Illustration - Concepts and Final Idea No.1

As we progressed further into the illustrative brief, we began working with concepts sheets. Concept sheets contain more experimental ideas which are much less literal. In order to progress successfully with our ideas, we needed to apply the SCAMPER rule for creative thinking:

• Substitute - Replace or change the parts, shape, colour etc.
• Combine - Merge the idea with a different idea
• Adapt - What else is it like?
• Modify / Magnify - Making it larger, smaller, exagerrated etc.
• Purpose - What else can it be used for?
• Eliminate - Subtratc certain elements, breaking it down into it's simplest form.
• Reverse / Rearrange - Changing the arrangement, turning it upside down, on it's side etc.

With this rule in mind, I combined things such as chewing gum and metal, and stretched out solid objects such as a chair. After talking with the tutors, Patricia and Mary, I began working on some of my final ideas.

One of my final ideas is the exaggerated tongue and lips. This piece, if chosen as the final idea to create the illustration, will be in a 3-D format, with the lips made out of cardpaper, or paper mache. The lips will be stuck onto the front of an enclosed box, which will stick onto a flat wall. Inside this box will be a cylinder on a holder (think of a toilet roll in it's holder on the wall!) and wrapped around the cylinder will be a stretchy material (I used a pink sock for the test piece) which can unravel as the viewer grabs the end of the sock and pulls.