Artists I like #2

Browsing through DeviantArt again, found a guy who draws peoples portraits in the style they ask for. Really like his drawing styles and how he picks perfect pictures to draw. Some are really fun, especially with pets. Thought I'd take a note as inspiration and as she does omissions I could always ask her questions in the future. 

http://banzchan.deviantart.com/gallery/48833371/Pencil-Portraits

Artists I like

Browsing DeviantArt I came across Jeffach. I remember seeing his work a while ago but recently stumbled upon a new piece he uploaded. Jeffach makes AMAZING photo manipulations, one could only dream of being as talented as this. This is the sort of work I would love to create, I guess it's all about practice!

http://jeffach.deviantart.com/

 

All of his work isn't one single photograph, they're made up of lots of different photos. Even the body and the head, the legs and face!? A true inspiration for me.

 

Advetising I like #2

I saw the new Kellogg's advert, made out of paper cutting. I assume it's a stop frame animation but you never know these days.

Apparently Kodaline are "outraged" because they the song used in Kellogg's advert is "ripped off" from their band.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a577134/kodaline-outraged-at-kelloggs-advert-song-what-a-rip-off.html#~oGXsNfik1rAjSS

Fonts I like

So going on Dafont.com is pretty addictive for me. Once I go on, I can't stop downloading new fonts and eventually when I come to creating something, I forget what I downloaded. So I thought as well as sharing my fav fonts, I could also make a reminder!

Typo Comica
http://www.dafont.com/typo-comica.font

Fish Fingers
http://www.dafont.com/fishfingers.font

Commissions

So over the summer holidays so far I've had three commissions. Two of which I was paid for but one I never even received a thanks but that's the way it goes I suppose! 

One of the pieces of work was a PowerPoint presentation so not very illustrated! 

So both the commisions are graphical work rather than Illustrated but I love doing anything Photoshop related. The first was a company logo which related to Japanese healing, Reiki healing. The symbol I designed is called a Tomoe, with three blades it represents Man, Earth and Sky.

  The second design was for a company cover photo, this was the design I received nothing in reply from. I really enjoyed doing this piece and am very happy with the outcome!

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.