the shoot...

Yesterday we had the shoot for the exhibition. I’d never done a photo shoot before so I was nervous about the day. It went really well and Jake (photographer) was so helpful directing the shoot, I can’t wait to see some of the photos. Amelia’s makeup was great and once we sprayed Emily’s hair with the pink hairspray it seemed to give us more to play with in terms of styling and poses. The pink hair against the black dress created a great contrast.

Today I was working on Illustrator and playing around the files to figure out the best way to print the final image. I wanted to find a way to customise the tile size for printing. Instead I found a better way, using artboard’s to create a grid of the print area. Artboard’s are similar to pages, you can create multiple artboards in different sizes or use the same size in a grid. It was exactly what I needed and I guess I’m just lucky that I have CS4. From what I’ve read it was a new feature Adobe added to the version. I printed a trial at home and so far everything is lining up really well. There are a few images below of the trial. As the image is blown up so large, up close there are beautiful areas of coloured pixilated squares that when you step back from the knit, you don't notice. It reminded me of my work in first semester third year, where I pixilated images to extract design lines.

Image: the giant knit

Image: a close up of the trial knit.

Hopefully now it’s just a matter of inserting the chosen image in the file; printing, cutting the shapes, connecting the links and knitting the whole piece. I’m going to organise a 'BYO scissors night' with family and friends to help me cut out the loops. This weekend will be basically preparing for next week so any trouble-shooting will be sorted and work set up so I can use the week to assemble elements of the exhibition. Fingers and toes everything runs smoothly. Seriously I’m crossing everything!