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First day activity, drawing different "homes" of mine, whether that would is things, people, or places.

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https://padlet.com/mcornell0520231/personal-archive-mia-cornell-gepy03kobtebz93

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Final Piece!! I like how I changed the lighting + became looser with the shapes and linework

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"It is a polytheistic religion. Its gods bearing monosvllabic names like Jobs and Gates Brin and Page" (NYTimes, Paragraph 6)

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I'm thinking a lot about the boundless expansiveness of humans, how we all have stardust trapped inside us that's ready to be burst out at any moment. I definitely wanted a whimsical, positive and even somewhat chaotic sketch, which reflects who I am as a person

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How do I characterize myself, visually? What does the "avatar" version of me look like?

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Unknown Artists, Presented in a podcast on CB Eyeball Cards

https://www.fourcornersbooks.co.uk/articles/a-cb-radio-q-a/

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Unknown Artist, https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/783767141389545861/

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"There would be local meet-ups where CB enthusiasts could finally put faces to muffled, interferency names. When they did, they wanted to leave a calling card so they could be identified back on the airwaves, so they would make 'Eyeball cards' photocopied business cards, to be collected like Panini stickers." (Wolfson, The Guardian)

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Parents who look disappointedly at their children, glued to their phones refusing to engage with real life, would do well to remember the Citizens Band (CB) Radio craze of the late 1970s. For a few years, Britain was gripped by hobbyists in their garage or car, having stilted chatroom-like conversations with strangers over unused AM radio, mostly in their area but occasionally hundreds of miles away. It was basically like an early version of ChatRoulette, but with no chance of having to look at someone's genitals.

Star Rider eyeball card. Photograph: Four Corners Books

In the US, CB radio was popularised by truckers, but in the UK there was more of a social element. People talking into the abyss, waiting for a response. There would be local meet-ups where CB enthusiasts could finally put faces to muffled, interferency names. When they did, they wanted to leave a calling card so they could be identified back on the airwaves, so they would make "Eyeball cards": photocopied business cards, to be collected like Panini stickers.

Shy Fox and Gonzo eyeball card. Photograph: Four Corners Books

CB was dominated by impenetrable slang and code names, so these cards would often bear names like "Little Bo Peep" and "Randy Andy". The cards also told others which area you were broadcasting from, but since it was illegal to broadcast on CB radio until the early 80s, these had to be disguised. "Dyfed in Wales was 'Sausage Town', Bexhill was 'Foggy Town', Diss in Norfolk was 'Dodge City'," explains William Hogan in his new book, Eyeball Cards, The Art of British CB Radio Culture, which includes hundreds of images of the cards.

Spider eyeball card. Photograph: Four Corners Books

Different regions adopted different styles of cards, and illustrators set up small businesses to satisfy demand. Most cards adopted a Viz-like style: Porcupine and Jinx, the code name for a romantically involved couple with a CB, had a cartoon couple with animal faces making love. Others were more literal - an enthusiast who used the handle "Snowberry" simply depicted a berry ski-ing down the mountainside - but most bore the slogan, "You have just eyeballed ..." After broadcasting on CB radios became legal, they lost much of their appeal and when mobile phones became popular, most were consigned to the attic. But the cards live on, little cardboard symbols of Britain's first social media revolution.

Eyeball Cards, The Art of British CB Radio Culture by William Hogan and David Titlow will be published by Four Corners Books (RRP £14) on 15 September.

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'You have just eyeballed ...' The art of British CB radio culture

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Eyeball cards - illustrated symbols of Britain's first social media revolution - were used to identify CB radio users when they met in person, and are celebrated in a new book

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Thinking of nighttime and stars, constellations and galaxies

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https://f0und0bjects.blogspot.com/2018/02/im-into-cb.html

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https://www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/interviews/explore-the-lost-world-of-cb-radio-eyeball-cards

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https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/676543197/all-seeing-eye-art-print-stars-wall-art

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Photograph: Four. Corners Books

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/sep/17/cb-radio-eyeball-cards-original-social-media

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My final piece became a combination of the bottom two sketches

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Trying out different iterations of my name, didn't like any of them very much except maybe the tv design.

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Me and my classmate Mel printed on the large-scale printer at Camberwell

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The left side of my face, which shows Japanese characters, is more "unsure" of itself. But the right side which shows my American name is smug, confident. Also playing with the symbolism of me being half by physically splitting me in half

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- Reflection
- Process
- Enquiry
=breadth of sources
=find methods that suit you
- Knowledge
- Communication.

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The ink brainstorming activity, oddly enough, allowed me to add more detail into the figures since I was working at such a greater scale. I thought that since I was working so big with a more loose medium, the drawing would be more gestural and "simple". While it is gestural, it still has quite a bit of detail and texture. It also allowed me to be more loose and free with my work.

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Defines what a "culture" is, as a conceptual thought instead of a tangible one. It's talking about the exchange of meaning.
It's a theory of "discursive practice"

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"At Home" Cover, NYTimes

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/01/14/multimedia/year-in-illustration.html

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NYT Book Cover, Joao Fazenda

http://www.joaofazenda.com/project/nyt-book-review/

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Looking at lots of NYTimes illustrations for inspiration, which affected the style of my piece (lots of colorblocked shapes, funky lines and textures)

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Blow Up Series, Yuko Shimizu

https://www.behance.net/gallery/5150325/Blow-Up-series

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One of my favorite artists, Yuko Shimizu, who has such a nice balance between simple shapes and more rendered, "realistic" details. Semi-realism.

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Life's Edge, Luke Wohlgemuth

https://lukewohlgemuth.com/knifes-edge

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After looking up NYTimes illustration, I found a range of pieces that, while different, had common characteristics. There was a lot of use of bold color blocked colors, and heavy linework. This definitely ended up influencing the style of my final piece.

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I was interested by how the article compared the internet and its masters (Steve Jobs, Bill Gates) akin to polytheistic gods. After doing some visual research as to how these polytheistic gods appear in various cultures -- this image struck me. Their praying hands looks similar to how people hold their phones. I thought I could play on and exaggerate this irony further.

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"The thinker" by Rodin was another concept I was thinking of incorporating in my project. I imagined the voice of the article as a "thinker" like figure who is entranced in thought. I wondered what effect it would have if I added a phone or some modern technology in the hand of the iconic sculpture. The use of irony, or humor even, was beginning to emerge here.

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To analyze a piece of writing and pick out intriguing concepts

To transform a loose concept into a visual interpretation

To experiment with elements of composition, color, and mark-making

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Various rough sketches experimenting with a range of ideas

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"The thinker" concept I briefly thought of doing

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Another idea I thought might be interesting -- "the digital seas"

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Playing around with form and stylization here

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Final sketch that would become the foundation for my piece

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Final sketch that would become the foundation for my piece

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It printed darker than I thought it would, I should remember to change the saturation and colors and do rounds of printing to see what looks best

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I realized I could be more loose with my work and not be so precious as to the outcome. I realized I can always go back and change things, especially after I've been given feedback. I also learned to experiment with my digital mark-making skills

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•Adjust the position of the man on the right
•Experiment with texture (look at rocks, glass)
•Experiment with blending modes
•What if it was a scroll? (horizontal)

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-Trying to communicate too many ideas at once

-Try different ways of drawing the circles.

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Is you work cultural / commercial / social / political?

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Is you work cultural / commercial / social / political?

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I think my work gravitates to the commercial field, with ties to the cultural sector. I enjoy creating pieces that showcase nature and culturally human scenarios. At the same time, I think it fits into the boundaries of commercial illustration.

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Was so surprised by how different everyone's cards came out! I love the lifework quality of Mel's, it feels very sketchy and yet not unfinished, which is something I sometimes have trouble achieving in my work.

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Editorial Assignment, illustration for an article about the O2 Academy Re-opening

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Loved the colors and pose of this piece

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Amazing detail, colors, composition

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Atmospheric lighting, colors

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Visit to the Moomin Store!! Illustrations everywhere~~

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Visit to the Moomin Store!! Illustrations everywhere~~

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Loved these pop-out artworks

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Another piece which I enjoyed, lovely linework and stylization