British Road

My final outcome of British Road, Bedminster, Bristol. I drawn every house on the street, which I presented on a concertina folded book which measures around 13 metres long, which can be stretched out into a banner/poster. Each house is drawn by hand and the book is double sided, which one side of the street on each side of the book.

This piece of work has been featured on the UWE Graphic Design blog at : http://typenowhere.com/

A little bit of Britishness around the world.

One strand to my self directed study was to explore British Road, Bedminster, Bristol. While exploring this location I was interested to find out where else in the world are British Roads. Using google I tracked down 100 different road names that suggest the word Britain. It was great fun using google to explore far and remote locations and exploring these streets, to see how they differ to British Road and Britain itself. I presented my findings in a perfect bound A3 book, to allow the reader to enjoy the various locations and to see how much they differ.

A day in the life of a Brit

 I gave a muslim, sikh and chinese friend a disposable camera to capture images of their daily routines. As a study into diversity in british culture. To allow the reader to compare their own routines into someones else life. This was an interesting study to see how religion and different ethnic backgrounds can differ in daily routines. I presented these images along side a narrative, highlighting the daily routines in a booklet. 

proposal / evaluation

So after 4 years studying at UWE, Bristol it has now reached an end. Although the real excitement of my future career is now about to begin. It was quite sad handing in my final evaluation (which I presented in an A5 blue newsprint booklet to match my proposal) . Im now very keen to continue my journey into the working world.

journeys

I began my self-directed study by taking journeys across the British landscapes. On these trips I took a sketch book to illustrate a story of events that happened through out the time, recording conversations, sights, smells and sounds. This was a useful technique to explore my illustrative style and to develop my skills in story telling. It also allowed me time to explore British Culture to gain a greater understanding of what is Britishness.