5 Core British Values

How I interpret:

Democracy - 
Fairness, everyones opinion counts, a government, rights to all, political and social equality, votes are fair and weighed out by the peoples votes and not the higher and richer powers as much.

Rule of Law - 
Respect and follow the rules, understand the laws that are existing, those disrespecting the rules of the law won't be tolerated, punishment will be carried out on those breaking the law.

Individual Liberty - 
People can do what they want within the law, freedom, can have own opinions, interests and identity, have the right to say what they want if it isn't disrespectful or illegal.

Mutual Respect - 
Respect others and respected by others either when family, friends or strangers, let others have their own interests, opinions, properties and identity, don't partake in racist, sexist or any hateful and  disrespectful acts.

Tolerance of those different - 
No prejudice against others, respect others, don't be hateful towards peoples sex and sexual orientation, identity, opinion, religion, their overall identity, try to understand others different from yourself.

Appreciation of cultural diversity in everyday lives -
Going on with your day with all the different kinds of cultures, religions and people that are about, religious buildings and stores, national holidays because of a culture in Britain, cultural food like Indian and Chinese food, art, clothing, music etc.

British Values, minimal advertising and literal posters

This post includes research for British values that I will turn into a poster, including the main prove values, other opinions and my own of the views of what British values are.

British values are the things that are the most important and enforced in Britain. Though not a lot of people know the real meaning of British values, even those that have lived in Britain their whole life, though they do list stuff that they believe is British values to them such as:

• Tea
• Football
• Cricket 
• Punk
• Politics
• Cultural and racial diversity 
• The queen
• NHS
• Diversity
• Education etc. 

The five main and most important British values are that symbolises Britian:

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• Democracy
• The rule of law
• Individual liberty
• Mutual respect
• Tolerance and respect for those with different faiths and beliefs

Also the main other important four that symbolises Britain:

• Tolerance 
• Respect 
• Liberty
• Democracy 

A lot of British value posters include the British flag in some way, as a small image, made out of a collage of pictures or as a background since it's viewed as what and does represent Britain.
Some include more than just a few things of what they think is British values to them, having a lot more opinions in them.
Compared to other countries and cultures, Britain is seen as more fair, lawful, educational, diverse and peaceful than others, some not even having the education, healthcare and respectable laws that Britain has.












Britain's diverse cultures of people are allowed to practice their culture and religion quite a lot, allowing public acts, festivals, shows etc. of their origins and interests.

Despite British values represent Britain as respectful and diverse, there are minorities of people in groups that don't respect the British values, some not being British, but most of them being British. They abuse the values by disrespecting other people of religion, colour, sexuality, their opinions etc. by using their orientation of being British, and other people as not, to back up their racist argument, an example of this is the EDL (English Defence League).

I decided to use this picture to mainly show the problem with groups
of people that aren't really part of British values since they don't
show respect or tolerance. The EDL.

I thought this poster had a very strong effect and message. What I'm getting from
it is the question "Does Islam clash with British values?" with a women of the Muslim
fate wearing a robe but her face being pixelized, as if censored, which some groups of people
believe should be done. This poster is addressing and questioning this racist problem.

Though I will not be including this negativity into my poster, the poster will be positive and welcoming, promoting British values through a either a detailed poster or just a simple poster with a background and text at the front.

I believe this is a very clever example of  simple advertising,
the image pretty much shows what it's advertising just through
the pictures and effects, which is vision related, eye contacts.

I like this advert because it's also an illusion and designed to
trick the viewer to believe they're looking at something else,
a man with a long beard, when instead it's actually a man with
a woman standing in front and facing him, creating the effect.
The little caption "For all hair types" tops off the poster of what it's
advertising, which is shampoo, conditioner, hair products pretty much.

 Powerful, clever and attention grabbing posters can be incredibly simple, not using much or any text at all since the image, illustration, photograph or drawing on the poster gets the point across faster then some text would. This can be due to the colours used, the shapes and what they represent, illusions in some of them etc. All having a strong effect and point to them, even if they are just commercial posters advertising someone or a poster to warn people about something, such as smoking.

There are different ways how a design of a poster can affect the message it's trying to get across or product it's trying to advertise.
Some posters have a set layout with pictures and text, though the most visually appealing and strong kind of designs are quite simple, though can still get across a lot of information and strong message.
The effect of adding some humour and cheek to a poster can change it dramatically, making it seem clever and witty, getting the message or advertisement across in a casual, smooth and humorous way, making it more appealing to some people.

Wire and paper mache model

I linked the structure I wanted to make to an abstract ribcage, only having two of the ribs, but connected instead of being serrate, so they're like two rings.
I started by cutting some wire mesh to make the shape of a ring by also twisting either of the ends together by hand and by using a pair of pliers. I made another shape of a ring, then the spine and then the box that would go underneath it to hopefully support it and stop it from falling over.
Once all the wire mesh made of the shape of the structure, I began wrapping it in newspaper strips and layering them with glue so they will stick to the wire mesh and harden.

Once the paper had hardened I had to cover it in paper mache, to this I had to rip up newspapers into small pieces and mix it together with water and glue, and continue to mix it all together until there isn't any water at the bottom of the bucket it was being mixed in.
I then stuck the completed paper mache onto my model with the paper layer on it, tightly layering it by pushing and squeezing it onto the model so it wouldn't fall off, putting the paper mache onto it not too thick or too thin. Though since the paper mache was still wet it made it heavy and made the model top heavy and fall over, so I used some supports of water pots and a cardboard tubes to help it stop from falling over, also I did have to reapply some paper mache due to small bits falling off.

Once the paper mache had dried the model became hardened and a lot lighter, so I removed the supports so it was able to stand by itself before painting it white white paint.
Overall I think the model turned out well, though was sometimes a struggle to work with and took a while to complete.

Dandelion and Planet painting

 For a personal project to possibly use as an illustration for a cover, I wanted it to be themed with space, extraterrestrial, stars, planets etc. But I also wanted coming different to be in it, making it surreal in a way, then I thought of adding a dandelion into it with the small seeds that are floating away are also forming into stars and it being the main source of light.

I began by painting a piece of A1 paper black, I would've used the already black design A1 paper but it's material and feeling of it seems a bit weird and I feel if I had used that it wouldn't of came out as how I wanted it to.
I started by making light pencil sketched of the dandelion and a few planets before adding on the whole paint using a small paintbrush and small glue stick as a spatula.
I used the small glue stick to make the lines of the dandelion, outlines and then the light distress effect of the planets with it, giving it a messy yet visually effective look.
I added in more planets, moons and little asteroids to fill in the space of the painting before finishing it off with small spots of stars, some quite small and compact, others a bit bigger and spread out.



In my opinion, the completed illustration is strong in visual impact even when just using two colours of black and white. Even though I struggled at some parts with small objects of the painting with the small glue stick I used as a spatula, it's effect has turned out quite good overall. The stars have a god effect of filling up the spaces of the illustration, though I might've added too many or most of them are too big, I still think the painting has turned out better than i thought it would.