Filed under: conceptual drawing
I have been asked by some students studying Arts & Events to help them develop their conceptual designs for a show being held in Trafalgar Square 2010. We started out brainstorming each other ideas and trying to relate to each others way of working…..the aim of their show is to try and encourage being eco-friendly and gripping a younger audience. I came home and started some designs and this is what i came up with:
I decided to use a stylised approach as it reflects the way in which the tree will be made from a selection of recycled materials. However, i sent the design over to the students and their response was that the design wasn’t easy enough for the designers to read and is more of a print. I therefore decided to get back to the drawing board and try to involve Trafalgar square within the design so it is easier to visualise.
The above image is the new design i have created based on the previous comments and reactions to the initial design. I have incorporated the trees into the foreground of Trafalgar square to enable the viewer to visualise the concept better. I am still a little uncertain about the design as it still remains quite stylised….
Filed under: drawing approaches
Today we were asked to create mind maps and record our thought processes visually. We decided to start in groups of three and each pick a theme that interested us. Taking it in turns we presented our ideas infront of the rest of the group whilst person 2 recorded your thoughts in note form, and person 3 pressed you to expland further and challenged your original ideas. I found this technique surprisingly helpful!….Although it was time consuming we managed to think of links that i would of never of though of if i created a mind map alone. Once all our thoughts were written down in a list form we decided to translte this into a mind map. Looking at the work of Buzan who created the mind map, we started to link all of our ideas down on A3 paper (photographs to come).
Filed under: inspiration
This work is produced by Rich Gemmell, who is a freeland illustrator working in the UK. He has worked with with many clients such as the Guardian, and Future Snowboarding Magazine. The images above are inspired by a journey around Scotland. I love the combination of textures he used within the work, giving it a real three dimensional aesthetic quality. The main bulk of the image is often the background, with a smaller figure placed cleverly within, i feel that this helps the viewer to look deeper into the image and doesn’t discard it. I am very interested in using this technique within my own work, as i often tend to complicate and over work the main aspect/character of the peice.
http://www.richgemmell.com/
Filed under: inspiration
It is officially only one month untill christmas. I need to start making christmas cards and getting ideas for pressies. I have found lots of pretty things illustrated by Susie Ghahremani on www.boygirlparty.com/shoppe… although my sister insists on having the new JLS album and calendar….! I want the recipe cards with the hummingbirds on, they would accompany my new jamie oliver paraphernalia perfectly :) The magnets are cute aswell, however in an ideal world i would like to create my own, i have no idea where i could get hold of some empty magnet holders though? Have a look at Susie Ghahremani’s blog at http://boygirlparty.livejournal.com/
Filed under: inspiration
Alison Legg - Childrens Cookbook
Alison Legg - Seafood
The images created in Alison Leggs work are absoultely beautiful! I love the way that she has used a range of papers to enhance an organic homemade feel about the work. The images look very professional and have been created brilliantly. The use of colour in the work is also very interesting as there is a combination of earthy natural tones with the odd splash of red/blue/green to draw attention to the image. I have been looking at Jamie Oliver’s magazines/cookbooks and have been very inspired by the work inside, i feel that the images here by Alison Legg are very similar and could be equally as sucessfull. Check out her website to see more of her work: www.alisonlegg.co.uk
“The person you envy may be producing things that quite a few others consider poor design. They may consider your work to be above and beyond that of whom you envy” – Decor8blog.com
United Thread - Winter Owls
United Thread - Stack of Owls
These images have been created by United Thread, an independant artist from Salem, MA. She has drawn the images with high quality inks and gouache on archival heavy weight printmaking paper. I like the use of simple line which has been effective in adding detail to the image. The absence of black lines in ‘Winter Owls’ is interesting as it adds another dynamic to the image, without having to block fill colour. They can be bought on her Etsy store for around $25 each: http://www.etsy.com/shop/unitedthread
