Category Archives: Coursework

Making a small impact! One of the artist I found when I was researching for point of sale inspiration was Camilla Perkins, I liked the colours she use and how simple the design were (which could easily double up as a logo design. Her illustrations reminded me of John Mintons book jacket for In myContinue reading “A menu card”

Trying to create an out of the world book cover for 7-11 year olds! My daughter aged seven, not long ago at the library picked up a book titled Aesop’s Fables retold by Elli Woolard and illustrated by Marla Altes. The fact she picked this up as she liked the illustration gave me a veryContinue reading “A children’s book cover”

Creating work to appeal to all the ages! And a trip to Weston Park Museum (Sheffield) Weston park is a museum of my own childhood, I often visited as I was always at Sheffield Children hospital which is across the road for my hearing, So it natural I picked this museum for this exercise. WhileContinue reading “Museum Posters”

I want to do this exercise again and again! I have to admit, I cannot always tell what medium is used in an illustration these days, the lines between digital, traditional and mixed are very blurred. I feel it is very rare now that an illustrator limits themselves to one medium, more so when youContinue reading “Identifying tools and Materials”

For this I choose another book that is part of my childhood/preteens. It is called the Silver sword by Ian Serraillier. Just as I was about to start this exercise on skillshare a recommended class popped up called “Illustrated lettering: Design a book cover” by Jessica Hische This is a very interesting class which gaveContinue reading “Making a mock up”

Creating a clear visual I was a little confused by this exercise at first, so while I got clarity on what I needed to I browsed IllusratorsX and in my sketchbook, created thumbnails based on work I loved by Corinna Ice, Tom Banson, Cindy Frohlich. It’s made an interesting page in my sketchbook! I doContinue reading “Client Visuals”

Illustration from my point of view! “One compositional element suggests and asks for another. This is what makes the activity interesting.” Robert Genn As I have said before, I have a keen interest in photography. While I rarely get out with my Canon anymore, I always have my mobile camera handy and viewpoints are reallyContinue reading “Viewpoint”

Giving instructions within an illustration Unintentional very early on for exercises in part two for both spider diagrams and turning words into pictures I watched this skillshare class by Mimi Chao called “mark your memories: make an illustrated milestone map” https://skl.sh/36jhs9I While watching my mind was thinking this is perfect for this exercise, not onlyContinue reading “Giving Instructions”

Close my eyes and just listen to the music An important note before starting this, I am deaf / hard of hearing and wear hearing aid. I will not be able to hear music to the “full” experience as I’m completely deaf in some sounds so its important to understand my hearing range is inContinue reading “Abstract Illustration”