This show is interesting, you may like it. It will be available for the next 19 days on BBC iplayer
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p01yqkdq/tomorrows-worlds-the-unearthly-history-of-science-fiction-1-space
I am a professional illustrator, providing illustration for books, magazines, posters and (rock band) merchandize . I also storyboard for film, tv, video games and tv ads. Teaching is just something I enjoy doing. Just an attemp to give something back. Not everything I post here will necessarily work for everyone.
Wednesday, 3 December 2014
Monday, 1 December 2014
END OF TERM DRINKS
There will be an end of term drinks session on Tuesday 9th December at the Fox And Newt, straight after class.Also, this is worth a watch...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p01yqkdq/tomorrows-worlds-the-unearthly-history-of-science-fiction-1-space
Wednesday, 26 November 2014
Friday, 21 November 2014
SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER TERM, WEEK 7
Continuing on the theme of composition with narative I produced these thumbnails during the train journey to Leeds. These are just some rough ideas of layouts. I would like you to produce something along these line, with a similar narative.
You can produce this work with any application/technique you feel comfortable with but I would be interested to see what develops if you approach it with the same values of contrast as the artists we discussed in class.
Eduardo Risso
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Frank Miller
Mike Mignola
Have fun.
Monday, 17 November 2014
SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER TERM, WEEK 6
Continuing with the compositions with narative thread, I though we could take at look at this panel we discussed (as part of a full page of comic book art), and change the format to portrait.
I extended the panel area in photoshop and roughly sketched more background, with the addition of the character perched in the tree.
I do no want the creature in the tree to be instantly noticable , so I applied darker tones to the top half of the image, so that the eye is immediatedly drawn to th girl.
I added some gentle highlights to the creature , so that it is not totally lost with the backgound and is noticable only after observing the girl.
Cross hatching would be a good technique to use here or line and wash.
Some artists who have great hatching technique...
Sergio Toppi
Adi Granov
Andy Braz
Monday, 10 November 2014
SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER TERM, WEEK5: PART 2
In the past couple of sessions we have been looking at composing images that nave a narrative, while also keeping an eye on the balance of shading.
This exercise was inspired by a sketchbook entry earlier this year
This in it's self was inspired by the classic horror comic book covers of the 70's.
I wanted to create a similar drawing but with more narrative to it.
Just before class started, I produced some rough sketches
The ideas was to have some kind of fish or reptilian creature rising from the lake and towering over a man fishing in a smal boat, totally oblivious to the present danger.
The initial rough sketches didn't really produce anything I was after. I realisd that I had just reproduced poor imitations of 70's comic cover art and not the image I was after.
I had a few more attempts at creating a creature that would create the right tone for the image...
...but I realised I was producing nothing close to what I wanted. Clearly, I was having an off day. It happens to us all.
I decided on a complete rethink.. I remembered the giant worm reature in Peter Jackson's remake of King Kong
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and I then realised that this was the kind of creature I wanted for the drawing.
I decided to look at images of deep see worms
and found what I was looking for
Here are the stages for the drawing
I wanted to create a similar drawing but with more narrative to it.
Just before class started, I produced some rough sketches
The ideas was to have some kind of fish or reptilian creature rising from the lake and towering over a man fishing in a smal boat, totally oblivious to the present danger.
The initial rough sketches didn't really produce anything I was after. I realisd that I had just reproduced poor imitations of 70's comic cover art and not the image I was after.
I had a few more attempts at creating a creature that would create the right tone for the image...
I decided on a complete rethink.. I remembered the giant worm reature in Peter Jackson's remake of King Kong
and I then realised that this was the kind of creature I wanted for the drawing.
I decided to look at images of deep see worms
Here are the stages for the drawing
Wednesday, 5 November 2014
SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER TERM, WEEK5:AUBREY BEARDSLEY
Anne-Marie, this may be of interest to you.
Have a look at this work by Aubrey Beardsley , if it apeals to you, research him. He has a massive body of work to study.
Research links
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aubrey_Beardsley
http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/aubrey-beardsley-716
http://www.wormfood.com/savoy/
Books on amazon:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_6/279-0227930-7235849?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=aubrey+beardsley&sprefix=aubrey%2Cstripbooks%2C227
I have this book
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It's ben reprinted a few times with different covers
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Best-Beardsley-collected-edited-Walker/dp/B00AEYPSDQ/ref=sr_1_16?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1415215614&sr=1-16&keywords=the+best+of+aubrey+beardsley
Books on amazon:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_6/279-0227930-7235849?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=aubrey+beardsley&sprefix=aubrey%2Cstripbooks%2C227
I have this book
It's ben reprinted a few times with different covers
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Best-Beardsley-collected-edited-Walker/dp/B00AEYPSDQ/ref=sr_1_16?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1415215614&sr=1-16&keywords=the+best+of+aubrey+beardsley
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