Project two - complete!

This is what my final Illustrator file looks like. It will be cut in a few weeks, leaving me with an A2 sized paper cut out.

I plan on presenting it by hanging it, using pins and string. I'll spray paint it black and use black string (the walls will be white). I plan on pinning the string from the drawing to the wall out on angles, like an extension of the drawing.

Creating a line drawing in Photoshop.

Here is what I have so far. I've taken my drawing and put it into Photoshop where I'm editing it. I'm connecting any broken lines so that the final product - a piece of laser-cut paper - doesn't fall apart. I've made it all black and white and thickened the lines too. I'm going to keep working on it, smoothing out bits here and there until it's ready to put into Illustrator.

Working on project 2.

I have decided on an idea and now it's time to start producing it.

Here is a sketch:

I want to try to focus on linework, like Risa Fukui.

I've scanned my tracing/drawing into photoshop where I will edit it, then convert it into an Illustrator file ready to be laser cut.

Risa Fukui.

Risa Fukui is a Japanese artist. I posted one of her images before but decided to look further into her work:

She creates amazing line drawings, and paper cut outs too:

Faces.

So I've decided to change my idea - the vine leaves idea wasn't really going to work. I've decided to make something involving faces. A bit like Amie Dicke or Risa Fukui. I'll start by tracing some magazine images and create some line drawings...

Working on my idea.

I'm currently considering how I would create a leaf or vine-like paper work.
I have two main considerations:1.Thickness of paper- it won't 'hang' like leaves.

2.Is it interesting enough? Any elements to add?

I'm going to start selecting images in Photoshop and put them into Illustrator.

Perhaps I should try a drawing instead?

A leafy idea.

The other week when we had to choose an image to select in Photoshop then put into Illustrator, I chose a leafy tree branch.
Just before I was browsing Vvork.com and found these images:

I was drawn to them, I guess because they are so calming.

Then I saw this on Ffffound:

I like the idea of vines and leaves sprawling from ceilings, nature coming through the cracks of a building.

I think I'll try working with some images like this, building layers, which after being laser cut could hang like vines.

Miso.

When thinking about paper art I immediately thought of the works of Melbourne artist, Miso. I particularly love Miso's paste-ups, which I remember seeing her create in an ABC doco on her and Ghostpatrol a few years ago. Here it is on Youtube.
Miso's work is interesting in the way it relates to the environment it is placed in.
This is something I want to think about for the paper object I create.

I like following Miso's practise, since she lives and works with her partner, Ghostpatrol, and they are both pretty prolific artists. And because their works can be seen in the streets. Here is Miso's blog, City of Reubens.


Miso's work is also an example of how something like a drawing can be translated into a bigger material and presented in a way that might have more impact than just a framed print. Perhaps I can use my own drawings for the project.

Paper art.

I decided to start researching ideas for the second project, with a highly intelligent starting point - good old google searching.
'Paper art' had some interesting results:

http://www.redbubble.com/

http://www.designspongeonline.com/

I found that there are hundreds of blogs, sites and artists out there devoted to paper art. 
This site, Web Designer Depot, was a good resource. A lot of the work is the kind that is painstakingly created with a scalpel. Luckily, that part will be left to the laser cutter for me.


I searched 'laser cut paper' next, for an idea of what the laser cutter can do:

http://www.designspongeonline.com/

This one is pretty amazing! It's so intricate.


Finally I searched 'art installation paper' to see how this sort of thing can be presented:

http://paper-city-inspiration.blogspot.com/

Eventually I had come across a few artists worth looking into: Jen Stark, Bovey Lee, Peter Callesen. I'm going to look further into their work.

Project two.

The second project for DIS1103 involves using Illustrator to design and create a laser-cut paper object.
Here are a few examples of work from previous DIS classes:

http://dis1103.blogspot.com/

Basically we have to create a design in Illustrator, that is suitable for laser cutting. It's then put through the laser cutter, cut from white paper, and ready to display.

Time to start brainstorming!