just a game? 

Circus Arts

Bright and colourful. Playful, maybe overdone already in childrens-wear.

Outdoors/camping 
Maybe a typology of knots?

Pottery

Seems like an old person hobby.. maybe make it more playful, wonky pots?