I started Project 1 :  Line and Colour by taking 5 objects from my home and sketching them. All of these objects were taken from various places within my home. The first object is a plant from my room. The second object is a mannequin from my dresser. The third photo is a leaf incased in glass on my wall. The fourth object is my favourite book. The fifth object is a tobacco tin that I brought home from Northern Ireland

In my first object, I traced the outline of the plant and included all the key colours within the plant. I used mostly curved and abstract lines to show the best display of the leaves.

For my second object, I traced the outline of the mannequin using mostly rounded lines in order to show an accurate representation of the stance. I kept the stroke wait at 4pt in blue.

In regards to my third object, I used straight lines to try and showcase the spike ness of the leaf. I included the colours black and green so that the leafs of the plant would be the prime outlook.

When I sketched the image of my favourite book, I decided to keep it simplistic. I wanted to capture the image of this famous painting the best I could so I only included neutral colours. I kept the stroke wait at 5pt.

The tobacco tin was the most enjoyable to sketch. I used the tones black, pink and green to highlight the beauty in the nature on the tin. I sketched the man standing in the doorway due to it being an important part of the sketch. I alternated the stroke wait between 5 and 10 pt.

I chose the plant as one of my 3 manipulated line drawings due to the potential of dimension throughout the piece. I decided to included more circular and abstract shapes within the leaves to show more dimension within the piece. I added circular swirls within the cup of the image to also add dimension.

I chose the tobacco tin as one of my 3 manipulated line drawings due to the abundant amount of shapes within the piece. I decided to keep a more light wait approach in order to make the house seem more weathered. I added the shade blue within the windows and eye shapes to add a sense of being trapped within the house. I wanted to use more of square like angles due to wanting to keep the rigid structure.

For the third manipulated line drawing I decided to go with my favourite book. This is due to manipulating face shape to be easier. I decided to also keep this drawing more fine in order to see the structure within the face. I added more neutral tones in order to bring this face more into life. I decided to keep straight line strokes in order to add texture to the cheeks and hair of the face.

I decided to move forward with my plant drawing for my poster design. I wanted to create a poster in order to support the mental health movement that is at a high at the moment. In recent studies it shows  that during the pandemic, about 4 in 10 adults in the U.S. have reported symptoms of anxiety or depressive disorder. 

I decided to duplicate the sketch to make it into more of a wallpaper look. I then matched the same shading that is in the drawing into the text. I decided to make the slogan “root for change”. This is due to incorporating the aspect of growth through roots within plants.

In my second poster, I decided to choose the tobacco tin as a poster. I decided to make a more dimensional aspect and coloured the background of the sketch into black so that the colours within the sketch would stand out the most. 

I then decided to add in sentences a woman would say when in defence of being domestically abused. I put it in a chalkboard font to display the sense that it is commonly used and taught to people from a young age.

In the end I decided that these two posters would be the best fit for my campaigns due to them both challenging causes against mental health and abuse.