The Fantastic Mr Fox

So Japan has been and gone and it's back to reality...

I haven't done a finished piece of work for a while and it was getting me down, so recently i decided to just sit down and work on something - and my new aim is to complete a piece of art every week!

I settled on book covers and quickly homed in on The Fantastic Mr Fox by Roald Dahl!

So i sketched up some ideas and just started to draw!

 

It was actually quite hard getting a good position for the fox as i wanted him to be the focus of the cover - by being 'bigger' and 'better than the farmer, and just representing him differently overall.

This was a fun project to get me back into the swing of things; i'm not 100% happy with the finished result, but i wasn't expecting much - we'll just treat it as a warm up exercise c:

I feel more motivated than ever now to work hard and get an agent to represent me!

Image a Day and New Portfolio

Nearly Christmas!
I hope you're all ready!
But for now, here's just a quick post as to what i've been up to!

So for the past few weeks, i've been working on my dissertation, and also working on a new brief; an image a day. I decided to focus on folklores, and draw a different creature a day! I've been really enjoying it.
Here are just a small selection of my images...

I've also invested in a new, decent, portfolio! a Prat Pampa portfolio with cristal laser sleeves!
It is fantastic, and i love it to bits! It did cost me over £50, but it was worth it (see pics below)! I'm gonna find some nice fabric and make a slip cover for it too.

Anyway, short update but that's pretty much it!

Happy holidays and lets see what the new year brings!

Save the Arctic!

Brief i handed in on Monday which was to create an image/s based on headline news.
I didn't want to look at any old headline news, but rather something i was passionate about - the Arctic drilling!

I wanted to provoke thought with my illustrations...

I would love to do more in the near future!

Keep up the great work Greenpeace and its supporters!

3rd Year And Cheltenham Illustration Awards News

It's been a while since my last post and so much has happened!
I'm now in my 3rd year of Illustration so i will be updating my blog once or twice a week now.

Before summer i entered the Cheltenham Illustration awards and a few weeks ago i found out i got Highly Commended!
See the winners here! http://www.cheltenham-illustration-awards.com/winnerspage_13.htm

My Entry:

The theme was Tales of Mood and Memory, and Gustav Holst's seven piece orchestral suite, The Planets.

Title: Escape and Resistance

Description/Inspiration: Gustav Holst’s Neptune was my inspiration for this short narrative. I was suddenly transported back and recollected a dream I had, and which many of us have had, being chased by a pack of wolves. The dream represented running away from difficulties and problems, however towards the end of the dream, I faced them without running away anymore. Combining materials, textures and patterns conveys my emotions and feelings within the dream.

Original Size: A3

Media Used: Collage, Indian ink, oil pastels and water soluble pastels

Expect some more updates this week with projects i've done and progress with current ones i'm working on.

Absurd Narrative Collage Illustrations

Since Wednesday i've been steaming ahead doing all my collages for my absurd narrative! I feel so pressured, but through this, i think something's clicked with collage.
I know i always used collage, but because i knew i had to think of a style to do it in and quickly, i came up with a much cleaner method (which i'd been trying to improve on, cos it can get messy and muddy!) and i've enjoyed doing so! Hopefully i can develop and refine it more!
I have so much work to do, so i'm glad to have finished all my collages for it! I just need to scan them all in and make them into a hand bound book!

Current Works in Progress

Currently i'm working on two projects; Penguin book cover competition and Absurd narrative!

Here are some of my in progress images:
Book Cover competition (Puffin Wind in the Willows)

Compositional Ideas

 

Trying to go back to my use of collage!  

Absurd Narrative       

Compositionals

 

Before i start on the final book consisting of around 10-15 double pages, i'm doing a pencil mock up!