AGE UK Final Outcome

Talking to Hannah about my Age Uk work and looking how I could improve my work for publishing. The ideas that I generated was to incorporate the Virer Duck Bridge in Stockport in the background and have the train moving towards the station where Geffs farther and Geff are waiting for the train to Manchester. This will create more of an effective illustration and translate Geff's story more effectively.

These are some images from my sketchbook.... 

The train idea came from the story itself ( Geff going to watch Manchester City Football Club, and traveling by train.

 

The continuation into photoshop, combining all these elements together was very challenging. Designing the bridge to fit the template shape, and making the movement of the train to flow with the illustration was very time consuming. But I felt the final result was one of my most successful piece of illustration work, and feel very proud to be a part of AGE UK's Charity.

Dialogue Ignites Change: Age UK

Self- Evaluation for Age Uk Project:

The aspect of the project I found difficult was the communication with other member of Age Uk and the pressure it brings knowing that I am using his or she's memories to create a piece of Illustration work. After my talk with a lovely gentleman called Geff, I found it really easy to pick out part of his story that I can make into a really effective Illustration that incorporates Stockport's Trains, but still holding onto the most effective part of the story which is Geff and his farther. The turning point to my work was the discussion between my class members and what I found out from Geff, also what ideas I wanted to generate from the talk.  This really helped me and my class member's gave me some great feedback that I can us to develop my working method. The feedback from my first draft image was very successful, we communicated more about how I can make the train look more like a train from World War 2 time, also how Geff and his father would look in the image and what materials would best be used to mimic their coats and pants in that period of time.

It is important to do this type of project becuase it adds more pressure on you because its not your story or a advertisement idea , it is someone else's memories of their family or an experience they had in their childhood. It also created elements of control and limits you in different ways and challenges your ideas.

Photographs of my sketchbook Development:

3 Images from my Sketcbook. Has reference images, train sketches, Mix media uses, and Typefaces

Varoom Magazine ( LE GUN)

‘ I think what separates us from the zine, although it’s got really high production value, because we want to make sure that the drawing are printed as well as possible’

 (Bragg’s P24)

VAROOM (Contextual Studies)
LE Gun Magazine
Though out the lecture on Varoom Text I felt most passionately about the text  and the argument?
These are a couple of points I took from the work, and some quotes made my the artist & designers that I found very influential.

•Researched based text ( Primary & Secondary sources)•Writing in the first person•Informative opinions-•In connection with Painting ,Feminism, &History by Griselda Pollock's us of language was argumentative and academic and was aimed at other academic’s.
•Audience in Varoom magazine is aimed at students, graphic designers, illustrators and people who are interested in what we do as a Visual Communicators.

PART OF THIS LONG BACKLASH AGAINST MAC US’ 

(Atkinson Craig P32)

•Obsessed with the new power software•Improving work???•Loosing the passion of producing work with your hands•Not becoming part of the work you are producing because its on a computer screen.

‘ People are realizing that computers are just a tool ,the main part of my work flow is at the desk with my hands’

 ( Varoom P32).

3D Sculpture

Incorporated into our brief we were asked to produce of 3D form made out of many media as part of our project.

I felt in my research of 3D artist and my influence from the Peepshow Collective Book, I felt to benefit the detail and shape of my character ( The Baldander) it would best be translated though hand crafted clay piece.

Being influenced by my fellow student who makes a lot of clay characters for her animation I was give great advice and given though-out. As I found it really exciting to develop different skills that have been forgot though-out my studies.

These are images taken of the process of developing my 3D Clay Character.

Foursight 'VS' Launch

Foursight 'VS' Launch Night 10th October

Vault / Cord Bar NQ Manchester

Wednesday 10th October | 18:00 to Wednesday 10th October | 23:00

On my little travels as a student of Illustration I went to the Launch of Foursight to support out graduates in their ventures as Illustrators, and I was very happy I did their work is amazing, influential and supportive to know if they can do it so can we.  You can tell that the four of them together can generate great visual ideas, and they are really nice people as well such is always nice.

Couple of beer's + good banter + looking at amazing piece of artwork = A great night.

All the best guys

Discussion Forums: State Of Illustration

The forums 1 The State of Illustration
The talk I was very directed to what is illustration? What do illustrators do? Are they Art? Do we just work from brief or do we have imaginations to create our own narrative. Do we need direct? Challenges.
A lot of the subjects made was about the movement and change of Visual Design and Art, the change in technology and how a lot of our work is generated though the public and Visual communication.
Our work will always be connected by history, that's who we I look at, how art movements have progressed and change into knew directions.
Some people opinions can get very lost in what an Illustrator is? I'm a student who is studying Illustration some artist who have had no education in the field of Visual Communication are still artist. Everyone is an artist but if you choice to embrace it then it opens your mind to a hole know way to life and learning different skills that's sometimes you could have never learn in a classroom.

Sufaces

So from all my development process, to looks back and analysis my work, I can up with my pattern design, this incorporates all the elements of the story. ( The Baldander and the symbols in the book). What the symbols mean?? Well I'm sure you can imagine for yourself.

From my design I felt that I need a pattern in the background to connect all the elements together to flow down the page.... With this in mind I started to look at book reference, GRAPHIC DESIGN books and the internet for inspiration. These are a couple of examples.

 


AND THESE COLLECTION OF SAMPLE INK DRAWINGS: Are my interpretation and development of surface designs and simple shapes and patterns I can make into wallpaper patterns

 

Creative Review: PeepShow Collective

Another one of my purchases was the PeepShow Collective Book show on our presentation and a must have for inspiration in our brief.

And Joe was right, I'v loved having influences by hand that's why I keep a research file, but artist books are just as important to have with you... READ READ READ LIKE GARY S says.

The book itself is a collection of designers, illustrators, animator and 3D sculpture artist. They come together to show their love and passion for what they do. A lot like the LE GUN magazine I'm doing for my presentation, the 3 artist that have influenced me a lot in this project is Jenny Bowers and Chrissie McDonald. Jenny Bowers work shows amazing us of materials and quality of lines, shapes and texture that is what interested me the most about her work.

Chrissie McDonalds 3D paper sculptures are so details, delicate and the process of paper manipulation is something that is very knew for me and it really opened my eyes to different outcomes I can us for my 3D Character.

These are a couple of scans of the PeepShow Collective book ( if you want to look though it or scan pages, come and find me).

Symbols

Remember my little symbols in the Baldander story, well I also went back to the drawing board on them and felt my free hand collage would be more effective with the us of shapes and colour contrast I could create. These are a small collection of my favourite pieces. ( originals are in my sketchbook) 

 

               

Brief Development!!! Baldander

Procession into my brief is something I am more confident with because I have learnt to gather reference to help my imagination as well as my skills and knowledge of Printing to change and manipulate my monster make sure I get the best possible print I can.

After Evaluating and decisioning  the advantages of my Baldander I started to think more about the contrast between collage and my free hand skill as a Illustrator. So I started to re structure my monster and paying  around with different layout of its body to enhance my monster with more contrast.

  

With my research and reference by hand I started to pay around with different layouts of the monsters body to make sure I got the right amount of collage and drawing skill into my monster... Thinking about if the birds leg looked leggy enough? Did I us the right media? Is the birds wing need to be larger and out of proportion from the body? These were a couple of outcomes I developed ( the originals are found on my desk or in my draw).

 

UNTIL.......... I came up with the right amount of both elements.

ETSY & LUSH DESIGN

ETSY Website is a furniture website that hold very vintage and classic styles. This website has been a particular influence to me in regard to the us of illustration, patterns, wallpaper and cushion designs they sell and promote on their website. Check it out and see what you think ( but don't have your Credit Card handy, I have learnt my lesson).
  
Website: http://www.etsy.com/
Blog: http://www.etsy.com/blog/en/?ref=so_blog



LUSH DESIGN well what can I say its my kind of place and  as soon as I got introduced to the work I wanted everything from it.... The website is just amazing and in regard to my brief it really helped me get a jumping start on my wallpaper ideas and the us of printing techniques they us.
The illustration equally also it really insightful and gives me ideas on how to structure my print to follow properly down my wallpaper.
I will be incorporating a lot of Lush wallpaper design into my research file also if you wish to have a look.
 
http://www.lushlampshades.co.uk/

Marilyn Neuhart's Dolls & Sara Fanelli

The beauty of Sarah Fanelli work its that I never get tired of looking at it, her work is amazing and sometimes I do wish I could think in the way she does? How she come up with them amazing piece of work? How she pick the right materials? Colour Harmon's? How much of a risk taker is she?

All these questions that one day I hope can be answered, but for know her work has a lot of impact on me as an Illustrator, cutting them risk and really seeing and experimenting of her work.

I hope to find some of her books to order so yet again I have her work in my hand if ever I need inspiration.

Marilyn Neuhart's Dolls

When I was first introduced to Neuharts work my heart just melted and I felt an instont connection between her work and mine, the humour, pattern and pure love for what she does really capture my mind and really inspired my 3D piece for my brief.

http://girard.houseind.com/dolls.htm

Another Illustrator that really capture my attention and was the reason for wanting to do a wallpaper piece and explore in depth about what Screen Printing could do for my work. Jenny Bower ( Peep-show Collective Limited). I could talk forever about Bowers work, but what I will say is that her collaboration with graphic design and Illustration is unique, its not too graphic and at the same time keeps the free hand appeal to her work. The us of colour, humour and imagination is clean and thoughtful.
(I also have the knew 2012 addition of the PeepShow Book which she is in, so I can always keep her near by for reference and inspiration)





http://www.jennybowers.co.uk/
Peepshow Collective Limited
Unit 110, Cremer Business Ctr.
37 Cremer Street
London E2 8HD