Negative and Positive Space Illustration





I AM AFTER MAXIMUM COMMUNICATION WITH MINIMUM ELEMENTS
— Noma Bar
Noma Bar’s distinctive mixture of ‘double-take’ imagery and biting social commentary to a new level, by collecting different materials from countries in conflict, and exposing their current political and social situation.


Each of you will create an 8 x 10 inch canvas that has a main character and has an interior or exterior shape that is as important to the design just like Noma Bar. More of his work is below but you can see other works at https://mymodernmet.com/noma-bar-new-secret-storytelling-illustrations/. Make sure to watch all three videos and take notes in your Journal. All images can be found at Dutch Uncle Gallery.

Bear.

Negative Space.

Chicken and Egg.

 Escape the Weather.

 Facing Up.

 Red Riding Hood.

Tea for Two.

Again, watch all three videos below and write about it in your Journal. Sketch out your ideas in your Journal as well. You will need to show this process before you begin in Illustrator or Photoshop.

Video #1 (Follow link. Could not be embedded.)




Video #2
 
One Minute Wonder 17 - Noma Bar from Present Plus on Vimeo.

Video #3


Noma Bar // Graphic Storytelling from West of England Design Forum on Vimeo.