Final Exhibition Done!

So i have been away for a good few weeks, but for good reason!
But it has been really stressful and busy, however i can safely say that i have finished putting up my final exhibition and i am so glad!

I will do a write up and put up a photo at the weekend after our opening night, but i thought i would post an update after quite a while!

Now i just need to look to the future as i have so much i want to do, and also try and grab myself an agency to represent me! To New Designers!

(Photo by Alex! Ta!)

Finished Angora Poster and Self Publishing

Since earlier on this week, i've been up to a few little things.
Firstly, i've printed out my dissertation and had it spiral bound ready for hand in tomorrow! (Just need to check it over then it's all ready to go)

I've also finished my Say NO to Angora posters (i chose to do two, and still debating on a 3D piece),
One of them:

Here i used dip pen and ink, with a small bit of collage and oil pastel.

I really wanted to experiment with some text also, which is used in my second poster too, i really enjoyed doing it! 

The concept behind it is trying to come up with a different slant of portraying what the rabbits go through, instead of showing obvious plucking, this shows the dominance of man over the rabbits and the rough treatment they receive, which may make the viewer question our motives for doing this to them!

I've also been up to self-publishing. Well not really as such! But i've ordered my own book on Blurb with all my folklore creatures illustrations so i can basically see how the colours turn out and the quality overall for if i decide to go onto doing a picture book before i finish!

I'm really looking forward to receiving it! And when i do, i will do a post specifically for it, looking at the quality of printing, the colours, binding etc!

I'm currently undecided what to do at the moment too, i feel so much time has passed and i haven't accomplished very much! I'm debating whether to carry on doing some more screen prints (which actually do take up a lot of time between preparing the picture, coating screens, exposing, printing, cleaning) or whether i should more onto something else,  maybe a small picture book would be nice! (i can always go back to doing some more screen prints...or maybe lino prints)

Hopefully in my next post i can fill you in on all the stuff i've been (or will be!) doing.
Thanks for reading and see you next Sunday.

2 Screen Prints Complete and REDBUBBLE Store

So since last week, i haven't managed to do too much. I spent the first few days this week getting my images put on screens and exposing them etc. I started printing on Weds and finished printing on Thurs!
I had 8 layers to print, which was a lot of work saying that i had to change and clean each screen (which were varying sizes) etc. in inbetween! But here are my first two finished images:

NINGYO

Edition of 10

UMIBOZU 

Edition of 10

I am also selling the prints for £25 each so if you are interested in purchasing one of a kind prints, don't hesitate to contact me!

I have also gotten my next image ready and i can announce that it is...

a Tanuki!

One of the creatures i admire the most which takes me back to my Foundation Diploma FMP! I'm hoping to get it printed this week in addition to the possibility of doing some laser cutting (trying to make the most of everything before it starts to get busy!!)

As well as all of this, i've been working extra hard on my dissertation and i feel that it is finally coming together...i still have some stuff to do on it, but i'm looking forward to finishing it.

I've also created a REDBUBBLE account, and i've started to upload some of my folklore creatures illustrations onto it, so if you're interested, you can purchase cards and prints of them!

http://www.redbubble.com/people/hcoote/shop

Some of the illustrations on there:

SHACHIHOKO

SHUG MONKEY

Check it out!

That's it for this week, hopefully more will be happening in the next few weeks to come, thanks for reading.

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!