Category Archives: Part 3

(Above) youtube sketchbook tour https://youtu.be/_7fx8BvULBs Quick Links – Exercise 3.0: Observation- topography where to draw. What to drawExercise 3.1 Understanding viewpoints Exercise 3.2 Working with external visual impetus – people Exercise 3.3 Illustrative drawingsExercise 3.4 Interpretation and Communication; suppose we make it different ? Exercise 3:5 Free Association Research task 3.0 Building a tool kitContinue reading “Part three – People and Places”

I often refine images digitally, while doing Key Steps in Illustration 1 I really enjoyed the fusion of painting, inking and then making it work for me digitally. For this SCAMPER objectives I wanted to recreate, merge a couple of images in my sketchbook that I felt had a lot more to give and theirContinue reading “Exercise 3.4 Interpretation and Communication; suppose we make it different?”

COVID-19 (July – 2020) For this a “landmark” I had to stay local still. So, I returned to Mosborough high street, which are a row of shops. I’ve been wanted to do this for a while, as is more of a “landmark” in my own memory. It is the place I grew up, generations ofContinue reading “Exercise 3.3 Illustrative drawings”

I checked http://www.reportage.org, but I wanted one of George’s illustrations. I picked both BBC photo (Left) and George Butler’s reportage illustration (below) to compare. Both in the Middle East, both have ­destroyed buildings and a single figure walking in front. (least most attention on one figure) both have had a sober mood, but I feelContinue reading “Research task 3.3 Reporting and Documenting”

“Reportage has to have flesh, bones and, above all, life in it. One is not illustrating, but pushing one’s nose info life.” Ronald Searle, 1977 Quick notes on list of contemporary and historical artist known for their works as reportage illustrators.Pinterest board with works that appeals to me. Laura Carlinwww.Lauracarlin.comCalin is London based and workedContinue reading “Research task 3.2: Reporting and documenting”

Single figures will be easy for this exercise however for the crowds in the mist of COVID-19 I have to get clever.Firstly I did have my lightbulb moment about starting to cover important events, at the moment we have people wearing mask, quoqing to get in supermarkets and black lives matter protress. I’m however lookingContinue reading “Exercise 3.2 Working with external visual impetus – people”

I love photography and consider it one of my main hobbies, if the dream wasn’t to be an illustrator I would have pursued a career in photography. So I take a lot (and I mean) A LOT of pictures, I also watch and read a lot relating to photography, about a year and half agoContinue reading “Exercise 3.1 Understanding viewpoints”

The main thing I wish to take away from the study of Vernica lawlors work is her limited uses of colour, how it actually makes the whole page feel filled with colour, when the reality is that a simple line or block of colour gives the impression of this! I am a little all orContinue reading “Research task 3:1 A reportage study case”