Visual Journal - Research, WORD TO MOTHER

Word To Mother's work is very distinctive in style and aesthetic, often consisting of many layered elements; mixed areas of colour, drips of paint, textures, hand drawn typography, illustrated characters, symbols and lines, all building up often highly detailed pieces that appear to suggest a certain narrative in each. What is the most recognisable thing though, is the way in which he draws, the way he uses line to make images.

• His lines are often loose and scribbly, but very organic and full of energy. There are imperfections everywhere but that is where the character and charm of his work lies. The messy nature of them is very appealing and tangible.
• The forms his lines make up are also loose and almost free form, it seems as though they were drawn quickly and almost spur of the moment. Lines create forms layered and merging with other forms, emphasising the almost otherworldly, slight dystopia quality to his drawings. Skulls and twisted faces are common-place also. 
• Similar to his painted pieces, the pencil only illustrations use may different elements, and the idea of layering. Faces sit with pattern and next to trees, under letter forms and more faces. This layering creates an interesting relationship between all the separate parts, one that could be in unison, or of conflict. 

I want to try and re-create adverts in a style that is quick, using line only, but also merging several different parts together, to create layers of messy and loose lines to show the dystopia of the commercial culture and the violence and damage inherent in it.