Strands 3: Joe Webb
Analysis
Joe Webb is a British artist who creates hand made collages with a message. Webb reimagines found imagery using simple and concise edits to make thought provoking artworks. He tackles issues such as the environment, war, inequality - and questions our place in the universe. Webb originally began making his pieces as a reaction to his computer-focused graphic design job. He enjoys the simplicity of using two or three print images to create totally new worlds.
Joe Webb plays the visual elements against each other in a way that puts different eras together, allowing characters to travel from their bland lifestyles the far cosmos. He plays with themes of nostalgia and loss but composes light-hearted images that have a lot in common with today’s sampling culture.
Joe Webb is a British artist who creates hand made collages with a message. Webb reimagines found imagery using simple and concise edits to make thought provoking artworks. He tackles issues such as the environment, war, inequality - and questions our place in the universe. Webb originally began making his pieces as a reaction to his computer-focused graphic design job. He enjoys the simplicity of using two or three print images to create totally new worlds.
Joe Webb plays the visual elements against each other in a way that puts different eras together, allowing characters to travel from their bland lifestyles the far cosmos. He plays with themes of nostalgia and loss but composes light-hearted images that have a lot in common with today’s sampling culture.
My Response
I made a collage influenced by the work of Joe Webb. I had recently watched the film Don't Look Up, which is about mankind ignoring an upcoming global disaster. I thought I could use my collage to illustrate the way we are not doing enough about climate change while still spending billions on exploring space. The project first involved collecting many images that I thought I could use as part of the collage. I included pictures of Mars, the Moon, rockets taking off, tall sky scrapers in the middle east and pictures of melting icebergs.
Below is a slideshow of the pictures I collected.
I made a collage influenced by the work of Joe Webb. I had recently watched the film Don't Look Up, which is about mankind ignoring an upcoming global disaster. I thought I could use my collage to illustrate the way we are not doing enough about climate change while still spending billions on exploring space. The project first involved collecting many images that I thought I could use as part of the collage. I included pictures of Mars, the Moon, rockets taking off, tall sky scrapers in the middle east and pictures of melting icebergs.
Below is a slideshow of the pictures I collected.
What Went Well
I enjoyed researching Joe Webb's work. This was a fun project. I thought the selection of original pictures I found using the internet was of a high quality. I decided what the final picture was going to represent first, instead of just finding a selection of nice pictures and trying to make something out of them. Cutting out the parts I wanted in Photoshop was quite easy because they had simple backgrounds and putting the pieces together as layers was quite simple. I used an image of a polar bear on melting ice to represent climate change. I used pictures of Mars and the fire and smoke from the rocket launch to represent space exploration. Finally I used a picture of the Birj Khalifa, which is the world's tallest sky scraper in Dubai, to represent man's dependence on Middle East oil.
Even Better If
The final picture is made up of photos I found on the internet. Joe Webb's work uses picture he finds in newspapers and magazine. If I have more time I could have made my collage using printed pictures instead of digital ones. Also It would have been nice to include some photos I took myself in the final image.
Final Image
Below is the collage I made using the photos I found.
I enjoyed researching Joe Webb's work. This was a fun project. I thought the selection of original pictures I found using the internet was of a high quality. I decided what the final picture was going to represent first, instead of just finding a selection of nice pictures and trying to make something out of them. Cutting out the parts I wanted in Photoshop was quite easy because they had simple backgrounds and putting the pieces together as layers was quite simple. I used an image of a polar bear on melting ice to represent climate change. I used pictures of Mars and the fire and smoke from the rocket launch to represent space exploration. Finally I used a picture of the Birj Khalifa, which is the world's tallest sky scraper in Dubai, to represent man's dependence on Middle East oil.
Even Better If
The final picture is made up of photos I found on the internet. Joe Webb's work uses picture he finds in newspapers and magazine. If I have more time I could have made my collage using printed pictures instead of digital ones. Also It would have been nice to include some photos I took myself in the final image.
Final Image
Below is the collage I made using the photos I found.