Key Steps in Illustration Module Evaluation This module has been experimental, creative, imaginative and a whole lot of learning! I have experimented with various mediums, made mistakes, pushed my imagination and struggled up very steep hills. This module has been a huge learning curve and on reflection, an incredible journey. Not only have I completed this module, but I have also enjoyed developing my personal work along the way, establishing consistency in style and gaining confidence that I'm building on day after day. As much as I have many pages of illustrative work for this module, I also have a bulging sketch book of my own pages and I am grateful to have been pushed with this journey of learning into developing as an artist. Along the way, I have followed with interest the work of children's illustrator Rachel Bright along with Illustrator Charlie Mackesy, I feel fortunate to have followed his drawings to the fruition of his book 'The Boy...
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Part Five Reflections "You selected portfolio shows a good range of approaches; your overall style comes across as slightly scratchy, sometimes quite odd (in a good way!), but with a strong underlying technical ability and good compositional sense". I am over the moon at this feedback. I feel my tutor has understood and noticed the style of my work. "sometimes quite odd (in a good way!" is how I would describe my ideas. I am delighted to hear that I am showing promise in a technical ability. "Your ‘How green is your food?’ sketchbook and idea development is good; of your three sketched-up ideas, the version with the scales is the strongest as it visualises a relationship between food and the planet clearly. The middle broccoli idea makes the broccoli look a little like a nuclear explosion which doesn’t quite work in the context of the brief! Your final version is a striking image, but it doesn’t articulate the idea of balance and relationship as ...
Assignment five Seven days I started my thought process with mind mapping 'Seven days', what could this be as a creative idea? Here I came across a few ideas that I like: A focus around the moon, inspired by the anniversary of this moon landings this year. Seven days on the moon (what did they see? What did they find?). Could be a child's illustrated guide. Seven days of flying to the moon (could be an illustrated diary?) I also noted the words "what if the moon wasn't round anymore?" I like these words a lot. However, what I wrote in many of the leads here is the words "well being" emotional health" "mental well being". With a keen interest and emphasis in the media on our emotional health, could this be a lead in? Seven days of feelings, your emotional health in seven days? I also liked the idea of a new mum, the first seven days of mum. Again, there is a direct link here to emotions. With furthe...
Reflections on PART FOUR Tools and materials: "You chose Cepeda, and reworked your umbrella drawing in oils. I’m not so sure there is a torch in Cepeda’s painting of the boy and crows, as both the boy’s hands are on the book – it seems like the book is emitting the glow - maybe the emanating light is a visual metaphor for the book’s imaginative and inspiring content? Your new painting has been successful; you have added the movement and elemental forces of wind and rain which are such a feature of his work. I’m not sure if it’s intentional, but it looks like your umbrella is being borne along on the crest of a cod wave of grey water – if this is the intention you have captured this very well. The inside of the umbrella is lighter as if lit by the sun above – a simple but effective painting." Surprisingly through this module, I have enjoyed working with oil paints, although I do find it an incredibly challenging medium to work with. I am pleased that you view ...
Educational strip The brief: You have been asked to produce an illustrated strip of up to five frames for use in schools explaining to young people how to cope with the onset of puberty. You can decide on which aspect you want to tackle. Due to the subject matter and the intended age group it is suggested you use metaphor and humour when conveying the message, The client would also like you to provide a single illustration of your character for the use on the front cover. Research: Out of my depth here I started to look at how a strip is put together, I collected a number of examples to observe: Simple and fun characters. Not all in colour. Wording, but nor too much. A narrative. Square of rectangle boxes. It is so lovely to have the opportunity to look at the 'Snoopy' Strips by Charles M. Schulz . Ok, so here I studied a more relaxed, humorous style of illustration by Purple Ronnie : Very simple, child like people that are r...