Chris Ede inspired work

tutorial above, my work below 

Here is my Chris Ede inspired work of a lion. I like this effect that I used. It makes the lion look more artistic. It also shows the wild in a sense as it has a rough draft like effect. What I do not like about this is that there are still some detailed parts of the lion. This gives off that the work did not really take effect.

What I like about this is the textures that I used for example the splatter behind the lions head, It balances out the colours as well as the objects. 

collage

Here is a collage that I created from a tutorial ( on the left). The purpose of this collage was to explore different techniques to use within a collage. As you can see here, there are a variety of different techniques used here. For example the Lions head; I played around with the tone settings to make the lion different from what it usual looks like. On this particular image I played around with the yellow settings, adjusting the levels of exposure and the levels of intensity.

What I like about this work are the different types of collages used to make the collage seem more vibrant.
What I do not like about this is the colours present in this. It makes it look dull and portrays a gloomy atmosphere.

Collage using photos

This is a collage consisting of photos that I had previously taken. I cut out the lions mane and used Adobe Photoshop to combine the photos of trees I took and placed it behind the scanned cut out.

What inspired me was this image

cut out collage with a lion's mane

with the drawing of the lion I previously done, I use it and cut the mane's outline. From this I gained the experience of experimenting with different object of picture behind or under the cut out. Here are some examples of what I have gained out of this.

This is a cut out of the Lion's Mane

I find that the coins here works well to act as the mane of a lion. The shine sure does give off a cool effect.

I like the newspaper effect. It gives off a typographical illustration. 

some photos I took

I plan on using these photos for my project, they are very useful to me. The trees will be even more useful as trees play a big role in Narnia.

observational drawings

Drawings of some characters and objects from Alice Through the looking glass and The Lion , the witch and and wardrobe

These are some practise of drawing characters and objects relating to Alice Through the looking glass and The lion The Witch and the Wardrobe.
It was tricky drawing some of the charters but I think I managed to do a good job.
I especially like the lion as it can be used for many different experiments.

The Great Seed

New Scientist - The Great Seed Blitzrieg.

The above image was created by Michelle Thompson. Michelle Thompson is an illustrator that graduated from Royal College of Art back in 1996. From then, she has worked in publishing, editorial and design successfully.  Her work has reach many people, her work with British designer Vaughan Oliver has been outstanding internationally. She has also done illustrations for books, for example Cherie Blair's 'The Goldfish Bowl'. Her clients are all through out the world for example BBC, Reebok even famous book companies like Penguin Books. Her works have been featured in all kinds of press. He technique consists of photographs, collage, mark making hand making, digital processes and many more. In most of her work, these elements are used to portray her outcome which leads to astonishing works. Well, this work is called The Great Seed Blitzrieg. It is a collage consisting of different elements. This work was created for "New  Scientist", a magazine. I assume it is for an article that they wrote back in 2008. I can also assume that this work was also created in 2008 from this fact. http://www.uni-jena.de/unijenamedia/Downloads/faculties/bio_pharm/ag_didaktik/Nazi_biopirates-p-24754.pdf  I have chosen to analyse this work because of the different techniques used in the work, also the other colours used.

As  I have said, the main purpose for this image was for a magazine under the title "The Great Seed Blitzkrieg"  It is strange that the word "Blitzkrieg" is missing the "K" in the work title. I haven't found a reason why this is like this but I found it very strange. This is suppose to represent the Blitz, hence the man standing with I assume a Nazi uniform.  I was unable to find any of what the artist had to say about this image. This image is a college which is also an illustration. It is telling us the chaos that occurred during the world war.
For example the red symbolizes blood, lots of lives were lost in the world war, the red shows all the people that died . Also the children are the key images I think as they were the ones that had to leave their parents behind into World War 2 but also they died in this tragic  battle between countries. The theme in this piece is war, the entire piece is dedicated to war. From the image alone, it is very descriptive.

There are many materials used within this work, same goes to techniques. Michelle Thompson used many different techniques to bring this work to life. For example, using old photographs like the man and the two children. Although, the main technique used for this image is collage, the artist has brought together different images into one. Moreover, the colours used  contrasts well for example the black and red brings out the work, making look attractive but also the old beige style background makes it look like it was the world war from the post cards and letters. She also overlays drip like texture makes it look authentic, more realistic.  It relates well to the image.
This work seems unique in my eyes, I haven't seen such work before, it is something completely different, hence it caught my eye. This work has inspired me to think of my own way to use her technique and adapt it to my task.

Personal Analysis- Danny Allison

The image on the left was created by a well known illustrator, Danny Allison. Danny Allison has a diploma in photography where he studied at Blackpool college as he was born and raised there, after trying out becoming a professional skateboarder. From then he took on this course, he doesn't regret any of this decision but pleased with what has happened. As he said, if it wasn't for the skateboarding, he wouldn't be an illustrator. His past "heavily" influences his illustration style and creative process.
Now, the image on the left is an illustration of a lion and where they are from. The time of which this was made is unknown to us. I also assume that this work was for exhibition purpose so to admire his works. The reason why I chose to analyse this piece of work is because of the style that Allison uses to convey the lion and I also like the uses of  different colours and textures that appear on this work.
There wasn't much information to be found with this work. The illustrator didn't write anything about this on his website.http://dannyallison.co.uk/editorial-1/ . Although I would associate this work to be printing as it seems like most of the objects were printed on to paper for example the zebras or the continent Africa. Moreover there may be a hint of painting of some sort as there are strokes to act as the lions mane; which i think suites the lion and to signify wild. Also the way the lions has opened his mouth seems like he is about to roar which adds move emphasis on the painting technique used. Also there are other techniques to explore int his work. For example the zebras' stripes are drawn in a messy manner. I get the sense that this work links with how the wild or how they behave.  The theme within this picture is animals, the wild life. There are strong evidence to support this as there are different animal within in image. For example the giraffe against the sun set. Also the theme of power comes to mind, the lion symbolies power as it is the "king of the animals". The story behind this I believe is about power, the lion dominates all animals hence the zebras running away. The roar of the lion emphasise  on the power the animal. Also the fact that the lion in portrayed to be big, it is the biggest image on the work. Again power takes over with this piece.

The materials that Allison used I think were colour paints and sprays and some sort of pressing devices to make the prints.Also brushes. You can tell he has used these materials to make this  withing the work. For example the brush strokes or the dripping paint. The techniques used for this work is mostly hand crafted. Like the printings of Africa or the zebras. The colours used for this relate to each other, like the green gives the effect of the ground and also wildlife. The colours used for the lion's mane is interesting, you would expect it to be covered in brown but Danny Allison I think was trying a different approach to what people would expect, he blends to white and a light brown orange colour to make the lion stand out even more from the dark colours in the background. It again makes a draft like outcome which suites the work very much compared to creating a neat drawing/painting of the lion and zebras wouldn't look as good as this one. It would just be boring and dull, almost pointless.

In conclusion, I chose to look at this work because I found the use of different techniques within this work very interesting and that they all compliments each other. My first response to work was that I found the colours intriguing, the way Allison has mixed the colours making it look  like a rough painting which gives off wild and lively atmosphere . What I do not like about this work are the little scribblings  in some parts of the piece, to me it feels like it's pointless. For example the green scribble just below the lion. It's not very attractive and that it looks very random. I think it take away some of the work's value in terms of quality. I have not seen may works that have a style like Danny Allison, his work is very different, although where are some common techniques used in this work like the mane is created from brush strokes. 
This work has inspired me as the illustrator has used many different techniques the illustrate  uses for example using prints and brush strokes.

Overlaying images

Above is the original image

 These are images that I enlarged using the photocopying machine. I found the images that came out very interesting

The images above are overlays of tracing of certain images.

Here is another image, I tried to draw the image using carbon paper and also on a different type of material. I also overlaid it with tracing paper.

What inspired me were these images

Mood board

this is my mood board for the exam project. on the mood board i have compiled a series of different techniques to illustrate images. these images inspires me to create my own simple illustration. Also there's are colour pallet on the right of the colours found within these images which i may use for my experiments.

observational drawing

Here are some observational, the one on the top are times drawings. So the aim was to draw an object given is specific time like 30 second and draw the object. This was enjoyable.

A drawing of a chess board using the continuous line technique. It was fun and challenging. 

This is a drawing of what I can see. I found this more interesting as it opened my eyes to everything in front of me. This was also timed.