Part 5 – Emclemmie @ OCA

Educational Strip

It’s all going MAD! Key points I wanted to showcase and issues I will face. * less PINK. * I wanted to avoid stereotype “girl”, but still not exclude girls by doing so. * Not being TOO serious but also not downplaying completely this issue.* Appealing to the age group. * Humour within the illustrationsContinue reading “Educational Strip”

Working For Children

The very vast world of children illustration. I have borrowed and read Illustrating Children books (Creating pictures for publication) by Martin Salisbury. Which has been a truly interesting read, one thing that is clear before reading and more so after is “Children have never been offered so rich and diverse a choice of imagery thoughContinue reading “Working For Children”

Packaging

Cute enough to sell! I started out with the key words Organic, children, raisin, choc chip, ginger, extant animals, interacting with the biscuit, full colour, box size? I went out and did a bit of market research and collected pictures to help with my mood board. I paid attention to what caught my eye, howContinue reading “Packaging”

Text and image

An area for my personal development! One of the things I’ve been working on already though out the course has been hand-lettering and calligraphy. In fact this exercise reminds me of a skill share class called Introduction to Modern Script Calligraphy by Bryn Chernoff she asks you in the warm up to write “welcome toContinue reading “Text and image”

Travel Guides

Taking a risk and trying something new! My brief idea for this one is simple, create a new travel guide look that appeals to the younger, Instagram generation without aliening the current audience. The client is looking for trailing a new visual style for travel guides and starting with some of the most Instagram worthyContinue reading “Travel Guides”

Editorial illustration

Sometimes the right idea just takes time! I had to pick a heading, I was really torn between “how green is your food?”, “the best restaurant in town” and “loves me and love me not”. In the end I picked “how green is your food” as wouldn’t mind limiting the colour palette to just green.Continue reading “Editorial illustration”

Your own work

Making my own work go further! One thing I’ve learnt so far in many studies of other illustrators and artist is that make the most use of your artwork. The rise of third party print on demand companies such as Redbubble, Society6 and zazzle means you have access to having your work on product andContinue reading “Your own work”