On reflection of my previous skull, I took inspiration from Leonardo Da Vinci and the idea of his knowledge of function informing his uncannily accurate human body drawings.
I decided that, because of the angle, the drawing looked more like a ‘still life’ piece rather than my ideal of a study that portrayed function.
Based on my self critique, I created another drawing with the skull facing straight on. I wanted to make this drawing quite simple, as I had been inspired by the artist David Oliveira to create a wire drawing afterwards.
Furthermore, I want to start including more of the malfunction element into my visual studies, so instead of spending ages on a detailed drawing, I created an experimental oddly shaped skull using continuous line.
This drawing definitely looks very wonky and not realistic but I shows the idea of a malfunctioning skull through the oblong shape and scale.
David Oliveira is an artist who creates sculptures from wire to show shape and form. I love that even though the pieces look like continuous line, you can still tell what the sculpture is. I’m fascinated by this type of artwork, that you can create depth and 3D form just by repeating lines or shading. When I first saw this image I thought the drawing was made from black thread, however upon further research I found out that they were wire. Perhaps later on in the project I will use this to inspire a sample made out of black thread to show shape and form.
This is the reason why I decided to keep my design simple, so I that the viewer can just focus on the structure of the skull, rather than viewing it as a still life object. I have found that the wire was a great tool in showing the formation of curves and it was easy to manipulate to show a variety of skull malfunctioning shapes.
I don’t know if I will use this again in my project, it depends what my final outcome will be but I’m not apposed to incorporating it into my design ideas and samples.
Viktoria Collins UAL FMP 