billie jean analysis

Context

This piece was made by Billie Jean, he lives and works in Leytonstone in East London. His artwork is everywhere, trainers, books, music cd's and fashion are some of the markets his work used to promote. This pice of work has been used it seems to advertise nike trainers. The piece is a biro drawing designed on graph paper. It gives the effect of doodles,theres a lot of small detail and even some type. I chose to analyse this piece because i think the biro technique he has used would be good to experiment with as you can get a good effect off of it and it easy to make bold lines and shade with. 

Meaning

It was really hard to find information about Billie Jean the only thing i could find was some basic information, but i did find his personal website, on which found several pieces of work that he has also made. It is clear from his work that he is an illustrator, this piece has a theme of sport, all the little details mostly link back to sport and this would link in because the main feature is a trainer. The artists inspiration has clearly come from a trainer made by nike, he's used it as his main focus and worked around it but keeping it as a focus point on the page which is why it could be central on the page. I think this piece could definitely be used for an advertisement its eye-catching and unusual and would therefore attract people to it. 

Aesthetics

The artist has used a blue biro and created the piece on graph paper, i think the artist has used the biro lightly before making any bold harder lines, to plan out everything first. I think the artist has used to graph paper to make it look more like doodles because he hasn't used the graph paper as a guideline for his drawings.The artists uses the different shades he can create using the 1 biro to add shading the different shades of blue add more detail to the piece. I rethink the fact the artist has only used 1 colour makes the piece look more effective and more interesting to look at. The artist has coloured some of the shapes in which make the bolder than some of the others that haven't been shaded in, this just gives the piece more detail. The doodles have been overlapped the artist hasn't left that much space on the page free this makes the page look busy but its also what makes the piece effective. 

Personal response

I chose to look at this piece of work because i think the technique that the artist has used is really interesting and he has produced a really bold and eye-catching piece of work using it. I think this piece would be perfect for advertising and i think this why the piece was produced. When i first saw the piece i thought it was just doodles, but after looking closer it becomes clear how much detail and thought the artist has put into it. I like the fact that the artist has created the piece on graph paper it makes the piece more interesting to look at because its not just a plain white background. The blue biro is effective and works well against the graph paper. The work has inspired me to make a biro piece myself, i will include symbols and shapes that link to the artist i have chosen.