Thursday 19 April

In today's session I was going to add the shorter marks to my final outcome that I applied to my mock final outcome. However, after looking at my final outcome this far I have decided not to add them as I feel that they spoil the sleeker finish to the compositions. This is because the shorter marks are more organic and suggest a motion and so I think they would remove the attention of the viewer's eye away from the circles too much. Additionally, this would cover the photographs even more than what they already are and so I think the shorter marks would make the composition look overwhelmed by contrasting mark making. These marks are straight and so would conflict the wholesome, unified mood that I am trying to present between people and communities.
Instead in this time, I added the large yellow circular marks using a large paint lid to print with. In the mock final I used a plate to print with but I need to scale up what I used to print with in my final outcome so that it is relative to the size of my final outcome. I planned where each print would go, three going diagonally across the middle so that the eye stretches the whole diameter of the final outcome, and one print to the side of these to encourage the eye to explore the rest of the final piece.

Looking at my final outcome at this point, I felt that it looked unfinished. My mock final outcome is still up on the wall and so I began to compare them as I was happy with my mock but didn't feel satisfied with my outcome at this point in time. Upon observation, I realised that my mock final outcome was not restricted by a frame like my final outcome is. My final outcome is framed by the black board behind it to form a larger rectangle. This means that the shapes that the photographs has made is lost and so the idea of being a little bit different and challenging your stereotype is consequently lost too. This restriction is something that needs to be taken away and so I am going to cut the board around the edges of the photographs so that their arrangement attracts the eye due to it unconventional presentation.