MA Project Blog

This is a source for updates on my progress during the course of my Final Major Project on my MA Illustration at Falmouth University. I will be using this content for my report on the project.

Nov 13 2023

︎ FMP Blog 1: The Problem.

Beginning to frame the research question within its current context. What issues surround Sri Lankan street dogs?

Street dogs photographed by Heshan Weeramanthri

︎ Link to post (Medium.com)
https://samweerawardane.medium.com/fmp-blog-1-the-problem-5b55d0c2b880

Nov 18 2023

︎ FMP Blog 2: The Dogless Void.

Getting personal. Animal welfare - OK. But why, specifically, dogs?

Thinking about the Void.

︎ Link to post (Medium.com)
https://samweerawardane.medium.com/fmp-blog-2-the-dogless-void-b65c6a80a54f

Nov 24 2023

︎ FMP Blog 3: What am I trying to say, and who needs to hear it?

What am I trying to give? Muddling through the facts and deciphering once and for all what needs to be said (for this project at least).

A map of the dogs that have made an impression on me.

︎ Link to post (Medium.com)
https://samweerawardane.medium.com/fmp-blog-3-what-am-i-trying-to-say-and-who-needs-to-hear-it-52f38f28064a

Nov 24 2023

︎ FMP Blog 4: Narrative Form and Visual Language.

Considering the phyiscal form of the final piece.

A few panels from the Folktale Week challenge.

︎ Link to post (Medium.com)
https://samweerawardane.medium.com/fmp-blog-4-narrative-form-and-visual-language-d0c35d291e1a

Dec 18 2023

︎ FMP Blog 5: Taking Shape.

Beginning to develop the visual language into specific main characters.

Working out which mongrel ear combo to use.

︎ Link to post (Medium.com)
https://samweerawardane.medium.com/fmp-blog-5-taking-shape-7c70edb1e0f9

Jan 7 2024

︎ FMP Blog 6: Storytelling.

About 1000 words on how to even begin to write + case study of Jon Klassen’s ‘The Skull’.

A spread from ‘The Skull’ (2023) by Jon Klassen.

︎ Link to post (Medium.com)
https://samweerawardane.medium.com/fmp-blog-6-storytelling-6bec8fb4294b

Feb 14 2024

︎ FMP Blog 7: What’s the Story?

Hitting more roadblocks and how I (hopefully) overcame them.

Ideation sketches trying to break out of writer’s block.

︎ Link to post (Medium.com)
https://samweerawardane.medium.com/fmp-blog-7-whats-the-story-7b1a608b581c

Mar 2 2024

︎ FMP Blog 8: Into the Trees.

Reportage illustration and panicking over a deadline.

Monochrome greenery waiting to be placed in a landscape.

︎ Link to post (Medium.com)
https://samweerawardane.medium.com/fmp-blog-8-into-the-trees-789b30c18d8a

Mar 24 2024

︎ FMP Blog 9: Opening up the World.

Tackling composition and final artwork by using key a narrative tool.

Section of Brief Garden mural by Donald Friend

︎ Link to post (Medium.com)
https://samweerawardane.medium.com/fmp-blog-9-opening-up-the-world-1631d4f18dd3

Sam Weerawardane Illustration