I looked at the art of Eric Fraser who makes very stark, graphic images in black and white [1]. His illustrations are unusual and distinctively styled, often looking like a wood-cut print more than a drawing. He makes use of bold shapes such as silhouettes of people [2] to create a strong composition. Because of this, we were all given a sheet of shapes and symbols often used in editorial illustration such as a silhouette head, a ladder, hourglass, arrow etc.
For my piece I decided to use the globe image and make it into a statement about Brexit which happened in the last few months. Having a political opinion in a cartoon is important as it gives a clearer message than an unbiased one.
I coloured the world in blue and green because, although unrealistic, they are the symbolic colours of the Earth and help us recognize it easily even if the geography is inaccurate. Then I cut around the UK which I had coloured red and drew in a 'cut here' line used in instructional diagrams which is also an easily recognized symbol. Red has the connotations of anger and danger, helping to communicate how I feel about the UK 'cutting' itself off from the EU. Using the scissor 'cut' line, it becomes a visual metaphor for 'cutting off' from the EU which I think works well for a very simple image.
References
[1] Fraser
[2] Fraser
Bibliography
Blogger, Phil Beard. 2007. Eric Fraser (1902-1983). [ONLINE] Available at: http://buttes-chaumont.blogspot.co.uk/2007/07/eric-fraser-1902-1983.html. [Accessed 10 December 2016].
Wikipedia. 2016. Eric Fraser (illustrator). [ONLINE] Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Fraser_(illustrator). [Accessed 10 December 2016].
Colour-Wheel-Pro. 2015. Colour Meaning. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.color-wheel-pro.com/color-meaning.html. [Accessed 10 December 2016].
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