ZUHAIR MURAD

Zuhair Murad is a Lebanese fashion designer who opened his first shop in Beirut in 1995. His work is intricate and incredible and he knows how to design for everyone from ball gowns to high fashion. 

ZUHAIR MURAD COUTURE FALL/WINTER 2012-2013 COLLECTION 

  In this collection the Lebanese designer pretty much takes every trend and every color and makes it his own in this collection with clothes in red lace, deep aquamarine, embroidered floral, feathers, capes, velvet, and 20s motifs in exquisite fabrics.

Full show : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKBTshj4e8M

Shoulder Pads

The power of the Black Swan is represented by black wings in different stages of the movie. Shortly after she is crowned Swan Queen, Nina is fascinated by a creepy statue which shows a dark figure of a man with wings and later on in the film tattooed wings are shown on Lily’s back and these represent the power of the Black Swan which is rising and becoming one with Nina.

To represent the importance of the black wings in my final design i decided to use shoulder pads with feathers.

These are some photos of different styles of feathered shoulder pads :

Sketching

After looking at my research and various pictures for inspiration I concluded that in my design I want to incorporate the shape of a swan and black feathers.

To start with I decided to start with sketching some ideas of shapes so I started looking at various sketches and drawings of swans: 

From the pictures I looked at I created an abstract shape that looks like a swan and this was my first step :

Then I re did it neatly and ellabaroted it by trying to incorporate the effects of the black feathers for it to take shape.

This was my final sketch of the shape : 

In some way I would like to incorporate this kind of shape to represent the black swan in my design.

Design Concept

My choice for my concept design was fashion design as I got really inspired by the elegance of my chosen film the Black Swan. My first attempt was to brainstorm and look up different ideas and designs that in some way relate to what I will be focusing on. Seeing as the Main element I focused on was Harmony I tried to look at designs which were flowing and loose not tight and geometrical.
I read through all my blog posts and highlighted some key words which I thought would help me with my design.

Various keywords to help me research :

These are some designs that I looked at for inspiration:

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Black Swan Ballerina by Barry J Davis

Oil painting on black canvas.

As a young child Barry showed alot of talent in his drawings and at the age of 12 he sold his first painting.

He also painted portraits of people and animals while looking to attend an art school. Due to lack of support  from his family he spent two years trying out different jobs but eventually he began painting for local galleries by day and playing with various bands at night.

During the mid 80's he eventually became a full-time artist , producing realistic paintings.

"Barry has never held a solo exhibition mainly because his work sells before he can amass enough pieces together to exhibit,"

I really like this painting because it shows alot of passion , it has very good balance, different shades and tones.When looking at it, it doesn't necessarily give you a relaxed emotion as her facial expression shows fierceness but as a painting regarding colour, balance etc it is very harmonious.

About the Artist. (n.d.). Retrieved November 22, 2012, from Bonnie Hamlin: http://bonniehamlin.com/

Artist barry j davis. (n.d.). Retrieved November 30, 2012, from the art online gallery: https://theartonlinegallery.com/artist/barry-j-davis/

Reflections by Bonnie Hamlin

Acrylic on Canvas

Bonnie Hamlin taught art to children and also held workshops for art teachers.

She also illustrated children's books and did cartoons for rural newspapers, now she works full time from in her studio. Her art knowledge shows in the depth, movement and life she brings to her paintings.

I really like this painting because of the cool relaxing colors, it is very harmonious. I also really like how the swan stands out from the rest of the image.

I chose a painting of a swan to relate to the choice of my film so I can relate Film, Design and Art together.

About the Artist. (n.d.). Retrieved November 22, 2012, from Bonnie Hamlin: http://bonniehamlin.com/

"A Wheatfield with Cypresses" Van Gogh 1889

In 1889 Van Gogh painted this while he was in the St-Rémy mental asylum. 

This painting is considered as one of his most famous pieces.

Van Gogh loved the countryside and he searched for the beauty in the simplest of things.

In this painting Van Gogh is using wavy lines / brush strokes and organic shapes. The directional movement is very vague as I see it as it doesn't lead you to any specific points but it shows movement all throughout and your eyes don't only stop on one part. It is also quite balanced. I think the center of interest in this painting is the sky because of it being abit abstract compared to the rest of the painting. Colors used are basically primary colors

                 (n.d.). Retrieved November 19, 2012, from wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Bmrbarre/A_Wheatfield_with_Cypresses

google art project. (n.d.). Retrieved november 19, 2012, from wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vincent_van_Gogh_-_Wheat_Field_with_Cypresses_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg