Getting there...

I think i might, just about, be getting used to this blogging thing! Although getting the post layouts right with photographs has been very stressful! For some reason its easier using Blogger on the Mac computers at college than my laptop at home, so I'm trying to get as much done at college as i can so i don't have to spend an hour trying to move an image next to some text. My project is getting there, i have finished making all 5 sock monsters now so will upload the making of very soon, and i have also whittled down which childhood memories to use and taken photographs with both my digital camera and Holga. I have found a photographic studio in Plymouth that will develop my 120 film which is good and i get 10% discount for being a student. Here's the link: http://www.spectrumphotolabs.co.uk/


Tutorial with Ben

Today I've had a tutorial with Ben and he suggested a few more artists to look at and some advice for the book its self. I'm a bit unsure of the colour scheme of the book at the moment, i want to use a collage sort of style but i don't want to go too over the top. It all really depends on how well the photographs develop in the end because if they don't come out very well i will have to use the digital images instead and they could have a whole different effect on the way the final outcome looks. Ben suggested using re-occurring colours in the materials of all the sock monsters to come up with the colours to use in the book, a bit like packaging. He also suggested going and having a look/ photographing some children's books and looking at the way the text is used and presented to get ideas for the captions i will use for the photographs.

Here are some other things he suggested i look at:

• Little Big Planet
• Megan Baehr
• The Vauxhall Corsa 'C'mon' Dolls
• 'Hand Job' Typography book.