MY BOOK

Keeping with the theme of mental/physical distortion from the use of anabolic androgenic steroids, but giving it a twist with colour and complexity in the form of graphs and DNA.

I've been looking into the side effects of anabolic steroids, thus leading leading me onto specifics such as, rises in cholesterol, blood pressure, high risk of heart failure, liver & kidney failure, paranoia etc.

So as an addition to creating distorted graphics in my artwork, I've gave a sort of scientific look to my illustration, purely from looking into graphs, human cell diagrams etc.

Double-page spreads: The blue is my representation of thought when training, and the mapping out of the daily guide to bodybuilding. Also, the various sizes in the marks are my way of showing when the brain works it's hardest and to whats most strenuous, ie; weight training...

1.

I want to include a quotes in every few spreads. Quotes from which famous bodybuilders have used to help them mentally & physically push them selves through the impossible.

2.

The heavy use of blues, whites and blacks in this section of my book are of a main emphasis to x-rays, the deeper look beyond the skin and what a bodybuilder visualizes in the mirror. It's quite an in-depth process, but it's nice to manipulate imagery to produce something that looks ugly but pleasing at the same time. Spreads needs addition tweaking/type etc.

Further stage: An insight the drug's, pills that body builders will take to help create their dream physique.

...Other sections in my book will show visuals of other aspects on my project.