Category Archives: Part 5

As an introduction to this exercise it is good to look into the art of creating a story. Watching Meena Ayittey (a film maker) on You tube an explanation is given about how to develop a story in stages:- Giving thought to- The people involved – what is their character, how do they connect withContinue reading “Exercise: Educational strip”

This exercise is a series of illustrations to be used for a new range of organic biscuits for children . The range is for three varieties: Raisin, Choc Chip and Ginger biscuits. They are to feature extinct animals interacting in some fun way with a biscuit to be used on the boxes. The brief isContinue reading “Exercise: Packaging”

As a start to this exercise it is informative to research the history of writing. Writing is a form of abstract signs representing speech. It developed from pictures (cave paintings) to symbols over many centuries in the context of the change of civilisation. Although writing evolved with changing times there are notable landmarks in itsContinue reading “Exercise: Text and Image”

The brief is to produce three illustrations for a series of book jackets at the size of an existing travel guide, for the locations: Istanbul, Helinski and Milan. The client would like the illustrations where many elements are brought together in a diagrammatic way and the type to be hand-drawn. The aim is to provideContinue reading “Exercise: Travel guides”

Purchasing newspapers on Saturday 19th September and finding plenty of editorial illustrations in The Daily Mail, The Daily Express and particularly in the Daily Telegraph. The process is to select a variety of different types of editorial examples – decorative, conceptual, informative and gain an understanding of how they convey ideas and relate to theContinue reading “Exercise: Editorial Illustration”

The course literature explains that most of the work so far created has been in response to specific exercises however there is a potential value beyond the brief in that this produce is personal and can be made into an artefact. I am so excited to bring my work into being in a form thatContinue reading “Exercise:Your own work”