Final Piece - Rsearching Methadology

Kind of fell behind on the old blog again, finished the animal research project and I'm now onto the newest Narrative Illustration. I thought I'd just put a few of the pictures from the shoot of my final dresses (which turned into skirts.)

 

Skirt and scarf 1 - Printed my own design onto fabric

Skirt and scarf 2 - Using felt I made lots of little Robins

Robin Lino - Researching Methodology

Having a lino workshop we had to produce some prints with the full body view of our animal. I created the Robin itself at first and decided I wanted the border and background to look almost "woody"; like how wood would look if it had been hacked at. I removed the background in a sort of chiseling method. I didn't do any reduction for this lino although I implemented the process on Photoshop so that I might get an idea on how the piece would look. I have a larger scale piece of lino which I will be creating a print with and hopefully doing some reduction prints.

Rockin' Robin - Methodology

Moving on, but still using my ProMarkers, I looked at the song "Rockin' Robin" mostly known to be sung by the Jackson 5 but was first sung by Bobby Day. I think there's just something about little Michael singing it that really suits the personality of a Robin. I drew the scene of the Buzzard and the Oriole being "Out-bopped" by the Robin; using type to express the motion and sound of Bop. Bopping is a dance move I can't really imagine a Robin actually doing but I'm sure if he did, it would be in the air; mainly because Robins dart so fast I can't see how a bop would be done on his feet.  

The pretty little raven at the bird man stand
Taught him how to do the bop and it was grand
He started goin' steady and "bless my soul"
He out-bopped the buzzard and the oriole.

How to Bop: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bDjjTabSQU

Nithin Rao Kumblekar Inspiration piece - Methodology

After looking into Nithin Rao Kumblekar I drew up a sketch of a robin to put onto some stock. I found this beautiful photo provided by Faestock on Deviantart. I added the cloak over the top in red to match the colours of a Robin. I am ultra happy with this picture; the beauty of the model matches the elegance and nobleness of the Robin.

Mixed Media - Methodology

I decided to do some work with water colours and incorporate some photography in with the work. So I thought about using my own stock photos mixed with an illustration of a Robin. It was pretty simple pasting it onto the post but I like how easily the Robin fits into place as if it weren't an illustration at all. I think I might try out different styles of drawing and paste it into similar photographs.

 

I like the contrast of the black post and green vegetation against the Orange breast of the Robin. I'll probably add some artists who use mixed media in this style to my sketch book.

 I found an artist called Nithin Rao Kumblekar which produced a whole series of illustrative images mixed with photographs which I love and would definetely try and do some influential images from.

New year, new project - Methodology

I haven't posted in a while so I have set myself a goal to write at least one post a week! I totally lost track of the book project I did so I thought I'd just chuck in the final design as well as my new project starting point.

So these were my final cover ideas for the book "Lolita". I enjoyed researching this book so much, it really was an enjoyable project. 

So my new project involves picking an animal and basing our whole project on it, with lots of research. (Which I happen to love doing research. ) My chosen animal is a Robin!

Auto Portraiture - Identity through print

Doing another workshop today, looking at Portraiture. Not one of my favourite things to draw, my own face, but nevertheless a very valuable skill. I enjoyed the workshop more than I thought due to how the tutor told us to go about drawing. First we started with quick 1 minute sketches, continuing into continuous line drawings and lastly rough sketches in 30 seconds. The idea was to loosen us up and not pay so much attention to finer detail and worry about everything looking good. Lastly we drew a portrait of the person opposite us followed by a 8 portraits of ourselves using a distorted piece of reflective card. Some of my sketches I was quite happy with while others challenged my skill level. Although I dislike portraiture it is a big part of identity and these additions will add to my project.