This image attracted me because I liked the texture of the photograph projected on the walls. This subverts the idea of wallpaper and really builds an immersive atmosphere. Turning it upside down adds a surreal and unexpected effect. Again to explore a similar thing to this I need to try working in 3D. Perhaps first just using a shoe box or something.
I liked how Jen Moules has used stitch in her otherwise flat print work. I've been meaning to use stitch in my project and have only touched on it briefly, but this has reminded me to pursue it! I'm going to use stitch to work into one of my patterns.
Relating to my exploration of the themes of ambition and regret that I have been exploring, I found a book called 'It's not how good you are, it's how good you want to be' that I felt was interesting and relevant. It's a kind of self-help book for aspiring creatives set out in a very striking and graphical way. The design itself is inspiring as well as the messages behind it. Sticking to a black and white colour palette and bold headlines gives it a simple look and informative appearance. I also wish to use text and inspiring messages in my work, and this has shown that using boldness, straight talking and limited colour palettes will be effective.
I also looked at this book on fortune telling as it relates to the idea of destiny and brings up questions of whether our future is predetermined. If so is there any point having ambitions because what will happen will happen? Questions like this. I think this would be an interesting idea to explore and could be taken a number of ways - for example following your destiny, or overcoming your destiny, uncertainty etc. I also think tarot cards are very nice visually.
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