I had this idea when I worked the Wonderland Ball at the Grand, a very luxurious charity event decorated to become wonderland. There were many actors who greeted the guests, such as an Alice with her looking glass who asked if I was a henchman for the Queen of Hearts (we were obviously staff). IContinue reading “My Watch is Two Days Late!”
Category Archives: University
“Open Work” Notes
Typed up from my notebook. Umberto Eco – philosopher and semiotician. Italian, b. 1932. “Encyclopaedia” – the transfer of meaning through signs. Eco sees art as a performance because each reader finds a new interpretation. Information theory. The amount of information contained in a message depends on the probability of the reader’s already knowing theContinue reading ““Open Work” Notes”
Fool
It hit me while daydreaming that Antonia holds Mitzi across almost every universe. I devoted my afternoon, therefore, to making a video. Colouring them all separately was an exercise in patience and a labour of love. I played with a LOT of transitions but I think the wipes were most effective, because in certain pausedContinue reading “Fool”
Naughty List: Full Zine
Below are images of the full zine, but storage limitations on WordPress have meant that they’re a little compressed. I encourage you instead to click THIS LINK and view it in full quality on Issu.com!
Naughty List: Creative Writing
I was arranging the pages I made into the zine, trying to create a good narrative, when I realised I really was seeing a scene – from start to finish – in my head. I scrambled to open a sticky note and wrote, scrolling through my zine as I did so. This piece is notContinue reading “Naughty List: Creative Writing”
I Ain’t Quittin’ You!
Jamie’s suggestion that I draw Drake and Ludwig as Jed and Octavius was in my head for many days. I’m absolutely stoked to be in October again: I want to draw Antonia as the mad hatter this year.
Naughty List: Initial Spread Ideas
The next steps will be to consider whether the zine will benefit from spreads that are more half-and-half composed, or whether this sprawling, atmospheric thing I’ve had going is working really well for it. I’ve designed the spreads with a simple colour scheme in mind already, to keep things simple with myself – black, red,Continue reading “Naughty List: Initial Spread Ideas”
The Proficient Demon – base work
Below is the work from The Proficient Demon, created without thought or judgement. Today’s task is to collage, mix, match and experiment – and I’ll update with what I get. I had good fun with this!
Filthy Royalists!
In the context of me loving this: Weighting of the speech bubble less than ideal. It messed up the composition somewhat. I think the type font could be better. Castle wall could have been less saturated and perhaps higher contrast, and I should have changed the brickwork to a more conforming blue but forgot. MoveContinue reading “Filthy Royalists!”
Dirty Roundheads!
Been enjoying living in the Castle scenes after my research on castles yesterday. I was a bit feverish after walking home without a jacket in the storm, and as I fell asleep the moving images were terribly realistic. Thumbnailed these poses a few times and worked from a few references. Playing with texture and painterlyContinue reading “Dirty Roundheads!”
SEASIDE ILLUSTRATION 