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Julian Opie uses line drawings with block colours. I used his technique of line drawing to line draw over a photo of fruit using photoshop. I then concentrated on the use of colour he uses and noticed that he doesn't have shading in pictures and uses the line to translate what you are able the picture , being people, to look like in life. His work has been used in many way especially in the music industry with a very successful album by Blur using him to design it. By the theme of my course being produce I found that his work may be able to influence me during the course to produce eye catching, meaningful yet simple art pieces.

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 This is a illustration from the book series of Discworld by Terry Pratchett. The illustration is by Paul Kidby and I believe he has transformed from what I have imagined to what Discworld to look like perfectly into this visual art piece.  With the vivid detail that Pratchett delievers in his work  Kidby has used every piece plus more. The illumination of the turtle depics a fantasy element and an untouchable feeling towards it while the highlighted Elephants I believe show themselves to be important to the whole idea of the world being transported through the universe by a turtle, yet they are the safety net to hold the world into place.  He has added a momentum feeling to the turtles flippers by showing both at different angles.
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