Happy Halloween!

I drew this picture a couple of days ago and was going to add more colour in but i didn't have a lot of time :( But i drew Katy as a spider because i thought her outfit sounded cute.

i think Russell is spelt with two L's D:

Hot chocolate with a fox

Here are some images from my illustration project at college, my theme was based on the woodland, from this i used characters created with watercolour and fine liner that relate to the forest. We were told to create a menu mainly made from illustrations and for it to be handmade and personal.

First of all i started to experiment with watercolours and characters, then scanned and edited them on the computer. I also did some design ideas with fine liner for backgrounds and extra elements to decorate the menu with so there wasn't too much white space, for example; leaves, coffee beans, flowers, acorns and mushrooms (again based on my theme). 

I decided to use a textured background as my base, so i used tissue paper on the back and layered my drawings from the computer and the actual menu list. Finally i added material leaves and flowers to again add to the texture of the menu and to make it more tactile.

 The trees to the right of the menus are cut out from images of bark, and are there to show depth but also are the different sections to the menu.

I also added in coffee stains and tea rings to make the menu look as if its been on a coffee table and used as a coaster or napkin.

The back page is one of my favourite pages. i put my favourite characters on the back which are either drinking or with a hot drink.All of the elements i have used in the menu combine together on the back page to make it interesting.

Reflections project

In the summer holidays we were given a project to create a book on "relfection" to be interpreted in our own way. So i decided to base mine on reflections of shadows. It then sort of went off the subject and i did some drawings on victim and villian, but it still sort of relates in some way to the good and evil, the shadow light :/ 

Anyway i've scanned some images from my book to put onto my blog.

 

I started by drawing images from contextual links, this one is from a Gris Grimly illustrated book.

 

On this illustration in the book the shadows/monsters are seperated into different levels so that it look like the light is coming from the candle that the character is holding. I need to add more to it but i think it sort of creates that effect.

This is the first page in my book to illustrate what my subject is.

 I've only completed half the book so hopefully it will be done by the deadline :s if not then i could always add to it in time for my interviews

Moving Mouse

I've decided to put some images that i took from my past exam project for 3d design on 'animals'. I created some small mice out of plaster by waiting for it to set then carving characters from the blocks. I added recycled materials to add character, such as wire tails, tin can ears and copper wire limbs. I wrote a story about the mice moving into a new house/hole and put both pictures and the story into a small book that i made. The frames which i originally bought for the images, i decided to use them as small scenes picked from the story inside a deep frame. Once i was finished taking pictures i stuck them inside these frames which were then mounted onto the wall.

Here are some of the pictures i took of the frames which i created

 

 

These are some of my favourite images from the story book.

Amazing Maze

So recently i've been looking at a few illustrators online that have caught my eye. Most of the illustrators i have found use handmade drawings and scan them in to edit on computers, but i've found many that only use the computer. I wish someone would teach me how to use the computers to create pictures, hopefully they'll be able to teach me at uni.

Anyway, one artist i've found was Thomas Flintham who creates the cutest illustrations. He also creates some puzzles within images which is fun to do but took me a while :)

Here are some of my favourites:

Roadkill meatballs

I've created some small illustrations using watercolour and fine liner, my inspiration was from Kate Wilsons little bird illustration.

I still need to do some more editing and final touches onto them, such as text and maybe some other materials.

check out Kate Wilsons blog.

21.10.10

I don't really know how to start my first post as a blogger because i've never really written out my thoughts, i used to have several diaries but never was able to keep them up. The most i've ever written in a diary is maximum 10 pages. 

So i've decided to start a blog so i can trace back what i've done over past years and this year of art foundation, but mainly this blog is for my own use and to show illustrations that i have drawn in my personal collection (sounds proffesional but really its a cheap sketchpad with random doodles) 

I've got a lot to blog so expect spam!