Almost finished my Christmas card design for this year – intend on doing some lino printed wrapping paper too, using same motif. Nearly there though.
Got my versus poster in the post today, with my illustration being used as part of the promotional material. More can be seen in this post.
Haven’t done any lino printing in years, so decided to remedy that by doing a really simple design before experimenting with a more complex output. Forgot how much I love the smell of printing ink!
Gouging out the lino proved to be very therapeutic.The final outcome was fine, got me back in the saddle, and raring to do some more.
Illustration I did for Versus – didn’t get chosen as the final playing card, but will be used in their promotional poster for the exhibition launch in Bristol in September. The palette this year was limited to three main colours, and I chose the Jack. I had intended on creating various well known ‘Jack’ characters, Jack & the Beanstalk, Jack the Hat, Jack the Ripper etc.
Eventually Jack and the Beanstalk was the one I chose, with the beanstalk echoing the spade motif in the background.
UPDATE: Sneaky peek of the poster for the Bristol exhibition can be viewed here. Or the final one – here.
Not quite finished, but almost there…….and done! This piece is for pocketful illustration magazine – entitled ‘Four Legs Good, Two Legs Bad’. I enjoyed trying to avoid too many cliches, and wanted to show a sense of smug elegance, from a four legged creature, as it prances in a celebratory style through a forest of what it sees as ‘ungainly’ two legged humans.
……Anyway, no rest for the wicked or something. Now to make a start on my Versus submission.
UPDATE: Magazine can be viewed (along with this submission) here , or bought at Amazon, here.
Was really pleased to have submitted work to Burst magazine and have it featured in issue 3. My work mostly shows illustrative characters from the last 6/7 months. It’s been lovely getting back to a bit more traditional work and away from my interactive explorations for a bit, however, I fully intend to return to my 3D and digital environment in the next few months. Got a few more submissions, and freelance material in the pipeline, and the magazine has been great exposure too.
Other work I really liked from the this issue:
I really liked Liam Smith’s (Mr Brightside) characters and composition – and a personal favourite – lots of texture!
Abby Wright’s lovely use of line and colour is fantastic. Very graphical, but still retaining hand drawn style elements.
The magazine is well worth the read, and Issue 4 is looking for character submissions already!
My submission for Inkygoodness‘ exhibition ‘Colour Me Totem’.
Some great stuff for Character Totem has been done already in Bristol and London, for the Pictoplasma Exhibition in Berlin. Next stop, I think, is Manchester.
My totem is called Kimiko and likes yoga, yakitori and Yokohama. It’s not so keen on eggs or knitting.
I don’t normally post other people’s work – but this one was worth a mention – I got my belated ‘secret santa’ from work – due to travelling I had missed out on the Christmas night out. The theme had been ‘superheroes’ – and I got this ace bottle of Sake with a personalised label – me, as Astro Girl!
Haven’t posted in a while as I’ve been busy with new job and the college students, but decided, along with a friend, to go to Peacock Visual Arts for a screenprinting session and create our own Christmas cards and gift wrap etc. Here’s a sneak peek for now – thoroughly enjoyed ourselves, and can’t wait to add the finishing touches.
Did this as part of the flickr spoodles group created by bitsOfBobs . Made a spotify playlist, based on tunes I’ve enjoyed listening to this month – a hectic one, with a new job starting in a few weeks and further new work in my present workplace – alongside lots of travel, family celebrations and visits.