Vinyl Stickers.

I have been thinking a lot lately about my designs and what I would like to see them on for my final year show. I think more than anything I would love to see my designs on motorbike helmets. Now I need a solution to my wish...

I was thinking vinyl stickers could be a way of applying my designs to helmets. They are widely used on vehicles, especially to brighten them up.

One company that aim to brighten up vehicles is www.hippymotors.co.uk.
I found their website really friendly and liked their ethos "Okay we know vinyl is not and never will be envionmentally friendly but this is what we believe. 
We hope that our stickers will help people love the car they have and not want to buy another. That way we're all happier. "

www.hippymotors.co.uk

Silver ink splatters and tools.

I have been experimenting with my ink again and been having a jolly good time with it too. I never use to like playing about with materials as I have always been really happy doing my rather structured fine liner designs but have actually come to love being a little bit more free with my work.

Combining my new ink splatters with some of my new tool designs has been rather fun too. In fact I think that's the most fun part of my design work!

Here is a sneak peak so far!

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Anatomy Of the Bike.

I have decided to go ahead with my idea of doing designs of the anatomy of the bike. I didn't know where to start really so went to the library and took out a few books. Something that I particularly wanted to draw is the engine as this is in my opinion the heart of the bike. I have drawn a line version of the engine and plan to incorporate my ink splatters into it to give it a whole new look.
I think I might do some metallic ink splatters in silver and gold to give it more of a machine feel rather than my usual splatters of red and blue.

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Guy Martin.

After watching "TT: Closer to the edge" I Decided to have a quick look on the Guy Martin Website and was instantly inspired by the design and layout of the page.

I particularly like the "grungy" oily styled background and the combination of that with faded out images and tools.

This has started to make me think that I might like to incorporate tools into my work. I think it would be a good idea to do the anatomy of the bike too. Both man and machine together.


I am going to show you a print screen of the Guy Martin website, just to show the inspirational bits.

http://www.guymartinracing.co.uk/about-guy/racing/

http://www.guymartinracing.co.uk/about-guy/racing/

I am particularly inspired by the images to the left and the right of this print screen picture.

TT: Closer to the Edge

I watched the documentary/film "TT: closer to the edge" and was greatly inspired by seeing the passion and love that goes into motorbike racing. This film was both gripping and emotional and has made me even more positive in the fact that I want to do my designs for this industry for my anatomy project. Seeing both man and machine together is extremely invigorating. 

This film also gives you insights into the men behind the leather. One man in particular is local champion Guy Martin and after watching this film I wouldn't be surprised if he is everybody's favourite biker. I plan to do a bit more research about guy martin as seeing his passion for this sport gives me passion about my work.

www.heyuguys.co.uk

Guy Martin cheating Death - www.veteranstoday.com 

Anatomy Designs...

After being inspired by the documentaries "Anatomy for Beginners" I have started drawing new organs and are starting to play about with them. Here are my starting points so far...

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© katykins Design.

I now plan to experiment with ink splats and different colours.

Gunther von Hagen- Anatomy for beginners.

As my work is focusing on the anatomy, I decided it would be both beneficial and inspirational to watch the documentaries "Anatomy for beginners". As described on the channel 4 website this is about: "Controversial anatomist Dr Gunther von Hagens and pathologist Professor John Lee explore the beauty beneath our skin in a fascinating series of anatomy classes." (http://www.channel4.com/programmes/anatomy-for-beginners)

I think these Documentaries were really interesting and it showed the body in an extremely in depth matter. These documentaries have not only inspired me to continue with my anatomical designs but have also made me want to continue pushing my belief that the body is truly beautiful inside and out.

If you wish to watch these documentaries please click on the above link. ( I must say though, don't be eating your tea at the time when watching these documentaries unless you have a strong stomach, the body is beautiful but the dissection of it can be perhaps a bit too graphic for some people.) 

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/anatomy-for-beginners.