Animation Charcter Design
I started with doing some of the exercises that was recommended during our class such as practising straight lines free hand and more rounded shapes. When thinking about the type of character i wanted to create i thought of cartoons that I watched at a young age such as Tom and Jerry and Spongebob. I … [Read more…]
Animation Research
Gene Deitch is an Oscar-winning American born, Czech illustrator. He is most well known for being the animator of the famous kids cartoons such as Tom and Jerry and Popeye. In his earlier years he worked on drawing aircraft blueprints before being drafted into the war. After being honourably discharged after catching pneumonia, Deitch worked … [Read more…]
Game Design
In my version of Battleships I wanted to create a version geared toward younger children. I have created a farm theme where instead of sinking ships, you are a farmer trying to catch your animals that have gotten loose. Each ship is replaced by a different animal, the Carrier has been replaced by a cow, … [Read more…]
Photography Project and Research
Anastasia Samoylova Anastasia Samoylova is an Russian-American photographer who works mainly with observational photography. She uses digital tools and commercial photography with her work. Her main themes are the environment around her as well as consumerism and picturesque scenes. With her work you can see the realism of photography mixed with her digital skills as … [Read more…]
Graphic Design and Illustration – Contextual Research
Oliver Jeffers Oliver Jeffers is an illustrator from Belfast (now living in Brooklyn, New York) that focuses on children’s books and storytelling. A Lot of his work centres around the themes of curiosity and humour as he likes to explore how the mind understands and explores different ideas as well as having a form of … [Read more…]
Graphic design and illustration – Re-Masters
When recreating these paintings I wanted to add a more modern element to them compared to the original versions. I first began with exploring different ideas and when I settled on my final three paintings I developed my ideas further. After doing this I began taking pictures and editing them in order to create similar … [Read more…]
Graphic Design and Illustration – Offset Talks Research
Victo Ngai – Illustrator I watched Victor Ngai’s 2019 Offset talk called “Personal, Professional, work”. In this talk, Ngai talks about her artistic journey of first finding her love of drawing to becoming the artist she is now. When she was just 2, her family moved to Hong Kong which at the time was under … [Read more…]
Graphic Design and Illustration – Art Direction Contextual Research
Art direction is the ability to direct an image in order to convey a message in a way that allows the image to speak for itself. It is often found in magazines, movies, music videos and much more. An art director is not necessarily the one taking the picture or creating the image but ensures … [Read more…]