LisaDagz

Artists, performers and creatives thinking about finding and...

Sat, 11 May 2013 11:49:30 +0100

Artists, performers and creatives thinking about finding and setting up spaces for art or live events: The Artsadmin Youth Board are holding a talk on doing just that on Thursday 23rd of May at 7:30pm, at Toynbee Studios, East London.

Speakers from LUPA, Artlicks, the Institute of Jamais Vu and local council property teams will be discussing the journey and logistics of scouting out and running spaces for creative processes and events. It’s £3 to book which pays for a drink at the bar.

For more information and to book tickets, check out the event on Artsadmin’s site: http://www.artsadmin.co.uk/events/3327

Hope to see you there!

(Photograph by Youth Board member Rowena Gordon.)

Don’t think I got round to posting this before, this was...

Thu, 09 May 2013 09:31:40 +0100

Don’t think I got round to posting this before, this was an illustration that went into Arts London News about how Tesco may be monopolising the media.

This is what my final website ended up looking like for my...

Tue, 07 May 2013 20:22:47 +0100

This is what my final website ended up looking like for my university project on sex and consent. I still feel a bit uncomfortable being a kind of authoritative voice on such a serious matter and I think that if such a website were to be put together it ought to be done by a team of people, not just one gal telling teens ‘this is how you should or shouldn’t have sex’. Still, I was pleased with the idea!

That link again is readthesigns.net

My Splatterworld poster has enjoyed a couple of weeks living at...

Sun, 05 May 2013 18:36:30 +0100

My Splatterworld poster has enjoyed a couple of weeks living at Hyde Park Corner tube station in London but unfortunately this weekend it gets taken down. Did you spot it on your travels?

So, today was my final deadline for my BA degree in Graphic and...

Fri, 03 May 2013 17:29:40 +0100

So, today was my final deadline for my BA degree in Graphic and Media Design/Design for Illustration. It’s not entirely set in for me yet (and I guess I still have my degree show to work towards so it’s not like I’m ENTIRELY finished) but here marks the end of my work towards earning a qualification… and begins my work towards earning a living!

Painter

Wed, 01 May 2013 11:28:54 +0100

Painter

Feedback would be appreciated for this educational website on...

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 01:38:33 +0100

Feedback would be appreciated for this educational website on sex and consent for 12-14 year olds. - readthesigns.net

Building on an earlier idea of using road signs as an easy way to remember guidelines on consent, I’ve created a simple website with a thought exercise for children. The style is very simple, I know, but I wanted the characters to remain ungendered and not too heavily featured to prevent it from seeming like certain scenarios only happen to certain people. I’ll probably make some kind of logo for it, though, that homepage is looking a bit hollow.

What I’m mainly looking for feedback on is if I’ve approached these matters with the right attitude - is it sensitive enough? Is it too vague? Is it patronising? Can I word things better without having too much writing?

(Although if you want to bring up another problem like if it looks like crap on your browser or stuff isn’t working for you, of course I’d like to know that, also.)

Thanks in advance! (Here’s another question mark so that Tumblrites can answer the post directly:) ?

Boots

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 12:00:10 +0100

Boots

Sunshine

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:48:32 +0100

Sunshine

Flower

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 09:33:59 +0100

Flower

Gardener on the weekend

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:27:51 +0100

Gardener on the weekend

The headers for my Positioning report. Featuring my childhood...

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:35:03 +0100

The headers for my Positioning report. Featuring my childhood cuddly toy, Fluffy!

London art lovers! Get 50% off tickets to The Other Art Fair -...

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 12:24:00 +0100

London art lovers! Get 50% off tickets to The Other Art Fair - on next weekend at Ambika P3 near Baker Street tube station - by quoting OTHER50 when booking online.

Art Below has a section in it - for those who don’t know, Art Below is an exhibition going on in the underground over the next few weeks featuring artwork from various talents including me!

People who are passing through Hyde Park Corner on the Eastbound Piccadilly Line - keep an eye out for artwork from Splatterworld featured at the station!

Our smallest unit for our degree is a report on everything...

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:27:00 +0100

Our smallest unit for our degree is a report on everything we’ve done for our final year. We’re required to design the report to reflect our practice, and I did mine in a Winnie-the-Pooh-esque style, with E. H. Shepard inspired illustrations.

This is the cover design. I was thinking I might want to do a handmade cover and perhaps print the text and image on in gold somehow, then I got my books from Blurb and they’d printed the cover image dead fuzzy so I reckon a new cover is a must now.

Catching Her Eye “Only men wear flowers in their hair and...

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 21:08:43 +0100

Catching Her Eye

“Only men wear flowers in their hair and scented leaves tucked into their belts or arm bands … when these young men are fully made up and costumed for the dance they are considered so irresistible to women that they are not allowed to be alone, even for a moment, for fear some women will seduce them.” - William Davenport on a Southwest Pacific society.

Uncommon ≠ Unnatural Just because there’s something about...

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 08:48:10 +0100

Uncommon ≠ Unnatural

Just because there’s something about someone that isn’t the same as the majority of people, that doesn’t mean that there’s something ‘wrong’ with them or ‘gross’ about them.

You Don’t See That Everyday Portrayals of homosexuality...

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:47:59 +0100

You Don’t See That Everyday

Portrayals of homosexuality (or lack thereof) in the media.

Men Bear the Children According to American anthropologist...

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 13:09:29 +0100

Men Bear the Children

According to American anthropologist Margaret Mead, in the Arapesh Tribe from New Guinea, men and women are seen to ‘bear’ children equally, both being as important as each other during the pregnancy.

In this tribe, people value gentleness and compassion in everyone. In Western society we’d see these as things that are more common in women, but Arapesh men and women are expected to behave the same as each other.

A plug that can fit many sockets is a normal plug. A socket that...

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 11:06:00 +0100

A plug that can fit many sockets is a normal plug. A socket that can fit many plugs is a normal socket.

A picture I did when I was thinking about how to illustrate more open minded attitudes towards gender - this one was in response to the slut-shaming-against-women phrase ‘A key that can open many locks is a master key, a lock that can be opened by many keys is a crappy lock’.

However, my tutor pointed out I kinda shot myself in the foot because it could be read as heterosexist. So a disclaimer: I’m not saying it’s NOT NORMAL to have two or more ‘plugs’ or ‘sockets’… you know… fitting each other, this was merely to illustrate that the lock and key metaphor was stupid and meaningless.

I made a point of sale for The Orphans Who Had Parents, thought...

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 12:20:03 +0100

I made a point of sale for The Orphans Who Had Parents, thought I’d show it off a bit.