Time to shake and roll the dice on my every day game: am I ill? Am I just saying I’m ill because that means some of the pressure comes off my artwork, and it doesn’t represent me-at-my-best, rather – me-but-trust-me-I-can-make-better-than-this. Do I need an excuse to feed tutors when they look at the work IContinue reading “Visual Diary – Not today.”
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Visual Diary – Sick Swords
I listened to a song called Enemies to Lovers while trying to drop off to sleep and got the most vivid visual of Mitzi and Antonia having a sword fight. And Mitzi holding a sword got me thinking about that DND universe Ben designed with me this year. And then I started redesigning the DNDContinue reading “Visual Diary – Sick Swords”
Visual Diary – Hairstyles
This felt like a very important drawing. I felt like my hand and my brain were having a conversation again, and that something new is born, and I like it. Something is changing. Some understanding of planes on the face, specifically the eyes and bridge of the nose, is maturing. Depth and volume on theContinue reading “Visual Diary – Hairstyles”
Visual Diary – The Main Bit of Life
This was an experimental image, if you can’t already tell. It felt good to make. Look at the shape of Ludwig’s eyes: they’re real, and they hold a lot of emotion, but they’re still definitely mine. This was me messing about with the gloaming brush beyond all recognition to create a new lineart brush. I’veContinue reading “Visual Diary – The Main Bit of Life”
Visual Diary: Carrying On
There is an explanation for all this. This is right after they’ve cooked for the household. Techo insisted she wanted to stay up downstairs, and asked that they watch Who Framed Roger Rabbit. The boys concede. Techo immediately falls asleep, and Ludwig carries her upstairs. They’re not invested in the film today. They begin toContinue reading “Visual Diary: Carrying On”
Visual Diary – My Tits are Freezing Off.
Playing with colours. Playing with face shapes and drawing tools. This is stiff. It is not flooby, but all drawing is progress! This art was inspired by a 1750s magenta coat (worn here by Mitzi) sent to me on Instagram. I searched for more 1750s fashion and found a wonderful riding outfit.
Visual Diary – Welcome to Starbucks
My hand is being pushed to make more reels, since it’s the reels that are getting the views. One that’s doing consistently well now has 26,000 views and 5,000 likes! Always good to practice quickly manipulating moving image.
Lo Fi Printmaking- Kitchen Litho
Phil has talked to me about kitchen litho before, so it was quite fun closure to get to do a workshop on it with him. A lot of the illustrators I’ve talked to that were in the workshop or have done this module didn’t like kitchen litho much at all. I really quite enjoyed theContinue reading “Lo Fi Printmaking- Kitchen Litho”
Lo-Fi Printmaking: Composition Ideas
I picked what I thought was the most successful pose and colour combination, and mocked up a series of different compositions. To get a few fresh pairs of eyes, I showed these images to a few people. The majority of people liked the first image, which is my favourite too. One person did like theContinue reading “Lo-Fi Printmaking: Composition Ideas”
Visual Diary – It is a bit Cosy, Isn’t it?
This image follows on from the bathtime scene I’m sure I blogged yesterday or the day before. Antonia tries to be suave, thinking “sharing a bath is surely a sexy thing to do!” Anyone who has ever tried to share a regular bath in a regular bathroom with a partner probably did it once, vowingContinue reading “Visual Diary – It is a bit Cosy, Isn’t it?”
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