Opening Credits - Scarred

Script: Scarred (The Movie)

Interview with Kenneth Carlos, tattoo artist of Prestige Tattoos
(I entered the room and saw the artist himself focusing on his drawings)

WS: What is your whole view/perspective on tattoos?
KC: What do you mean?
WS Like what got you into tattoos?
KC: At first it was seen as a thing for gangsters and outlaws. It was an underground thing. That’s what got me into it. The tattoos that I got into were prison style tattoos black and grey, LA street style ones. I just thought that style was glamorous yet grimy. It was a culture that I wanted to be part of, whether it was having those tattoos or actually doing them myself.
WS: So were you always into Art?
KC: I was doing art since I was like three because of my brother and cousins. I started as a toddler drawing dinosaurs. I did good in school at art. People would always ask me to draw stuff for them. I did art at GCSE’s and got an A* as well as Graphics. In sixth form I did Art that I got an A in. I did fashion in textiles as well. Outside of school I got involved with other forms of art especially Graffiti and customising clothes. I got into tattooing but I was too young and got caught up in typical teenage street life that got me distracted. After A levels I got into the top art school (Central St. Martins) to do a foundation. Then I got accepted in both CSM and London College of Communication. So you could always tell that I would end up doing art if it was me going to uni or doing graphics, tattooing or whatever.
WS: How old are you?
KC: I’m 20.
WS: How would you describe your style?
KC: I like to do black and grey tattoos. My style is influenced a lot by black and grey tattoos in LA with my own little twist. I like to portray street art with cartoony/realistic/ iconic imagery but I don’t like to limit myself to one style.
WS: What about colour tattoos?
KC: Nah, I like them but I don’t do them. There’s people out there that can do them sick but me personally I would rather make a name for myself in the black and grey side of the tattoo community.
WS: How’s the business going?
KC: It’s alright. The shop’s been open for 2 months slowly trying to establish ourselves tryna bang out as many tattoos as we can without losing quality.
WS: How much do you charge?
(Looked bemused as the question sounded a bit too personal)
KC: Come down to the shop for a consultation. Hahaha!
WS: Fair enough but was it difficult to start as a young artist?
KC: Yeah, it’s fuckin hard man! Being young has its advantages because people think I’m young and fresh bringing something new to the table but then again it can be hard to get acceptance from older and more established artist. Some people think that I’m not serious but trust me I am.
WS: So is tattooing the only thing you do now?
KC: Nah I love all kinds of art. I love painting, fine art, and fashion but right now I’m just struggling to find time to do everything. I try not solely keep my mind on tattooing because that shit will consume you. Health is wealth.
(After the interview was done a few handshakes were shared)
WS: Well good to hear and see from you. All the best for the future.
(As soon as I picked up my things and left, he went straight back to his work, drawing for clients. Some artist)

By Melissa Pacheco & Wilson Sanchez

Ideology Poster

The project was to create a poster of the chosen subjects.

The category that i chose to base my poster was 'Drugs'.

My ideas came from various ways from sketches to experimenting with my knowledge and liking of photography.

These are a couple of films that my poster was influenced by. Apart from the gangster films that are expected to have drugs involved, films such as Pinapple Express and other comedies was also an influence to my work due to the contrast in how these films involve drugs in their narratives.

I also looked at various drug campaigns and how they incorporate drugs to persuade drug users to stop and how it could affect you.

These are ideas that I had come up with on the PC.

This was the final idea that I had come up with.

Small Ad and Recipe Book

This project was to do two projects from the given three. Recipe Book, Memory Cards x24 and Small Ads.

I had worked with Melissa Pacheco to create our projects and we decided to choose the Recipe Book and Small Ads. We had come up with various ideas for both projects and brought them together. We were given a booklet with examples and used what was in there for example: WD25T Floorstanding Speaker Kit.

These are quick sketches just to get ideas across.

Once we got the sketches done we developed them on the computer.

This was an idea that we had come up with.

We then developed them by using different size fonts and positioning.

This is how this idea would look like in a newspaper.

However with further development we had come up with this as the final idea.

This is how it would look like as a small ad in a newspaper.

Recipe Book
The brief is to design a completely new way of using a recipe book, the form and shape had to be creative and useful - something that you don't expect from a normal 'BOOK'.

These are the ideas that we came up with.

We had then developed the initial idea.

This is how the Recipe Book would look like for the final idea.

Re-Label

The aim of this project was to change the corporate i.d. of your chosen favourite brand.

Branching from different categories from:

• Clothing Label
• Music Genre
• Sporting Activity
• Fish Finger
• Baked Beans
• Ice Cream
• Chocolate
• Kitchen Appliance
• Car Manufacturer
• Shopping Mall
• Cuddly Toy etc.

I looked at a whole vary of logos from different companies.


Then I looked strictly clothing brand logos.



Once I had chosen the subject I wanted to focus on I had thought to choose Nike, as it is one of the brands that follow in terms of new products as well as wearing their clothes and trainers.

I started by drawing out different ideas.






Once I had done with the drawings, I put them on computer and went over them using Illustrator through to my final idea.

This is the final idea that I had developed through sketches and other PC ideas.

This is how it looked on a t-shirt. I used an iron-on print.

Professional Practice

Surreal Self Portrait

Surreal Walk

The project was to collect anything that you can see or find along your journey and stick them down to portray what you have seen in a day.