Other experiments with conveying emotion

The Lone Cosmonaut

     A friend of mine who studies media in Newport asked me to sketch out an idea for his final major project for a film he is making called 'Lone Cosmonaut'. This film is about a cosmonaut who is stuck in space and in the sketch below he is imagining his wife.  I felt this is relevant to my research project as it shows emotion and surrealism, hopefully I captured the right emotion in her face and the poses. These are the rough sketches. I will use Photoshop to put the figures onto a space background and make it look as though they are floating through space.

Lone Cosmonaut sketch. Pencil - Sophie Bishop

Lone Cosmonaut. Watercolour - Sophie Bishop

Photoshop edit

     The sketch below is one I did during a workshop at uni where we had to imagine we worked for a magazine, choose a quote and design an image to suit the style of the magazine. The idea was to use an 'in your face' style.  The magazine was one that uses controversial art and tackles relevant issues within society. I chose the quote 'teach my son how to use a gun' and went for the most extreme version of that quote that I could think of. This was a useful workshop that helped me to think about pushing the boundaries and produce work that is outside of my comfort zone. This is useful to my research project as I want to evoke emotion with my work, whether it be good or bad. I hope to offer an insight into mental health issues and want to learn to work with a more 'in your face' style in order to achieve this effectively.

Teach my son to use a gun. Workshop. Pencil. - Sophie Bishop