I always try to consider what impact my work could have beyond the brief.
Will this piece still be something I am proud of for years to come? Can I use elements of this in future projects, and most importantly, have I learned something new?
For my piece "Half the World Away" I believe I achieved all those things and more. The artwork was created for a Certificate 4 assignment which tasked me with making a mural to be displayed in a bar. I decided to do mine inspired by Picasso's Guernica.
Since its original submission, I entered it into a global art competition. My artwork was 1 of 25 artworks chosen by industry professionals including Hiroshi Fujiwara, David Carson, Daniel Arsham and Stefan Sagmeister.
The artwork ended up coming in 5th place out of hundreds of entries.
It is a comment on how foreign conflict is reacted to by western countries. One moment of condemnation and then it's back to the party. The artwork literarily depicts the moment a war is announced on the other side of the world, the only reference to this conflict being a small TV in the corner.
The news is drowned out in the chaos of fun.
Timelapse Recorded with Procreate.
Preliminary Sketch
Initial idea
Sketch
line drawings
Picture without line drawings
The artwork, printed out.
