Exposure

This article in Computer Arts is to show peoples work who have sent the work to the magazine via CD or DVD. On this article it show the peoples work and gives there information on them. In issue 170 I found 3 exposure artists that I was really attracted to based on the images of their work. The first was Claire Hartley who graduated from university with a first-class degree in graphic and a month later got her first design job. She says she takes her "inspiration from the places she's visited and the cosmopolitan mix of people she's exposed to on a daily basis" and that she bases her distinctive work of colour and imagery to her "love of all things vibrant". She claimed she worked best with a traditional pen or pencil but she's learnt how to express ideas in different styles to make herself more diverse. I'm really inspired by this woman, she's shown me that after graduating university it is possilbe to get a good job straight away, I just need to be able to work in many different ways and explore all ways of doing so.

Left:Claire Hartley          Right:Chris Wilkinson

The second was Chris Wilkinson, a graphic designer based in Sheffield but he orgininally studied packaging design at university before he switched. Although he's a graphic designer he says he's moving towards photography and is trying to catch more in the picture instead of rely on Photoshop because it's more rewarding. He claims he doesn't have a definate style because in each project he does he will often try to bring a different style and new techniques. The work of his shown in the article are all very appealing, my favourite is called Creative Spark which was a image representing the inspirations of the artists being exhibited at the Creative Spark show, in this image he's spray painted objects black which is contrasted with the yellow background.
   The third is illustrator Ellie Foreman-Pack who uses a combination of pencil and Photoshop to create narrative inspired works. "I aim to emulate a smiliar feeling of antiquity in my own designs", the two images shown in the article use little colour and are both screenprints. The image 'Metropole' was a visual interpretation of the Hungarian novel where she used scanned images such as radiators and stacked books to make buildings in the image.