I need help with my art assignment?

Question

ok so were studying war, death, pestillence and famine at the moment and i have to do 4 collages on all those things. right now im doing war. ive drawn a gun shooting a bullet and then ive put all newspaper as the background. like little writting articles lol. i was going to use big letters to write things ilke "death" and stuff but it not going to look like war lol. does anyone have any ideas on how i can make it look a littlemore "warish" :S haha

please and thankyou..

x*x

Answer 1

you should look deeper into the concept of war and illustrate the effects of war beyond the battlefield, y'hear?

like... focus on the families of a dead soldier.

show um crying at the grave hugging his flag.

thats not a collage tho... lol. :]

you could collage that idea up thou. put like... those folded flags that are for dead soldiers or w/e w/e w/e and crying families. idk. lol.

im not a collage person.

DUDE!! for death... you should focus on those who are forgotten after their death and dishonored in a way... like parents' values and morals that they instilled in their children are disregarded and family heirlooms collecting dust in the attic. thatd b cool. lol. yeayea.

Answer 2

What's more "warish" (a sad commentary to your generation) than red.

Headlines you have to read to get it, art is vision.

Keep the newspaper as background but imagery you'll notice immediately.

Pictures of children being affected, from all the wars

tell a history with these pictures, also the faces of parents of these victims. Maybe just show parts of a gun, trigger. barrel, just the bullets. Always do several thumbnail sketches ( story board of ideas) of every idea you are exploring, take what you like, leave the rest maybe for some other assignment.

No Luck, work.

JR