Keith Negley

I had another catch up with Ben today about my 505 work. We got into an interesting discussion about abstraction and how this can function in more communicative contexts, such as editorial - referring particularly to the work of Keith Negley. I like this idea of having one figurative aspect in a design that then triggers an understanding of the rest of the image which could be more abstract, symbolic or expressive. I think this is a really relevant method of image-making/thinking to my 505 designs - as the orangutan characters are figurative and the rest of the design is more abstract. This also made me think of focusing on one other key figurative aspect in my design - such as a bullet or boxing gloves to act as trigger through which the audience can decipher/understand the key concept/theme behind the image.