As mentioned previously, I have experience in working with collages, so felt I should start with this. I began by looking into others collages, and wanted to imitate these styles. Below are two that I felt inspired by: Colour collages. On the top, I cut out magazine advertisements and distorted the shapes, pasting them onto the page to show movement and fluidity. I added a girl above, and then placed text across to make it look less flat.
Below that, I cut out straight lines and circles, colouring them in and layering them on. I wanted this to feel more controlled, and think the lines popping out adds a nice dynamic to the method. Overlapping the layers has given the image depth and makes it look interesting.
From this I felt more confident creating my own collage. Below I
created a dark, minimal collage to represent Dr Hurt. I added brown paper to
age the article, as Dr Hurt is said to be thousands of years old: adding red to
symbolize blood, and black and white to show the balance of good and evil. I
also added a girl with black eyes, which is often thought to be demonic, and
typography stating “to us, you’re one step from oblivion or one step from
triumpth.” Which I feel is fitting for the character, alongside “Drop Dead” and
“Liars.” I didn’t want the work to be too obvious.
Another idea for collage is to stick to lines: but distort. The top image inspired me to imitate this due to the twisted, and quirkiness of the different lengths of the strips. I tried to imitate this but found it was difficult as I hadn't left a focal point, therefore when stretching and lengthening, the image was left with a gap between the strips.
Below, I found an image that combines two images in strips, similar to double exposure. I think the anonymity is great, and that it is easily identifiable without being obvious, and still holds quite a confusing notion about it. I think this would work quite well for Dr Hurt.
