Lots of Updates!

So i know it's been 3 weeks since my last post, but yes i've been busy!

First things first, the Cheltenham Books have been sent out which has my competition entry in which i entered last year!

There is some serious talent in it, and i still can't believe i got in it.

So moving on from that, i have finished my children's book, well the 4 double page spreads and the dummy book, here is [just a small image] of one of my pages:

A usual i kept it very much collage and ink, however, i experimented with a different more controlled way to using the ink to keep it in a consistent style - which is what is needed in picture books. I also experimented with text etc which is pretty new to me to include into an image.

I found this project really difficult as i was working in a narrative context, plus the fact that the story was original made it even harder, so i' a bit iffy on the results, but i did try hard with it.

Moving on from this i have worked on and pretty much finished my new Cheltenham Illustration Awards 2014 entry which i won't post online till the closing date in June.

I've also been making an art doll since i have done quite a bit of work, i thought i'd take it easy for the past week and ended up sewing and carving a plushie doll.

Here are some sneaky shots until i get some professional looking shots taken!

He was quite a challenge to make but it was really enjoyable, i am considering making another one, or should i say a friend for him.

Now i am just working on some editorials and tomorrow us 3rd years are presenting our work to the 2nd years! They will know just how stressful the final year is!

That's it for this week, my next post will most likely be in a fortnight now,

Thanks for reading.

P.S i also got a feature on Design Juices, so big thanks to them!
Read it here

New Project! Picture Book and other Goodies

So i missed out on my post last week, why? Because i had nothing to show.

I just couldn't decide what to work on and do next and when i had decided there was nothing really to show except for some compositional ideas.
I thought lino prints? more screen prints? a book? editorials, the list was never-ending, so i decided to just go for one, that being a picture book.

I've done a fair bit of work over the past week and a half, from creating my story, compositionals, dummy book and now i'm onto the four (maybe six...) final spreads. I only have 9 weeks left and i'm worrying even though i've already done two projects (the angora work and screen prints) The life of a student!

I drew out loads of compositional ideas, photocopied them, then ordered the best ones, it was really quick and convenient to work in this method.

To the top left of this image is my dummy book, which includes all my final compositional sketches, and here i am working on a collage of the boat which is a part of the first spread i'm doing.

I've also worked on creating some business cards (seen below) I used Moo! and got the Minimoo cards. I chose to have a range of designs which makes them exciting, and on the back i used hand written text for my contact details etc. I'm looking forward to New Designers in London that bit more now!

This week i also put together a portfolio site too, using Cargo. I'm still in the process of uploading my work but it's a very nice professional website to use and looks clean and easy to navigate. The only thing is that you have to apply for an account, but this ensures the quality of work on their website!

http://cargocollective.com/hcoote/

That's it for this week, hopefully next week i'll have these spreads done and i'll be underway with the Cheltenham Illustration Awards 2014 brief...not long to go.