Preacher Development

This illustration is inspired from my favourite scene with Fiore where he has a show in Vegas. The colours are very bright in these scenes, so I want to play with using big bold colours when I prepare it for screen print on PS. I added the chair and modified his outfit greatly, only the hat and shoes are similar to the scene they are inspired from, also, I designed the pose. Additionally he doesnt have wings in the show, but he is meant to be an angel. I added them because I believe it gives the composition and the character a sense of drama and balance. 

 

 

Inktober Designs

This is an issuu file for the illustrations I did for Inktober. This has been a challenging yet stimulating challenge that has allowed me to produce work in a very limited time frame and with one particular medium. I have produced some work that I am extremely proud of and others that I wish I didn't have to post on here. Another good thing that has come about is that it helped me decide to do my COP comic wish brush and ink, and given me a bit of bravery to experiment. 

I did not manage to make it the 30 days however. And posting each and every image on my IG account was nerve-wracking with the images that i wasn't happy with. 

Self Portraits

Two self Portraits, top one inspired by my COP project and the second for Inktober.

Initial Statement of Intent

For this year I intend to build on the techniques I started developing and practiced last year. I would also like my portfolio to reflect the direction I want my career to take. Last year I really wanted to develop my comic skills and for Cop this year I plan to make something along those lines.

For 603, however, I would prefer my practice to be process driven. The processes I would like to develop this year are screen printing, use of colour, and penmanship.  I want to pick briefs that will showcase my passion for book illustration, films, and nature. Hopefully the combination of these techniques and topics will lead to a clear and focused body of work at the end of the year. I have a few briefs in mind, some self initiated and some competitive. I’d prefer to have a balanced combination of both forms of briefs at the end of this year.

There are three main briefs I am interested in completing this year:

The first brief I am considering is the Preacher PosterSpy brief. I am familiar with the series and the comic, and a big fan, so I am excited to try my hand at poster making which is something I haven’t attempted before. Combining text and image on a poster will test my typography skills, my compositional skills and colouring skills. Immediately for this brief I know I want to use screen printing. It will make my final image look really finalized and professional, also I would like to try to work at a large scale, possibly even A1.

The Folio Society- Sherlock Holmes brief is interesting as well. At the end of this year I hope to have illustrations that highlight my interest in book illustration. Having researched the Folio Society’s previous entries and other projects, I believe my style will work well for this project. I am hoping that I can manage juggling a big project like this alongside my dissertation.

The final brief that I believe will add a lot to my portfolio but also be a learning curve in my practice is illustrating the novel Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs. The nature of this book is one of surrealism and I would like the opportunity to break out of my illustrative shell a bit and design some out of the box images. I haven’t read the book yet so it will have to be after Cop submission. This is one of the briefs that excites me most however.

Coming into this course in at level 5, with very limited knowledge of illustration as its own professional practice has been a challenge. Meditating over what I felt were my shortcomings last year has led me to pick these projects. I really hope to have accomplished all my goals by the end of this year and to put together a body of work that represents who I am as an artist and where I want to take my professional practice.

Preacher

Posterspy Competition

I have seen this brief that has really gotten my interest. I am a big fan of the Preacher comic and tv show. I am really busy and behind on my dissertation but would love to still give it a go.  I immediately think of my favourite characters that i would like to showcase, characters that are not considered lead roles, but that are fan favourites for sure. The first one is The Amazing Ganesh, Fiore. and the second is Herr Starr. They are very interesting looking characters as well.   

I would like to make this a process driven brief in the sense that I want to design the illustrations to read well as screen prints. I want to develop skills in this last year that will be beneficial to different forms of application in the future. Screenprinting may help me develop good color schemes and think more graphically. Also, i would like to develop lay out skills with text and image. 

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