Florence Cathedral - Architype

Designing my next piece of Architype was the Florence Cathedral. It was a pretty tough challenge, it took me many many hours over a course of 2 weeks. The high detail in the decor is amazing and hard to illustrate in pure type. It is a big step up from the building of St. Pauls purely because the scale is 3x bigger and more detailed. 

 I then tried printing out across 9 A4 pieces of paper, to resemble A1 size (purely because I don't have an A1 printer.) There are some slightly inconsistencies between the panels because of slight cropping errors but I think it is one of my most successful graphical pieces of work. I think the image is also quite appealing because it works in the rule of thirds!

 

St Peter's Architecture

My self directed project for my final third year is The Renaissance. It started off with Rome as a general focus and slowly I decided I love the architecture and artists of the Renaissance period.  I create this image based on work by Cameron Moll who creates images of structures in type. I chose St Peter's because of how impressive the architecture is not just inside but outside too. I used Times New Roman because that's the type face that can be seen on the outside of the building, I only used numerals and letters to create the shape of the building. 

I then took the image and created it into a silk screen, I tried two toned layers as well as including colour to certain parts of the building. I worked at an A3 scale on Photoshop and printed onto A2. You can see the whole collection of prints on my website or by clicking one of the images. 

Coat of Arms Tunnel book - Bookworks

After finding a new love with tunnel books I created a few mock ups and then a final version. I wanted the Coat of Arms to go back in layers with each layer broken down into each component of the arms. I painted by own Coat of Arms for my surname and made a book to resemble the materials medieval books were made from.

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Sequential Illustration

I didn't update any of my work because I just loose track and don't find time to do my blog. I have done two projects but here is the final images for my previous project. I had to design a protagonist and had to place them in a sequence of 5 images. The story is about how Zinnia was born without wings; she has to be independent and clever to make a pair for herself. I did a mixed media shoot similar to my last Narrative project. Zinnia is made from photos of flowers I took myself, along with a drawn body. I then set her in the garden with a butterfly I bought and shot the scenes.

Narrative Illustration - Flip Book Final

 I used a Japanese Account bind when putting together my flip book. Using silver thread I thought it would relate and tie in with the finery of drinking tea during the 17th century. I also added the tassel to match the style of the book. Using silver metallic paint, I painted the edge of the pages like you find silver or gold edges on proper books.

 

I made the flip book quite humourous, Catherine simply pops up, sees the cup of tea and goes back down with a smile and heart eyes. Stunned by the sight of tea.

Narrative Illustration Final Piece

I really enjoyed creating the final narrative for this project. I took inspiration from Lauren Child's "Princess and the Pea", she uses doll furniture and hand drawn people mixed with fabrics to create little sets to go along with her narratives. I decided to create my own for my narrative of Catherine of Braganza. In the 17th century she ruled as Queen, wife of Charles II. She made tea popular within the English court. My narrative is of Catherine producing the perfect cup of tea.

 

I bought doll house furniture after researching into the eras furniture and fabrics. I mixed photographs of furniture from the V&A I took, along with the doll furniture arranged with the character illustrations.