I N I T I A L R E S E A R C H & I N S P I R A T I O N

31^st January

As I have studied art from GCSE level and always been into arts and crafts from a young age, as I have gotten older my passion has grown for the subject. I have always visited art museums and galleries with my parents since I was little so I wanted to create something visually appealing that demonstrated my in-depth understanding of the topic. This being my FMP and the last piece of work of my education I want to really push myself and produce a piece of work that clearly demonstrated my talent as an artist through hair and make-up, keeping it basic by creating a photography book. By doing this, this will keep the focal point on the detail of the make-up and hair and I also plan on keeping the book with all black backgrounds – to make the colour of each design really stand out.

Here are a few of the main images which I have included on my Pinterest board which I attached in my previous post demonstrating the key aspects of mixed media used on the face and through make-up and hair techniques. Thru studying different mediums of art, I intend of using the face as my canvas and to design art onto the skin. These images portray the sort of styles I have been influenced mainly and what I am aiming to create throughout my book –

F I R S T M E N T O R M E E T I N G . . .

27th January 

First meeting with my FMP mentor who is Flavia, I feel like it went quite well as she seemed intrigued and interested in my idea but the main thing we agreed on was that I need to somehow narrow down my concept as it is too broad. In my proposal, I explained how for my FMP I wanted to create a photography book that incorporated different forms of art, including hair and make-up, to create a new wave of art all based around the human face and body.

I showed her my Pinterest page demonstrating the different styles of art that I had been researching including illustrations, paintings, and textiles designs and all formed around the face. One thing that is clear through my page is that I want every page full of colour! My pinterest board, which I will add onto over time –

http://www.pinterest.com/billieraemaria/fmp-inspiration/

A key point Flavia made during our meeting was that it was vital for me to stick to a plan – not necessarily my production schedule but to keep a plan in my diary so for each week I had a target to work towards so I wouldn’t get over whelmed and swamped with work as this was a concern of mine. During my studying at Art Foundation and my first 2 years at uni, I always worked best when I had a target and a plan so this is something that I am certain I shall continue during my FMP to guarantee a successful work flow.

T H E B E G I N N I N G . . .

26th January
The beginning of the end! For my FMP, the last stretch of my university studies, I shall be documenting my research, development and process of work by posting a piece of reflective writing with visuals at least once a week. This will help me keep on track through my project and will be a place for me to note down any ideas that come to mind. Also to annotate the outcomes I will learn from test shoots and experimenting with different materials and mediums. I shall document my thoughts, ideas and what has inspired me for my practical work and my ideas to create a visual archive to look back on when my work is submitted.

Throughout my blog I shall also document any difficulties I come across whilst developing my work, what I will learn from these struggles and what I could of done to prevent them – to show how these will be learning curbs for me and how it shall help me with my final outcome.

As part of my FMP proposal, I created a production schedule to help utilise my time from now until my hand in date and to help try create a plan for my work. This will be something that I shall continuously reflect upon throughout my project to keep me on target and focused on my work.

PRODUCTION SCHEDULE –

Week Commencing:	Aims:
19/01/14	Advertise project, network to collaborate with students. e.g. student online portals/forums, creative industry websites, social networking sites and within the university
26/01/14	Finalise book title/sub titles. Recruit students to work on the project
01/02/14	Travel to London/Brighton for research and to collect visuals. Develop research through designs, experiment

	concepts and layouts
02/02/14	Start researching book manufactures. Finalise style of book
07/02/14	Continue research for personally produced content.
14/02/14	Recruit and advertise for any additionally required assistance within upcoming photo shoots e.g. models, photographers, textile designers, fine artists etc.
21/02/14	Re-visit work required on the technical aspect of producing the book and continue test shooting, experiment and analyse process.
07/03/14	Finalise all design concepts and test post-production process. Finalise book style type.
14/03/14	Create social media pages to advertise book.
21/03/14	Send off design for book
28/03/14	Continue shooting and finalise book layout/structure.
04/04/14	Start constructing book ready for production. Show target market and collect responses/feedback
11/04/14	Confirm production and final designs ready for print
18/04/11	Order final copies and start communicating with creative industry persons who might be interested in promoting book
25/04/11	Unstructured week for the additional completion of any project elements uncompleted as planned. Complete evaluation ready for submission.