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Falmouth Collective// 22052016

A weekly blogpost celebrating the work of current  Falmouth University students. Since starting this feature on my blog I'm delighted to announce I've been contacted by the University website team to help create a feature like this for the Falmouth website to show prospectus students the kind of work that is created by students at the Uni. 

Rosie Fossett

I chose to share this piece by Rosie (from one of her recent projects) because of how she has combined textures. I love the background as it adds an existing structure to the narrative and she has worked into using a variety of shapes which adds to a lively and exciting piece. I am inspired by a lot of illustrators at the moment and over the summer I'm going to work on small projects where I explore how narrative can be shown. 




Sophie Melissa Walker//Illustration~
https://www.facebook.com/sophiemelissa.illustration/?fref=ts

I first saw Sophie's work on Instagram where she had started a very successful project on mental health and how this can be visualised. Her current work has struck and interest because of how she is using shapes and printmaking to create illustrations. The beauty of printmaking is the variety of textures that can be created. It's all down to experimentation which is all part of the process. 

Molly Byran//Graphic Design 
https://www.behance.net/mollybryan

Molly was on the foundation with me last year and her recent project on packaging has been so successful because of the concept behind the work. The beauty of this work is all about the process and showing the consumer the materials that have been used to make the product. This has really interested me because of how materials can be used within art is an important factor in my own work. Looking at graphic design where communication is key is something I should consider because sometimes I think the concept in my work is lost. 






Sophie Melissa//Illustration

Molly Byran//Graphic Design


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