My vacation works inspiration was mainly sparked by a few artists i came across whilst on Instagram.
The first is that of Diego Farias. He is a collage artist based in brazil. What i find engaging about his work is his use of female form within his works, I find it interesting that he covers the eyes of remove them from the faces of the photos of models he choses to work with. It is like he has almost removed their personality so they become just bodies or beings. In his series called 'visual' he has explored this theory along with what I perceive as an exploration of sexuality or perhaps even gender roles, you can see these here http://diegofariasarte.tumblr.com/visual . This theme relates to my CP3, as I continue to look at body image, so I plan to research deeper into that along with looking at identity based on personal image.
Another influence on my inspiration was that of a friend of a friends drawings. Once again on Instagram I came across songwriter Charlie Smith. He likes to illustrate his lyrics and I really admired his drawing style. Very scribbly line drawings, many of which were of females which related back to Diego Farias works for me. I asked him of his inspirations and he gave me the names of Micheal Lentz and Egon Schiele. I found Micheal Lentz work to be very inspiring for me. not only were his drawings quite erotic, but also, the figures lacked identity which seemed to engage me. Lentz has quite a gritty attitude to his smudgy artworks - something which I may have made a connection to my next inspiration which is photography by Australian brand Hopeless Lingerie. I will use the photography to draw from and also to influence an attitude to my work.
From these influences I shall start drawings and illustrating using similar techniques - for example, scribbly line drawing can be easily translated into print design and also embroidery. I will also use collage as inspired by Farias. From there on I will develop my print designs and experiment with embroidery to create rich samples.
I shall also begin to research body image and identity for my CP3 unit.
