Final for 'The cruelest cut'
thumbs for editorial assign.
Anita' assignment was to illustrate an article about self-mutilating teens, for whom self-injuring is a way of managing emotional pain. As the prototypical self-cutter is a teenage girl, a female icon emerging from a double-sided razor blade might be a visual solution for a quick and easy read.
Finishes for conceptual portrait assignment of musicians:
Duet of Nick Cave and P.J.Harvey - Henry Lee song from his album "Murder Ballads"
pen and ink, mixed media
As a reference, I took snapshots from a black and white video featuring two artists, where both musicians were identically dressed and wearing a similar hairstyle. They were not the same, but they were constructed as one. The visual interpretation of the collaboration resulted in a design resembling the layout of playing card.
Later another layer of drawing was done on the piece of mylar. This unified the composition, as some parts were rendered in different graphic styles. Then a decorative frame was added, for variation, although it may detract from reading the image as a playing card.
