Derby Drawings

From the previous post i have scanned in my drawings from around Derby making them different from the Nottingham range i chose buildings that people would likely know such as the university building and others from around the town centre.

Derby

I have put together a collection of photos from around Derby that inspired my drawings. I wanted buildings that were different from the ones i had photographed in Nottingham. These are a few interesting buildings that stand out.

Nottingham Drawings

These are a few drawings from my Nottingham range. I have used these to screen print with, some of them worked better than others especially when i layered the images up giving them another dimension and making them look more abstract.

Nottingham Buildings

Here are a collection of buildings from around Nottingham only. These are just a few buildings i have used in my project that i found interesting among a few others. The reasons i like these buildings in particular is because of the roofs, windows, Interesting details, Brickwork and the Shape of the buildings.

Color Pallet

My Color Palette

At the beginning of my project my color palette began with natural colors such as beige and stone which i pulled from buildings i had photographed by using Photoshop these colors would look like natural buildings when i printed them. But as i developed the project my prints were not standing out. So i decided to brighten my color pallet to pinks, grey and blues but keeping the natural colors as background colors to print on top off.

Drawings

My Drawings to begin with are graphic and basic line drawings just capturing the outlines of interesting buildings. Once i had screen printed a few of these images i decided they looked to plain individually but by using Photoshop i grouped the images up and layered them creating a scene of buildings that look more interesting than one on its own. I was still unhappy with the plain spaces in the buildings so i started to add door numbers, Brick work, text, and other textures to make my screen prints have more depth.

Architecture around Nottingham and Derby

For my final project at university i have decided to have an Architecture theme for my work i based this on Nottingham being my hometown and Derby where i have moved to for university.  I chose buildings that people walk past every day without realizing the beauty and detail within the building.