Hansel & Gretel

Keeping with my current love of paper-cutting, I decided to create a scene from Hansel & Gretel using the same technique. Instead of a animation however, I created a scene that had depth using multiple layers of card on top of one another.

Lighting became very important again, and was something I became really interested in experimenting with.

Expanding Imagination

Here are two drawings I made based on the idea of the 'unknown' outside the frame of the photograph. Who knows what could be there? 

Dragons? 

Sinister shadows?

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Some quick little double exposure experiments for the initial stages of the new project:

"Look What I've Found"

Combination of found photographs bought from an antique shop, and my photography.

Here's some pages from the concertina, up close.

Explanation of Natural Selection, and random variation through generations.

Simple version of the Tree Of Life

Explain Why!

This was a week project where we had to explain something in a set of sequential imagery. I chose to explain evolution, which proved difficult at first, seeing as how complex it is! I had to figure out simple but effective ways of explaining, and the result is this little concertina! Good ol' Darwin.

If you go down to the woods today...

This is the beginning of a personal project I have started that is entitled "If you go down to the woods today", having taken inspiration from the childhood song "The Teddy Bear's Picnic". It will look at a darker side to forest imagery, and also looking at the lyrics to the song.
Here is a study of a forest, both a coloured version and the original sketch. I hope to have the freedom to explore different techniques, so look out!

Drawing is...

Drawing is narrative and humour and personality on paper.

Drawing is ...

These is some starter work on our two week project - Drawing is ... more than Drawing

Five Favourite Fairy Tales - Summer Project

              

 


  Before I get ahead of myself, I wanted to upload my
illustrations that I had done over the summer before
starting uni. We were briefed to create 5 images of
anything that meant a lot to us. One of my favourite
things are fairy tales, and these were the results!

BA(hons) Illustration!

I'M HERE, IN BRIGHTON!

I made it to university and every second is amazing! From now on, there will be a lot more posting of all that I get up to.

For now, here's some sketches I made at the Booth Natural History Museum.

The Final Book - Peter Pan.

Here's the final pages for my Final Major Project.

Magical Worlds

I'm finally getting around to posting the remainder of my work from Art Foundation. These two were two ideas for imagery to portray some of the places and scenes in Peter Pan. The top one is the mermaid lagoon, created with a range of media from watercolour to sand.
The bottom one is the scene where the children and Pan set out for Neverland, 'Second start to the Right', flying over London.

Transformation and Childhood Adventures.

PETER PAN

For my Final Major Project I worked on creating illustrations for a shortened adaptation of Peter Pan. I titled my project Transformation and Childhood Adventures and the story of Peter Pan fit so perfectly into that. What child didn't want to go to Neverland to spend time fighting pirates and playing games with the Lost Boys? However, there is always the looming notion of growing up that the children end up choosing to face, which is an enormous transformation in their lives.

Here are some of my first sketches, plans and experimentations.

Here are some initial character studies.

The Lost Boys

Fig.1 The Lungs

Lung diagram, burn holes and dried flowers.

Interviews with friends on why they started to smoke. Social reasons came up on top.

Some select imagery from the Ways Of Seeing project: Glamourisation of Smoking in the media.

Beware of the Bear.

Just a very small quick post today. This is a personal illustration I made that I hope becomes a series based on the outdoors and wilderness adventures! Using just pencil and a one tone for the background.

The Wise Old Owl

Lino-cut owl, hand printed onto rice paper.

I Like To Ride My Bicycle.

The first of what I hope will be a series of drawings of people on their bikes. The Two Tunnels cycle path recently opened up in Bath and everyone is in a bike frenzy! 

This drawing is of my dad and his sudden passion for cycling and detest for driving. Pen and ink.

I saw a Peacock, with a fiery tail.

These are some personal illustrations drawn with pen and ink, then coloured in Photoshop. Peacocks are such bizarre but wonderful creatures!

One Giant Leap for Man Kind.

Mixed media book cover concept design. Graphite, acrylic and photoshop.

One Small Step For Man.

Digital drawing, based on the Apollo 11 mission in 1969 to the Moon.