Illustrator's Toolkit Week 1 - Pen and Ink
The first material we were to look at for the illustrator's toolkit was ink. I would use dip pen, a paint brush, fine-liner and a sponge to create a variety of ink illustrations.
Mark making tests
In a lecture we looked at a variety of artist's who use ink in their illustrations
Bernie Wrightson
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John Minton
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I also did some further research into different artists on my own
Will Kemp
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I started by using dip pen and fine-liner to create an illustration of a corner of a room.
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I mainly used dip-pen for my illustrations, using a paint brush for large areas of darkness.
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The final ink illustration I completed was a portrait, I used dip-pen and a paint brush.
Illustrator’s Toolkit Week 2 - 3D
This week we looked at the creation of 3D models using recycled materials, our task was to create 3D animals.
In a lecture we were shown a variety of artists who work in 3D with a variety of materials. I knew I wanted to use recycled cardboard as a main material for my models, and so did some research into artists who create sculptures using the material.
We were shown the works of Chris Gilmour during the lecture:
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In my own research I found the wildlife portraits of Josh Gluckstein:
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And the wildlife artwork of David Cemmick:
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At the end of the lecture we were given 45 minutes to create a 3D model of either a cat or a dog:
I continued using cardboard to make more 3D animals, including an alligator, an owl and a dog. The alligator was the largest of all the models and took the longest to make. As well as cardboard, I also wanted to try using a different material and chose to make another cat this time using modelling clay. To help the clay model stand I secured it to a piece of cardboard using metal wire inside the cat's feet.
I took some initial photographs at my desk in the studio:
I took some initial photographs at my desk in the studio:
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Final Photography
When taking more finalised photographs of my 3D models I chose to experiment with a variety of backgrounds and settings to make the final image more interesting. I began with a simple black background to bring focus to the models, while resting them on different textured surfaces.
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The next set of photographs were taken around my house
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Finally I took some pictures outside in a natural environment:
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Working with Plasticine
Billie Holiday
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Photography of the model
Illustrator’s Toolkit Week 3 - Painting
For our third week we looked at using paint. I specifically chose to look at using watercolours and acrylics.
Watercolour
In our lecture we were shown a number of artists who use watercolour paint, I was particularly inspired by the works of the following artists when creating my own works this week.
Arthur Melville
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John Singer Sargent, specifically the less detail to his paintings was something I wanted to look at recreating in my own work.
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For my own works I began by painting landscapes from photographs I had taken over the summer.
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When looking to create a portrait using watercolour I looked into the works of the artist Ambrose McEvoy:
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I then attempted to create my own watercolour portrait
Acrylic
I am not as confident using acrylic paint as I am with watercolour, so I began by painting two simple still lives of items found on my desk
For my acrylic portrait I looked at the works of artist J. C. Leyendecker
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I created my own portrait using acrylic paint and paint pens for finer details
Illustrator's Toolkit Week 4 - Photoshop Editing
We were given the task to edit three different photos using photoshop to make them an appropriate quality to display on a website.
The original images we were given:
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The first image edited to the following:
-Square up the drawing but retain as much of the background sheet as possible.
-Remove the yellow colour cast.
-Remove any scuffs or marks.
-Save as an RGB image at 72dpi - width of image 700 pixels.
-Square up the drawing but retain as much of the background sheet as possible.
-Remove the yellow colour cast.
-Remove any scuffs or marks.
-Save as an RGB image at 72dpi - width of image 700 pixels.
The second image edited to:
-Remove the painting from its background (keep the frame) and square it up.
-Place it on a larger white background and give it a drop shadow - lit from top left.
-Save as an RGB image at 72dpi - width of image 1000 pixels.
-Remove the painting from its background (keep the frame) and square it up.
-Place it on a larger white background and give it a drop shadow - lit from top left.
-Save as an RGB image at 72dpi - width of image 1000 pixels.
The final image edited to:
-Remove Betty from her background.
-Place her on a toned background that is light grey at the top but blending to white towards the bottom (like an infinity curve).
-Give her a slight cast shadow as if she was lit from high front left.
-Save as an RGB image at 72 dpi - 600 pixels wide.
-Remove Betty from her background.
-Place her on a toned background that is light grey at the top but blending to white towards the bottom (like an infinity curve).
-Give her a slight cast shadow as if she was lit from high front left.
-Save as an RGB image at 72 dpi - 600 pixels wide.
