Wednesday 22 June 2016

Research: Anna Crichton



I really like how detailed her work is and reminds me of illustrations for a children's picture book. 
The concept for these two illustrations above is very interesting with the animals in the psychiatrist chair. Having the different animals could symbolise what type of animals we may be feeling like, for example a sloth could symbolise a person feeling lazy, while the angry octopus could symbolise anger and violence. 
Although the colours aren't as vibrant and bright, the amount of detail makes up for it and creates a very interesting illustration. 


Full Definition of domicile. 1 : a dwelling place : place of residence : home. 2 a : a person's fixed, permanent, and principal home for legal purposes b : residence 2b.

Image of a house being weighed down by a number of balls and chains. The black of the balls and chains stands out against the white house. The illustration links to the article with the article being about the true definition of a home- how a house can be more than a building. Emergency housing is not classed as a 'home'. Ball and chain could symbolise those that are living in emergency housing feel like prisoners, or feel like they will be forever stuck in houses that will never become permanent homes. In the article it touches on the percentage of aucklanders actually owning their own home has lowered drastically. 




The image is of a crocodile with a dollar sign as it's eye with people trapped in it's jaws. 
After reading the article the image fits perfectly, with the crocodile representing Australia being money hungry and not helping those that are suffering and feeling imprisoned in the Nauru detention centre. The teeth of the crocodile look like prison bars. 
there's a lot of detail in the skin of the crocodile which is visually appealing. 
the imprisoned people being silhouettes only suggest that they don't even matter to the govt, that they have just become 'a number'. 




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