Category Archives: Part 4

Illustrating with character! I have started creating character moodboards (Sample above of my digital), physical, digitally and on pinterest. (below) Characters really do interest me, I’m going to continue to make mood boards as the list is endless! Aaron Blaise I cannot talk about character design without talking about one of the biggest influences inContinue reading “Character development”

Not just pushing an image visually, I found I really needed to push myself! I start this exercise with being honest I’m not a fan of using collage of magazine/printouts in my work, I have just started to like creating textures and put them together, but to visually distort using images seem to fail me.Continue reading “Visual distortion”

Designing with a client in mind and his mum! A quick note before starting this learning log. An important lesson was learnt during this exercise, that you need to be careful within illustrations, I had a direction I was going within Norse and Viking mythology, runes and mother symbols. While I did a lot ofContinue reading “A Tattoo”

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”