For my vintage project I decided to do the 1950's because I am a really big fan of iconic things and I feel as though out of all the decades we was allowed to do (1910-1960) I feel as though the 50's had the most iconic things and people.
I started my sketch book by doing a mind map which consisted to general things of the 1950s that are important but don't really belong in a category. my mind map consisted of 2 pages, this is the first one and it had things like the queens coronation, first coloured television, play-doh, Nasa being founded and I used a variety of media on these pages like acrylics, pen, pencil.
I then moved on to important dates from the 50's, this consisted of the structure of DNA being discovered, the hydrogen bomb, queens coronation, first organ transplant, sputnik being sent into space and Vietnam. the media I used for this varied but I used different background. I used newspaper for the Vietnam war with drawing ink and for the sputnik I used acrylic paint to turn the whole page into a galaxy and them made a 3D sputnik so it looks like its floating in space. for the hydrogen bomb I used a tea bag to make the page look old and I made it look like a newspaper, however I felt as though the tea wasn't dark enough so I rubbed coffee on it. this page consists of the queen and the kidney transplant, I drew the queen and I used black paper to draw the abdomen of a human and I used a craft knife to cut out the kidneys. it also show Winston Churchill's silhouette in the union jack as he retired.
I them moved on to fashion, for this I did girls fashion fist which changed throughout the 50's, there were different movements, which consisted of elegant, below the belt puff, 'coco' channel so for these pages I did one for each. and I did a floral background as well as using material to make a hat. I also sew into the page to make a classic 50's rock and roll dress using different shades of blues and black cotton to make the dress. then to cover up the stitching on the other side I sew a black piece of card n to the back to hide the stitching but to also create another background. for the men's I did the classic blue suede shoes and pattered socks, as well as the greasy boys and the teddy boys. for the teddy boys I used brown black and newspaper to collage the background and for the greasy boys I did 2 pop art posters.
I them moved o to music where I started with Elvis Presley as he is one of the most iconic influence singer songwriters of the 50's. for this page I drew Elvis and also did a pop art silhouette of him using water colours, I them moved on to Frank Sinatra, for him I did him in pop art style and as well in water colours but in stead of painting him with the water colours I cross hatched them. I them=n did buddy Holly's guitar and glasses and Doris Day in pop art also. I then did Johnny Cash and for him I copied the front of this self titled album. finally I did a silver star with the Bee Gee's name written on it to represent there Hollywood walk of fame star.
Next I did movies from the 1950's to start this of I made a clapper board using black card, white pencil and a split pin. then I did Cinderella as it was released in 1950 and for this I drew the prince and princess in coloured pencil as well as the carriage so that it had an illustrated effect and it was on a water colour background. I then did smiles of a summer night and I did that in fine liner and water colour. I did a page for Alfred Hitchcock as he had multiple films out in the 50's so I did a collage on the page using felt tips and a significant clue indicating the film, it consisted of: Rear Window, Vertigo, Dial M for Murder and North by Northwest. finally I did Ben-Hur and for this I drew him and cut the tile out of cardboard and stuck it in at the bottom so it looks like he is rising from it just like the original poster.
next I did my artist research and for this I took a picture from every artist I chose and copied it to make it the back ground of the page. the artists I chose was Kooing, Warhol, Matisse, Rothko, Newman and Pollock. I used acrylic paint for most of these except Kooing which I used water colours.
I then moved on to famous people, I started with Martin Luther King Jr and for him I used water colours to paint his face and then stipple them around him so that it looks like he is in a cloud and then I wrote a quote next to him, for this I used blue, black, brick red and yellow. I had to add yellow in after I had some criticism that it looked too sinister. I them moved on to Rosa Parks and for her I used a white pencil on black paper to draw her. I then did Marilyn Monroe in biro with roses at the bottom also in bro but in a cross hatch fashion. Audrey Hepburn I did next and I drew her in pencil with a quote next to her. finally I used water colour to paint John Wayne when I started to paint this it can apart that it started to look like the style of Lucian Freud.
I then moved on to cartoon from the 50's which I thought were most well known so I chose Huckleberry Hound, Woody woodpecker and Bullwinkle the Moose. for these I used acrylic paints to create a simple cartoon background by using 3 different colours (red, blue and yellow) to make the backgrounds and then out line them in black and then use white to create a really cartoon looking shine mark. I then use gauche paint to paint the characters and I then cut them out and put lined them in fine liners and stuck then down on the background.
I then did a page on kids inventions that were created in the 50's, so I did scrabble and for this I cut cardboard squares out to make the counters and made them spell scrabble, as well as using pencils to create the board underneath, I then used some old protector packaging to crate playdoh coming down on the page. I drew some dice to represent Yatzzee and finally I cut up a Crayola crayon box as Crayola was created, so I suck down the logo on crayons.
Now I did Marvel Comics from the 50's as I am a huge fan of Marvel so I thought that I should do it in my project. I started by doing the logo but cutting it out of the paper. I then carried on the copy the covers of the original 1050's comics of Red skull, Marvel boy, Captain Americas weird tales and electro, as all these were created in the 50's. for these I used different medias. for Marvel boy I used pencil. for the weird tales I used black, red and green biro so that it looked illustrated. for electro I used acrylic paints and then I made some 3D electrical bolts so that the were standing up off electro to add effect. finally for Red skull I used felt tips to give it the ultimate comic book feel.
Finally for my final part of my sketch book I decided that my favourite bit of my book was the famous/influential people. so for my final part I decided to interpret my self into the style of which I did the famous people. to start I painted my face using black, blue, red and yellow water colours in the same style I did Martin Luther King Jr and stippled to create the cloud. I then drew my self on black paper with a white pencil in the same style that I did Rosa Parks in. next I used a black biro to draw my self in the same style I did Marilyn Monroe, I used pencils to draw my self in the same style I drew Audrey Hepburn as well. finally I painted my self in the same style I painted John Wayne which is also in the style of Lucian Freud.
Finally is my bibliography.
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