What is a line...

'A mark indicating position, connection or boundaries' - This was the title that i chose to base my what is a line' project around. We had to do research within each title (on dc blog) and decided this would be the most interesting one to follow.

Once i had chosen the titles i began thinking about ideas where boundaries and connections are related and what angles i could look at:

- Boundaries between food (chocolate sundae idea)

- Architecture

- City skylines

- Buildings connected by lines, intersections. Positions of buildings next to one another.

- Story boards

- Comic book boundaries

With these ideas i chose two that i found intriguing and began to develope them. The ones i chose were 'Architecture' and 'Boundaries between food'.

Firstly i put together a small questionnaire and asked a few of my class mates to tell me Whether they preferred a sandwich or burger, what they would have in it and what order the would put the food in, E.g:

Sam's sandwich:

chicken, lettuce, tomato, mayonnaise, peppers, onions and cheese.

Bread

Chicken

Lettuce

Tomato

Peppers

Onions

Cheese

Mayonnaise

Bread

For each one i did a diagram, as shown below.

I really liked this idea, but i wanted to explore my skyline idea further. So i started developing that one as well. I began by just sketching out ways in which the skylines could be reproduced to indicate the boundaries surrounding them. I experimenting with a few different techniques and different colours, just to gage an idea of what would look best if i decided to develop it further.

With this idea i think that the colour worked best with the layering of the image ontop of one another, giving the image some depth and distortion. I liked the layout of the buildings and for further development i needed to look more closely at what sort of lines i would use, whether they would alternate in thickness, how many lines i would use and whether i would pick out different details from the buildings or just use the outline. I decided to take the idea of the skylines on because i found that more interesting and i thought more could be done with it in ways of developing and experimenting.