DESIGN NAME: Splash
PRIMARY FUNCTION: Illustration
INSPIRATION: Drawings represent personal project of Maria Bradovkova which she did as an exercise to challenge her creativity and abstract thinking. Presented works are part of series Drawing just today challenge, that she accomplished one drawing per day during October 2019 and published on her Instagram. The main idea was to be inspired by abstract irregular shapes of ink.
UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Project consists of five illustrations. Each drawing started from a random splash of ink later detailed with linear drawing. Topic of illustrations was not planned before. Bradovkova let splash of ink to inspire and lead her. Each has its own dominant color — blue, vine red or brown. Drawings represent human or animalistic characters in emotional moment of lament, instinct, fear, melancholy and sadness.
OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: Presented project can be an inspiration for creators to use this method in their own practice, to expand creativity and intuitive drawing. It allows subconscious to give a voice. Illustrations give space to feel and create stories.
PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: Illustrations were made during October 2019 in Cracow, Poland.
FITS BEST INTO CATEGORY: Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design
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PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: Ink, pencil, marker, white crayon on paper.
SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: 123 x 93 mm
155 x 132 mm
TAGS: drawing, illustration, ink, creative process, splash, linear drawing, intuitive drawing, intuitive art
RESEARCH ABSTRACT: Bradovkova used playful and creative method in her drawing project. She combined organic form of watercolor with linear drawing. She created original and expressive characters.
CHALLENGE: The challenge was to find harmony between abstraction and figuration. Not to change the form of splash but to make the most of it. Secondly to handle composition of whole picture.
ADDED DATE: 2020-03-07 17:50:12
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IMAGE CREDITS: Image #1: Illustrator Maria Bradovkova, Lament, 2019.
Image #2: Illustrator Maria Bradovkova, Instinkt, 2019.
Image #3: Illustrator Maria Bradovkova, Fear, 2019.
Image #4: Illustrator Maria Bradovkova, Melancholy, 2019.
Image #5: Illustrator Maria Bradovkova, Sadness, 2019.
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