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I looked around to find some eyeball cards i particularly enjoyed myself to see what i could gain from them along the way.

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I wanted to stick to London as I had just spent a large amount of time abroad, coming back felt more upsetting than anything else, giving myself time to reflect on where I am may give me more appreciation to it.

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A small mind map going through ideas of names I enjoy, some hobbies, and interests just to get in a creative headspace, getting a better idea of what comes to mind when I think of myself, what treats i want to be a first impression

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some of the characters related to me,

the small cat. I enjoy cats I have owned multiple, I think they are very cute, I like the idea of the cat wearing a cat hat as sometimes I feel like someone else wearing my own skin

the star character, this one had less thought, I like the shape of stars, and that they're so far away from us yet still visible, they feel like eyes always watching

angry dog, everyone holds some anger in them

anxious cat, I am anxious, I like cats

lone skeleton, lonely and bare of anything that makes it human

tooth, teeth are cool, funny visual tooth fairy pun

rabbit foot with a bow, rabbit feet are good luck, though I tend to bring a lot of good luck to those around me I myself am only bad luck to myself

demon, exposed gut, looks strong but doesn't take much to pierce

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just exploring different fonts, the impact of colour and words.

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i chose pink and green as they are complimentary, the different eyeball card ideas, quickly based on the names and previous sketches, i enjoy horror and cute things, i wanted to try to incorporate both

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I collected fonts which I have seen on my walk to draw inspiration from, their use of colour and shape for their purpose i.e.. the 'be very afraid of kanako inuki' manga uses sharp clear letters to show urgency and danger against the character.

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I wanted to get some sketches from my area just to look at my surroundings, patterns, and what i am used to, see how that might reflect on my drawing if in any way at all, maybe even just to step away directly from the cards.

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I wanted to get some inspiration from a reliable place I use for art, as my Instagram is curated to my tastes I wanted to show some of the aesthetics I enjoy through an artist mood board. Each artist is credited, and their profile username is written on the map.

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I wanted to stick with the horror theme as i think that represents me the most, i wanted to just use aspects of things that i had included before that are unnerving like distorted teeth and eyes, this was an experiment to see what colours, shapes and distortions of features were most successful. Oil pastel, ink and charcoal pieces. Inspired slightly by mood board and own sketches.

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I wanted to continue playing off my previous designs with some quick sketches I made on Procreate, this was solely to visualise some things I was considering.

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Before getting a final plan out for my eyeball card, I brainstormed my ideas with myself so I would have a clearer picture of where to take my designs.

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I put together the best parts of everything I had sketched so far to make the finalised outcome sketch.

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I had initially thought i would go with blue, green and pink, a slightly unusual triad but i did enjoy the sketch of just the pink background and black/brown elements.

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annotations and question sheet.

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These are the sketches for key words, took around 10 minutes for each. 3 are of a singular word, characters and shapes. 1 is a mix of random keywords i did before the singular ones just to get an idea of how fast i can finish as well as warm up.

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I was interested in taking my own research further with some horror-related illustrations and anxiety and horror go hand in hand.

The left is a depiction of the wife, I was interested in presenting her side of the story as she is highly ignored. Her body is sustaining itself, with three breasts to express her overworking her motherhood, and her no legs or arms show her limitations on her life as she expresses annoyance at her husband who refuses to take initiative with childcare.

The middle is for the author. I thought it was an interesting way to portray him being trapped in his addiction, trapped in his own ideas and world, hiding his unresolved negative emotions from those who should know.

The last one was the most experimental, it showed the idea of anxiety itself, and how it can leave you feeling especially extreme cases of it which are debilitating, draining the life out of you, and leaving you breathless with panic attacks.

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I wanted to experiment with the idea of anxiety itself partially detached from the article narrative, I used charcoal, oil pastel and scraped into the material to gain texture.

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I timed myself for these 16 to do 3 minutes per sketch just to get out as many of the initial art block out the way, i wasn't expecting much but i did enjoy the last idea and will continue with it. The left is just a sequential sketch of the article, not very inspired, warm up. The right was just getting out ideas.

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i made some digital rough ideas for my final piece. zombie like man in front of phone, with shadow of a ghost.