A day in the life: Process

So, new brief time, for this one the class were split in to groups and given separate news articles. With this we would have to create three different outcomes, pertaining to the specific dimensions of:

• 200mm x 200mm (Square)
• 105mm x 200mm (Portrait) 
• 290mm x 105mm (Landscape) 

The article that i was given, had the title "Danger Mouse" and deals with the writers opinion that David Cameron (current prime minister) is spending too much time concentrating on and combating Terrorism (the group ISIS), when other issues more directly affect Britain, such as climate change, debt, issues with the National Health Service etc.

Upon reading the article, i admittedly did disagree with the message, but thats the how the cookie crumbles, gotta do what is asked if you want to get paid. So, upon understanding what the writer was trying to say, i made some draughts, lets take a look shall we:

So for this first image, the idea was to have a T.V. showing a news report on isis, but in order to run is secreting oils and unhealthy gasses, destroying the environment. This is highlighting the irony of the situation, whilst one element is the killing of inhabitants of the world, the other is killing the world itself.

Admittedly not a great idea, i put hitler in an outline ski mask, to say that we are trying to portray ISIS as a threat equal to the Nazi's. This is a subject proposed within the article, and whilst i like how the biro looks against the pencil. Im ashamed that i even entertained this ideology as a subject matter, evil is evil, both parties caused civilian casualties.

This time i played with the idea of ISIS possibly being put on a pedestal because they are making the most noise at the moment, nocking both the NHS and global warming off of their respective positions. I like this one and feel it portrays the theme of the article rather effectively.

Another unsuccessful outcome, this is the issues of NHS and global warming hiding in the shadows, whilst ISIS shoots at the police, not a clear to read image, especially in terms of the character for global warming/ pollution, it caused a lot of confusion.

So before creating the next batch, i knew i would most likely be using David Camerons likeness, so here is a bunch of me drawing him.

Moving on, this is a terrible sketch of nothing, so lets move on a bit more.

On to the good stuff, probably my favourite draught, this little ballon toting cameron symbolises the prime minister proudly presenting his inflated issue.

This image had potential, but possibly if it was created by someone who can draw like a tiny child, or an actual tiny child being given the proper direction. It is supposed to be a child like drawing created by and signed by Cameron, depicting danger mouse (i decided to actually include the smart title in to the theme) fighting a member of ISIS, whilst the backdrop depicts smog and industrial chimneys killing the planet.

Again working with Danger Mouse, i decided to incorporate themes of the show, that of Danger Mouse approaching the most heroic looking issue when other bigger things are at hand. Danger mouse points at a screen showing ISIS, whilst other issues surround it.

So ending with a bang, we have an absolute banger, in a bad way, just to clarify if you ever are confused by current youth terminologies. So i simply wanted to put down the idea of having a propaganda poster of David Cameron, poking fun at the idea of him gunning for glory, but the rough isa mess and the idea wasn't that great to begin with, so moving on to the outcomes!