Peer Review
The blog post that I would like to respond to is the project outcome and your personal development by Yanyu Pan. She started off with talking about the drawing exercise we did after each workshop and some of the difficulties she met which includes how some scrap materials like newspapers are thinner and weaker so it is more difficult to work and draw on it comparing it to regular sketch paper. She have said that newspaper was too thin to watercolor, so some colors are not as bright and saturated which lead to the realization of how precious papers are and therefore should not be wasted. I agree with her realization as I also first start off practicing with newspaper and ink. For myself after the first attempt I then start to add acrylic layer base to newspaper as being taught in the workshop and which adds strength to the paper, and I draw with paint and pastels instead of watercolors. I really like the drawing exercise that you did and I would love to see more of it and I really like how you use paper and which adds dimension and colors to the face illustration. I then also like the illustration of the day in the green dress especially the shapes and line of the piece that there is a very clear and strong silhouette.
As for the final illustration, I really like the topic you choose,Alexander McQueen’s 2010SS show, which is related to the ocean and ecosystem. It is correlated to the sustainability theme that we are consistently discussing and awaring. I personally like the use of the watercolor and the wash being used in the illustration as there is translucency and are very clean. In my opinion I would love to see brighter and more colors in the illustration as I can see more colors in the actual dress and I think in the future if you were to draw this again it would be nice to use more colors. Also I think you can the contrast stronger as it will can probably better catches people’s eyes. And just personally I would also love to see more details of the hand and the face as it will seem more finished and completed and I also wish I could see more of the drawings and illustrations on the topic.
I strongly agree with the conclusion of your personal development as I also feel like it is extremely important for people who are working in the fashion industry to not only made self-aware of these themes when creating and designing but also to stand and speak about it in public. Artist, designers, and most importantly a member of the society, it is our responsibility to make our society and planet a better place.