I've found this project really difficult to progress with so I've decided to change the idea behind my picture book. I think the idea of focusing my book on repurposing objects and second hand furniture etc wasn't very personal and that's why I was struggling with it - because I didn't have a lot of interest in the subject matter.
I am still basing my project around consumption, but focusing on coffee instead. I felt that this would be better because I drink a lot of coffee and I really enjoy it and it's something I'm familiar with. Hopefully this should mean I enjoy this project more and I'll get better and more personal results.
To begin with, I researched coffee. For example, the types of coffee, how it's produced, interesting facts about coffee etc. I did a few sketches based around this but I didn't feel like there was a lot of substance behind my drawings so I tried something else. I asked people I knew (who I knew enjoyed coffee) what their favourite coffee moments were (for example, something memorable happening while they were having a coffee) as I thought this would be interesting to illustrate.
For my flatmate Will, his best coffee was when he was travelling in Vietnam, and he rode a moped to a small shop who made him traditional Vietnamese coffee with condensed milk. The best coffee for another of my friends called Will was on a coffee plantation in Cuba. For my parents, their favourite coffee memory was at the end of a ski run in the Alps. While these are exciting places, I don't think I'd be able to get much of my personal experience into these illustrations since I haven't been to Cuba or Vietnam.
After this, I decided to do some observational drawing and experimenting to see if this yielded any interesting results.
I was really happy with these drawings, especially the last page. I think the brush pen is effective in adding interesting line quality and texture and this was definitely something I wanted to explore and continue further within this project. I know the proportions of these drawings aren't correct but I feel like that makes them more personal and I like the effect this has.
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