Developing Key Skills in ICT & Visual Communication Assignment

The development of my ideas started at friendship. Through this section of my sketchbook I looked at how items in the photographs could inspire my final piece. One of my ideas was to create a flower or bouquet made out of photographs that showed strong emotions about my friendship group. The second idea was to sketch a mirror image of how I see myself and how I feel about where I belong. The next section focuses on a class trip to Athens. The inspiration here was a statue of Leonidas, seen in one of the photos. My idea was to create a helmet or sculpture to signify my sense of safety with my friends. By looking at my photographs of Rome, I felt strongly inspired by the architecture and statues. I thought about making my own scale model of a temple of safety and self reflection. Rome also influenced the idea to create a sculpture. New York City is where my heart truly lives; visiting there took my breath away. The atmosphere is electric and the people are so friendly, that I really felt at home there and this is why I have chosen to base my final piece on America as whole. I felt like I belonged in the USA and my desire to visit more cities inspired me to create my own American flag. I have included a colour test page to show what different colours mean, this helped to influence the colour scheme of my final piece. The artist I looked at was Jasper Johns, he did some work using the American flag. His website is found at: http://www.jasperjohns.com/art.shtml