Winter Wedding

I am currently working on another wedding stationary commission for a couple planning their winter wedding. It's a really sweet theme and colour palette to work with. So far I have been playing around with their wedding invitations (A6 double sided)

Things are starting to get Festive over here!

In the build up to Christmas... yes it's still only October, but you've got to be prepared, no!?

I've been working on some Christmas themed repeat pattern designs for CygnetINK using a max of two christmas decorations in each. 

I've also uploaded them in my society6 store!

A few items in the society6 range for these festive prints!...

BohoTemple

A friend of mine is currently starting up her own handmade venue decoration business after creating the most beautiful and creativity filled weddings for herself, and she kindly asked me if I could possibly design her business card and logo.

As the company name states, a bit theme of the company and designs aesthetics is boho, and so I researched into ethnic and asian patterns which I could then create an influenced and accumulative pattern piece which sat nicely behind her logo. 

I decided to stick to a fairly small colour palette and worked with those rich and vibrant orange's, fuchsia's and maroon's which are often so evident in the patterns I was influenced by and were used in her own wedding decorations. 

We discussed the logo having themes of love and that boho element, and so I looked at using the motif of two elephants to be a couple, and then the hearts that circle them also work as foliage. 

A logo that also incorporates her website around the logo in a similar manner to the heart-foliage. These logo's could then be transferable for use as stickers and stamps for products.

MinaLima, Harry Potter Sweet Packaging Design

A competition to participate in either the redesign of an already written about sweet from the world of Harry Potter, or design packing for your own magical sweet. 

I created my own 'Portkey Popping Candy' which would essentially jump you around the room as you ate it, each time it crackled. The emphasis was upon the packing design however, and so I used the designs MinaLima previously used in the films and I was influenced by the 'Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes' collection.

I wanted a bold and dynamic pattern with a clear aesthetic, and stuck to a minimal colour palette, thinking that perhaps there would be different coloured Portkey Popping Candy and then the colour of the packaging would reflect that.

I also made my own mock-up of the packaging which I thought would be interesting to have in a sachet style packaging with a flap lid, tied by ribbon, slightly like a wallet. 

I have finished studying BA(Hons) Illustration at University!

For a full look at what I have gotten up to in my third year of studying BA(Hons) Illustration at the University of Lincoln, head on over to my third year specific blog which includes the process of creativity from thumbnails, to development, character designs, and finals!

Here's just a small selection...

Negotiated Project: Narnia 

Negotiated Project: Narnia

Negotiated Project: Narnia

Tigerprint 

Business Cards

Elle & Dave: Let's end that Long Distance

Immediately Inside - Back - Front

The inside of the Invitation folds out into a full map and extra information section

Addressed RSVP

Returnable RSVP

Negotiated Illustration: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe

Negotiated Illustration: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe

Chapter Illustrations

Negotiated Illustration: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe

Negotiated Illustration: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe

Actual Dimensions: W 54cm x H 1188cm

Negotiated Illustration: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe

Negotiated Illustration: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe

Actual Dimensions: W 54cm x H 1188cm

End of an Era

As the three years of my Illustration Degree draw to a close, we, as a year group have collated double page spread illustrations we have done, each for a specific year or time span which will then go together to form out Graduate Book.

My focus was the 1950's.

The 1950's was a time for change after the war was over and part of this change involved new things for youth. It was the first time that they become their our identifiable group with opportunities, and were not just looked at as that age group between children and adults.

The pop culture became more fun and it was reflected in the activities, fashion, music and entertainment.

In 1955 Disneyland California first opened and this was the big event that focused my pages to that specific year where Rebel Without A Cause was also released and became a very popular film; and Rock Around The Clock by Bill Haley and His Comets was a top hit.

Mediums Used: Pencil Line; Sharpie patterns and Photoshop for colour.

New Scientist

"New Scientist magazine has been keeping readers up to date with the latest science and technology news from around the world. With a network of correspondents and editorial offices worldwide, we have a global reach that no other science magazine can match."

Choosing one from three different articles we then had to create three illustrations; one main illustration, a smaller spot illustration and a banner illustration which would then be used in a double page spread surrounded by the article in a New Scientist magazine. 

It was important to think about what magazine we were producing the illustrations for - who their target market is and the form of editorial illustrations which are often conceptual. 

Main Illustration

Banner Illustration

Spot Illustration

I worked by drawing out my illustrations in pencil; scanned them in and then painted them in photoshop and used various textures I had made from painting textures to overlay on top of the coloured image so that it wasn't just flat block colour. I also drew over the full illustration with markings and lines to add another level to the illustration.

Line Art

Marking to overlay onto illustrations

Paint Textures created for these editorial illustrations

Folio Society 2015: The Folio Collection of Ghost Stories

"Each year entrants are asked to submit three illustrations [if you are to the enter the competition. I did not enter the competition and therefore I only had to produce two illustrations and a binding design for my university course] and a binding design for a book chosen by The Folio Society." 

‘The Upper Berth’ by F. Marion Crawford

‘A Tale of an Empty House’ by E. F. Benson

Back-Spine-Front Binding Design
(Text positioning, not actual typography)

Back-Spine-Front Binding Design with print details

 

Water patterns for The Upper Berth

Sand Patterns for A Tale of an Empty House

Pattern on the left used in the cover design for the collection

Mediums Used: Sharpie for the patterns; paint for the textures and Photoshop to construct the images together.