A2B - Arthritis inducing amounts of drawing

These are a set of three images that i drew for a project entitled A2B. I used the idea of answering the brief by only using a 2B pencil. These are scanned in and sewn together sections of what was a completed 20 metre roll of paper. Click on the image and you can see it larger!



This first section of the roll was the first whole pencil i used. It was based on what you can draw without any restrictions. However this complete freedom was a bit overwhelming at times. I really enjoyed the hand drawn type though and knew i wanted to use this again.



This is the second section. Following on from the hand drawn type element of the previous section i drew a series of A's. This was more enjoyable but did get a bit monotonous. Also i feel there is a bit too much white space.



This is the final section of the roll. The idea behind this was to go from the beginning of he dictionary at A to the end of the B section. In total this would have been 93 pages of the Dictionary and after a week of almost continuous drawing i realised it wouldn't be possible as i wasn't even on AB yet. So instead i decided to go from A to he end of AB. This was definitely the most enjoyable part and i think its really effective.

Definitely the best thing i produced during my first year anyway!

I can think of a few reasons why you would watch football...

I think this was inspired by hand balls..

Action Alphabet

This is something that i did for my degree. It was meant to be letters that were created by doing an action such as grating, peeling etc blah. I actually really like it :D

Patterns are also fun - How a page on patterns can actually feature no patterns whatsoever

I think this is unfinished. After all what good is a page on patterns if there is no pattern. These go with an earlier piece on things that are fun.

Hand drawn type is surprisingly fun if you are the type of person who also finds train journeys fun

Don't mock me because my interests are slightly crap (a lot crap) but hand drawn type has become one of my favourite things to do. I just wished i knew what to write more often.

Laces suck unless they are in edible form

I can't remember when i drew this, or why i drew a bald egg type man in the corner. Both will remain a mystery i am afraid. What i can tell you though is that i will post a few more trainery things over the next few days or weeks but im actually getting bored of trainer drawings (for now anyway)

These will be my famous last words and i'll probably draw trainers again tomorrow. You can't teach an old dog new tricks and other such lame analogies.

I dedicate this day to drawings of less than respectable people

These 2 drawings were quick doodles and were heavily influenced by things around me. The first drawing is of a taxi driver. He looked kind of seedy and maybe like he taxi'd other things around too *wink wink nudge nudge* I quite like it as a drawing, i think i got his face just right for a change.

The second however can only be described as a monstrosity. Albeit one i am quite proud of. I overheard these two men talking on the number 5 bus just before christmas. The man i drew was saying about how he was buying his children their christmas presents and then went on to tell the other man about his friend, "the plastic gangster" who was all mouth and wouldn't do anything. He then went on to say he couldnt do anything because he couldn't end up in prison this close to christmas. I felt like a reporter as i snooped in on their conversation. The drawing is awful though, i was trying to show he had lots of wrinkles, greased back hair, was carrying several stones too many in weight and had these big eyes like a frog. I think in reality it looks more like Andrew Lloyd Webber <3

I have more drawings from buses with anecdotal stories to go with them which i'm very fond of. Maybe if i applied the same level of concentration and eagerness to everything as i have done other peoples conversations i would be more successful. Sigh