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Lino-printing Motaz's Flag
In addition to a wolf, Motaz asked for his flag to contain a graphical element which represented strenght. After compiling a series of...

Madeleina Kay
3 days ago1 min read
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Migration Matters Festival 10th Anniversary
I'm delighted that my portraits of migrants will be on display as part of the 10th Migration Matters Festival in Sheffield, from 21st -...

Madeleina Kay
4 days ago1 min read
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"Raise a flag and speak. Claim your enemy is beaten."
Praise and Worship with Flags – Delores Hillsman Harris Given that my boyfriend’s nickname for me is “Jezebel” – it’s nothing short of a...

Madeleina Kay
5 days ago6 min read
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Designing JC's Flag
JC's requested flag design for a "mythical creature" was a challenge which I wasn't quite sure how to tackle, especially when I was...

Madeleina Kay
Apr 171 min read
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Lino-Printing Adam's Flag
Adam's flag design was pretty simple to Lino-cut. I based it on the digital designs he liked, but tried to copy the Aer Lingus logo more...

Madeleina Kay
Apr 171 min read
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Lino-printing Livia's Flag
Livia asked for a design with different hands, representing diversity, reaching to the globe in the shape of a love heart. Livia was very...

Madeleina Kay
Apr 151 min read
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Lino-printing Nikita's Flag
I didn't need to design Nikita's flag digitaly, since she wanted me to copy a design of a tattoo she has on her arm. I asked her to send...

Madeleina Kay
Apr 81 min read
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Lino-printing Lora's Flags
I tried two different designs for Lora's flag, the first based on Pyramids... The second a set of dynamic intersecting triangles... First...

Madeleina Kay
Apr 71 min read
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Designing Lora's Flag
I started off with four designs based on Lora's requested colours and symbols, which we discussed during her interview: Lora's preference...

Madeleina Kay
Apr 71 min read
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1-to-1 Tutorial with Richard Reynolds
I have been feeling a bit stuck with a couple of things relating to my Kaleidentity project, and I saw there was a 1-to-1 tutorial...

Madeleina Kay
Apr 54 min read
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Lino-printing Redi's Flag
The most difficult part of turning the digital design of Redi's flag into a lino-print was sketching out the design which required some...

Madeleina Kay
Apr 31 min read
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Designing Redi's Flag
These were the first designs I sent Redi using his requested colours and shapes: Redi preferred the designs where the shapes fitted...

Madeleina Kay
Apr 11 min read
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Lino-printing Kristyna's Flag
I've been mulling over how to best execute the creation of the flags for my research project . At first I intended to hand-make all of...

Madeleina Kay
Mar 313 min read
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Designing Kristyna's Flag
Looking for some inspiration for designing a flag - I tried using Chat GPT to see if it could come up with some interesting design for...

Madeleina Kay
Feb 242 min read
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Flag Designs
Now that I've finished all of the oil portraits, my next task is making the flags. I've started out by reviewing my notes from the...

Madeleina Kay
Feb 192 min read
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Motaz's Portrait
Motaz is the last of the ten portraits I had to paint. I wasn't sure if I would be able to get them all finished by the end of this week...

Madeleina Kay
Feb 141 min read
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Ania's Portrait
I really love the colours Ania chose for her portrait - which represent her positive and uplifting personality and caring nature. I also...

Madeleina Kay
Feb 101 min read
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Marcelo's Portrait
I found Marcelo's portrait tricky for two reasons; firstly, the photograph I was working from had a very intense shadow on the right side...

Madeleina Kay
Feb 71 min read
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Livia's Portrait
Livia always shows up dressed in a rainbow selection vibrant colours - so I think it was hard for her to choose just four colours for...

Madeleina Kay
Feb 31 min read
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Adam's Portrait
I was nervous to paint Adam's portrait as I have never painted someone with an afro hairstyle before and I was worried it would turn out...

Madeleina Kay
Jan 291 min read
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