Category Archives: Part 3

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”

Creating more visual interest This is something I do nearly everyday in a small way, for example when I need to crop a photo into a square for Instagram, finding that square that works the best. I found these strategies recommended… elaboration, repetition, simplification, abstraction, multiplication, superimposition, fragmentation, animation, serialization, stylization, rotation, reversal, point ofContinue reading “Image development”

Lets read an illustration! I am making point to not read anything relating to this exercise until I’ve finished as I’m curious how students will all see the same image differently or indeed if an illustrator can really influence us all in a similar way! I was really interested in getting a deeper understanding ofContinue reading “Hierarchy in the Image”

Finding my space within my work! I found the best and most useful way for me to learn composition has been to “study” photography, Photography has been a hobby of mine for a long time, and the rules which I learnt has carried over into my art. I also found making the mistakes in photographyContinue reading “Illustrating Visual Space”