Starting.

My initial starting point for the project, which is outlined in my plan, was to draw from life. this was mainly to gather information in terms of shape and proportion of real people. it is also something i have done loosely to be able to play with how I or my mind processes people. Through drawing you start to recognize key features such as the nose and eyes which draw you in and become focus points. While drawing I also realized that there are certain visual elements that my mind will naturally exaggerate such as volume/depth (or on  person weight) and features such as eyes made bigger/smaller to change the character of the person depending on how i have processed them.
Away from the actual body image/ looking at people I am drawn to certain types of people in terms of my drawing more than others. This comes in two forms, one in terms of how interesting they look (and how much of a story you can imagine them having) and the other in terms of there style. This is something that at this early stage could have an impact on my project as urban art styles appeal to me and this coincides with how people look, as in modern society style is considered important by many.
I feel that further studies drawing studies are necessary, perhaps playing with style to develop character/ theme. Also I feel that to develop this theme based around people I need to consider what other people feel when they see someone else initially (in the same way I have been drawing people) and find out what things they notice first etc so devising a questionnaire to further my research should be beneficial.