Work in Progress*

Whenever possible, although projects like this are on hold, i still try to carry on experimenting. This piece is very dark and sinister, but sometimes you have to try out certain effects to fathom out if they are going to be successful. It is okay coming up with an idea/concept, in theory it will always work - in practice thats another matter.

Out of the 2 images i prefer the sweeping image (top) - i can imaging it would look very clean on the back of a business card, but i’m looking for something more apt. This is another experiment i can cross off the list! And who knows it may come in for another project…

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Here i have placed the hair underneath a partial cut (the shape of an A to test the effect). The cut was taken down from the top right of the A down to the left edge.

The swirls are really quite interesting, but if i was to go with this idea, the possibility of creating a full word this way may look over done and too busy.

I prefer the little choppy clippings as it exaggerates the outline of the A, but by adding more swirls to the bottom example could produce a more effective piece. The next step will be to create a solid letter and add the hair as 2d swashes.

Fredrik Broman, an Interaction Designer, commented on my last post, saying “it would look even better in colour. Especially if the hair used came from a person with red-brown hair. Black hair on white looks very stark, so i think you should take the idea further by experimenting with different hair colours.” So this i will investigate further, always appreciate advice, thank you Fredrik.

I’m loving the experimentation with the hairstylist identity. Today I produced the word ’stylist’ out of actual hair, below is an example, the letter S (for Stylist). This is another approach to the brief, the next experiment will be achieved hopefully tomorrow, before i make a final decision.

Although this is photographical (looks quite eerie), ideally i’d produce a smaller image, with hair sandwiched between transfer paper, so that i’d be able to scan of photocopy (photocopy ideally for the immense detail).