The purpose of this exercise it to produce an illustration for a menu card of a sophisticated quality fish restaurant – modern, bright and contemporary in design. The image is also to be intended as a logo so it needs to be straight forward and clear. An example of the logo needs to be 40Continue reading “Exercise: A menu card”
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Exercise: A children’s book cover
This exercise is to produce a cover illustration for a natural history book for children (age 7-11) entitled Animals from Around the World. The image is to be used as a full colour front jacket to encourage children to choose this book from the library shelf. The aim is produce at least three ideas asContinue reading “Exercise: A children’s book cover”
Exercise: Museum posters
Exercise: Identifying tools and materials
This is about researching illustrators’ work in terms of style, content and use of medium eg whether pencil, water colour, paint, gauche, collage, pen & ink or application of technology – in terms of digital drawing/photography & painting. Or use of a variety of mediums. To work through this exercise I am referring to theContinue reading “Exercise: Identifying tools and materials”
Exercise: Making a mock-up
This exercise is creating a mock-up for a book cover and I am really looking forward to this process. The chosen book is “The Travelling Cat Chronicles” by Hiro Arikawa. It is a birthday present I received and I still have the pleasure of looking forward to reading it. This is the front cover:- ThisContinue reading “Exercise: Making a mock-up”
Exercise: Client visuals
This exercise is a reverse one ie taking two illustrations and simplifying them into possible line visuals. This gives an understanding and insight into how the artwork may have been developed. The first piece chosen is a poster entitled “In the Night Kitchen” by Maurice Sendak. It is a busy image of a make believeContinue reading “Exercise: Client visuals”
Exercise: Viewpoint
For this exercise the theme Summertime is being chosen as it is June 2020 when I reach this stage of the course. Using a digital camera to zoom into a selection of summery items: sunglasses, fliplops, beads, shells and a bright flowery jug the following photographs are taken:- View from above showing all the articlesContinue reading “Exercise: Viewpoint”
Exercise: Giving instructions
Most people like a good cup of tea! This is category being chosen for this exercise: Making a cup of Tea. The main ingredients and utensils for making tea are as follows:- There is a question mark beside the sugar/sweeteners as this is based more on personal choice so I decide to leave these out.Continue reading “Exercise: Giving instructions”
Exercise: Abstract Illustration
In preparation of this exercise it is good to research the work of abstract artist of Frieda Hughes. Her book “Alternative Values” is a study of her history and childhood in a series of abstract paintings and poems. Freda Hughes was born in London in 1960 and grew up in Devon. She wrote and paintedContinue reading “Exercise: Abstract Illustration”
Exercise: Image development
This is the image being chosen to develop: it relates to the present social distancing in parks and has some background interest as well the main figures:- Using the zooming in and out process, areas are selected and given a title word association:- Stroll: Exercise: Wait: Conversation: Opposite: Free: Concentration: Recreation: Meeting: Relaxation: The decisionContinue reading “Exercise: Image development”
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