Our 2020 Studio Arts & Visual Communication Design Students

Title: Movement through time

Mediums: Inkjet print on canvas, mounted on black card

Dimensions: Three prints at 307 x 217 mm

My focus for this art piece was movement and movement through time. My focus was also on the dancer and how the dancer grew as time moved on. I took multiple photos of different dance moves to be able to show the greatest improvement for the dancer. Having the focus on the dancer and the growth they show communicates the idea of movement through time and time moving through us.

Title: Perceptions of empowering women

Mediums: fabric ink, fabric marker, cotton tee

Dimensions: Variable

The subject matter of my artwork is a shirt worn on a series of different people from different ages and genders to represent how a message can be perceived differently when it is worn on different people. The writing is in red bold text to make it stand out and be noticeable. The drawing is in blue to contrast against the red and the white. The smooth edges of the drawings also contrast slick straight lines of the text.

Jarrah Auld - Visual Communication Design

Client:

Samantha Ager, founder and creator of ‘SEA’. SEA is a new company that will promote a healthy lifestyle through a range of vitamins. Samantha says "I'm passionate about helping people reclaim their health and become the most vibrant, confident and energetic versions of themselves, using ingredients backed by science." Samantha wishes to design a new brand and logo for these ranges of vitamins and then produce the product and sell to high end brand health stores for individual purchase.

Samantha wishes to get her product out by creating an online website for purchase, which will include the ingredients, personal reviews and the science behind the brand. This brand must be sugar, dairy, gluten and nut free, non GMO and vegan, to be able to accomodate for many audiences. This website will be highlighting the rising of this new brand and to promote SEA vitamins so the word can be spread. Samantha wishes to gain a 5 star health rating due to the complexity and overall positive health effects.

Title: Untitled

Mediums: Satin, Tulle, Cotton thread

Dimensions: variable

I have incorporated colours and symbols such as flowers, and the colour red into my design because to me flowers and butterflies are symbolic of the growth a beauty of femininity, and red is seen to be a very androgynous colour, able to be worn by both males and females without any significant symbolisation unlike blue and pink which are seen are gendered colours.

Tristan Bronts - Visual Communication Design

CLIENT

‘LLANTUS Tuning and Customs’. This company is fairly new to the automobile market, based in Adelaide, Australia, ‘LLANTUS Tuning and Customs’ is a small automotive tuning and modification company which is looking to produce its own first sports car and continue into the automobile market. The company is fairly new at fourteen years old and the owner of the business has always looked into the in house production of their own sports car. After the decline to the disappearance of automobile production in Australia, the small company wants to build a truly Australian sports car to give Australia a vehicle that they can be proud of, as a continuation of Australian automobile production. As a small automotive vehicle tuning company, they have been upgrading and enhancing the performance of sports cars for fourteen years, ‘LLANTUS’ has always been looking to hit the market with their own performance vehicle.

COMMUNICATION NEEDS

• The client requires Branding (logo and badge) and a website for their automobile company ‘LLANTUS’.

• The client also requires drawings for a concept design for an exterior for a flagship first production vehicle for their company.

Title: Untitled

Mediums: Inkjet print.

Dimensions: 840 x 1188mm

Through my artwork my focus was to communicate a more realistic representation of femininity. Through the media the female body is constantly questioned and I wanted to create a piece that celebrated the diversity of femininity throughout cultures as well as women as a whole. By showcasing a traditional view of a woman displaying feminine qualities alongside a non traditional concept I aimed to make the audience question society's one dimensional view.

Emily Elliott - Studio Arts

Title: Through the window

Mediums: Soft pastel and inkjet print on paper

Dimensions: 536 x 510mm

This artwork explores the idea of balance within modern society. The photos of flora is representational of nature and the fire symbolises destruction, while the grayscale background illustrates modern society with the lack of colour. The black borders reflect a window that can be looked into to see the balance separated from society.

Mairi Fowler-Bell - Studio Arts

Title: Red Riding Hood (love, power and anger)

Medium: Acrylic, watercolour, paper, watercolour paper, fine-liner

Dimensions:

My theme for this year has been around the colour ‘Red’ as well as it’s accompanying emotions and aesthetics. I showed this theme through a little red riding hood subject matter that posed to show the different emotions I was using. Little Red Riding Hood was a large subject matter focus during my exploration, used not just for the red cloak parallels to my theme but for the given emotions that can be taken and related to the theme as well.

Adam Fyfe - Studio Arts

In my year 12 folio for this year i would like to explore the themes around motorsport and automotive, i would like to identify and highlight different themes around my work. I will investigate Sean bull, a motorsport graphic designer. His work inspires mine in a range of aspects. Mostly as I would like to do what he does his work. I would like to portray different feelings and emotions within my work, appealing to different people depending on what it is, by doing motorsport and automotive it allows me to branch into a more open area focusing both on normal cars and into racing as well.

Lily Gains - Studio Arts

Title: Untitled

Mediums: Acrylic and Charcoal on canvas

My paintings express the idea that nature is beautiful and worth looking at. Nature can be shown in different ways, it's just up to the viewer to decide if they like it or not. I would like them to look at my paintings and say “Looks good, makes nature look more beautiful/appealing”

Jessica Hall - Studio Arts

Title: Destruction of Nature

Mediums: Acrylic paint on wood

Dimensions: 550 x 400mm

My final artwork is based around the theme of nature and more specifically the destruction of nature and the impact that it has on animals. My theme focuses on modern day issues such as the bushfires which devastated Australia.

Title: Consequences

Mediums: Gesso, spray paint, acrylic paint and posca pen on wood

Dimensions: 3 painting at 800 x 200 mm

In this piece I initially wanted to create a ‘playful’ and ‘joyful’ feeling at first glance, then my aim was to create a saddened and guilty feeling in the audience as they recognise the pollutants in this piece.

The skateboard decks that I painted these whales on echo the shapes of whales as they are curvy, which contribute to the soft simple feel.

Zac Jones - Visual Communication Design

Skye Lett - Studio Arts

The way a person chooses to express themselves stems from their own personal experiences, perceptions and opinions on themselves and society. The fascinating change in youth culture from the baby boomer generation through to generation z. Within my home, I am exposed to three different generations, which allows me to learn about a wide change of views. During my studio time, I'd like to explore a range of topics that branch from youth culture that being, music, fashion, politics and upbringing, and how it has changed within the world.

Kaysha Mallinson - Studio Arts

Title: The Zodiac

Mediums: Inkjet print, frame and broken glass

Dimensions: 12 prints at 200 x 250mm

The whole idea of the zodiac I interpreted as a stereotype, the expected ideas associated with signs, horoscopes and compatibility with others seems to categorise a person telling them how they should live. So overall I depicted this to be something that is restricting and damaging, making each sign feel trapped and alone. Using this I wanted to express the nature of human stereotypes through showing the public how their depiction of someone may make a person feel.

Title: I’m You

Mediums: Inkjet print on Matte photo paper on black card stock

Dimensions: a. 420 x 594mm, b. 297 x 420mm, c. 420 x 594 x 297mm, d. 420 x 594 x 297mm

My artwork explores the ideas of escaping reality and the connection that people can develop towards a story and its characters. In my proposal, I said, “My focus and subject matter throughout the project will be based on People and fictional characters.” I decided to do only 4 cells for my final artwork to represent a single comic book page in a climactic/shock scene. This is supposed to give the viewer of incompleteness or create interest in what has to lead up to this part in the story and what might happen after this scene.

Title: Wedge March

Medium: video

Dimensions: Variable

The main focal point of my artwork was to create a warm and relaxed environment that pulled you in and made you take a deep breath. It's a weird thing to explain, I just wanted the viewer to feel at ease and calm when they are watching my film. The subject matter of my artwork was the calm and ever-changing emotions that surfing can make you feel and I tried to portray that feeling through a visual interpretation.

Title: Philophobia

Materials: Fake blood, watercolour, fake flowers, butterfly stickers, non-toxic glue. Inkjet print.

The theme of depicting phobias through special effects makeup was heavily inspired by other artists such as Glam and Gore and Shawn Coss. Both artists are seen to have horrific or gruesome works of art, as they involve blood or fears itself. Combining the two artists methods into one, made up the subject matter that is SFX phobias. Philophobia, the fear of love, or of falling in love, was the main focus of the chosen artwork.

Dawn Pfeil - Studio Arts

Title: Untitled

Mediums: Inkjet print, acrylic paint

The Subject matter which I chose to focus on in my final artworks is the soul represented by a flower. Positioned in the center of the chest, a flower is present in representation of the human soul of each of my sitters. Each flower is different for each person, as the soul if different for every person on Earth. As well as this the intention is to create emphasis on the beauty of the soul and how it can be likened to the beauty of a flower.

Title: Pillars

Mediums: Tone tanned paper, alcohol markers, pencils, spray paint and muli-liners

Dimensions:

The focus of my work in Unit 3 was the exploration of surrealistic animals and the mixing of fantasy with reality. Particularly I focused on animals and mixing specific elements into the appearance of the animal, which helps to reflect the attribute the animal has. This has then led me to explore the idea of wolves with elements tied to them.

Connor Rainey - Visual Communication Design

Montana Read - Visual Communication Design

CLIENT

Parker James is introducing a festival dedicated to new independent music alongside a wide variety of bars and food vans appealing to all. The various bars will each have a dedicated drink such as wine, gin or cocktails, these bars may also sell soft drinks for those who aren't interested in alcohol. The client, through Sing & Sip, has organised a trial festival highlighting rising artists and created an online website to start discussion and promotion so the word can be spread. Sing & Sip plans to launch the festival within the vines at Rochford Wines, Yarra Valley, Victoria in February, this event is aimed to cater 4500.

COMMUNICATION NEEDS

This client requires an up to date information booklet that is easily accessed on the website or a hardcopy on arrival at the festival. A flexible bar that can be moved easily, it will also be needed alongside an attached menu displaying their drinks menu. The bar must also be able to be manipulated through different locations and styles of drinking experiences

Will Ridgeway - Studio Arts

For my Final artwork, I decided to do a futuristic-looking comic relating to products made into superheroes and coloured pencil one.

Title: Requiem for a lost love

Mediums: Pencil and charcoal on paper

Emotions and romanticism are what I explored in this piece. Both scenically and in the idea of romance, I tried to capture the scene of two lovers by the water, with the moon being in the perfect position to reflect in the water making everything dark while having the reflection be bright.

Tyler Silvester - Visual Communication Design

Client:

Jin Shirozaki, who has been in the business for 1 year is looking for an illustrator for his scripts, located in Japan, He creates scripts for Jump, he is trying to get his debut on the front of Jump magazine and needs the illustrations, he has created past series with other artists and has not so far gotten on the front page of Jump, He is friendly, welcoming and helpful, Jin is writing a new manga in the genre of romance that is more mature than Shoujo manga, but not quite Josei. The client’s novel has not yet been given the green light by the company as there is no Illustration for the publishing of the Manga

Title: Elements of pressure

Mediums: Acrylic Paint with an array of materials and rubbish on canvas

Dimensions: 1000 x 650 mm

Pressure is a continuous physical force exerted on or against an object by something in contact with it. Throughout the year I have used conceptual paths as well as using physical concepts to explore pressure. Pressure can be a really damaging feeling and can make people feel and do things that are harmful to themselves or others. I want the audience to feel challenged and confronted when looking at the final product to hopefully start the conversation of how pressure may feel, in an individual.

Bailee Smith - Visual Communication Design

CLIENT PROFILE-

Stillwater Studios is a film production company, who make adapted screenplays. A screenplay that is based on pre-existing material, it is adapted from another source. StillWater Studios is starting up a new adapted screenplay, in which the client requires a new brand for the StillWater Studios. The client StillWater Studios creates films consisting of youth dramas and romance. They are a small film production that play on the genres of films such as romance, drama and youth based films. The client is based in Australia gaining a larger Australian youth audience and is known for their earthy and raw films.

Title: Truth

Mediums: Inkjet print on canvas

Dimensions: three prints at 297 x 240 mm

As an honest person, I understand that telling the truth can be difficult and that some people hide the truth. In my images, I wanted to express truth in a couple of different ways. In one way, where the subject matter is intentionally hiding the truth out of fear, and in another way where the subject matter is not hiding the truth however their evidence/proof cannot be seen.

Kayla Whinfield-Shaw - Studio Arts

Title: Escaped the beauty

Mediums: Inkjet print on canvas

Dimensions: two prints at 16.5 x 23.4 in.

The aesthetic qualities in these images help communicate the idea of how people can be ignorant, and overlook the beauty of things around them, in this case, Sirawit choosing to go on in phone, he concentrated on the screen rather than appreciating the nature around him, this reveal his nature behaviour.