Tatooine illustration https://www.pinterest.co.uk/rachelmd46/travel-app-star-wars/ Before beginning my illustrations I created a Pinterest board of illustrations and app UI’s that grabbed my attention (see link above) and researched a number of visual artists including Victor Mosquera and Olly Moss. For my illustration of Tatooine, I wanted to create an outcome of the well-recognised scene of Jabba’s palace […]

When considering the navigation of my app and designing my user interface I referred to a number of apps that I felt captured some of the key components in my App; space and travel. I have therefore researched and reviewed the Nasa, Google Earth and Airbnb apps to get a better understanding of how the […]

Martin O’Neill Martin O’Neill describes himself as a London born Irish bred graphic artist and illustrator. O’Neill creates mixed media collages for clients within publishing advertising, design, film and interiors. He does this through a blend of collage, silkscreen, photography, paint, and digital techniques. An example of this can be seen in Plato Aristotle Excellence […]

Victor Mosquera Victor Mosquera is a digital/conceptual artist and has also produced multiple drawing and paintings. Mosquera works at Ubisoft Toronto a game developer company. I love the uniqueness of Mosquera’s work and its otherworldly feel. I was particularly drawn to the above outcome due to the variety of textures created. The head appears as […]

For my travel app, I have decided to move forward in creating a Star Wars-themed outcome that allows user to travel the Galaxy virtually through the app and learn about the planets that feature within the franchise. As Disney is continuing to release Star Wars films and new series developing characters stories further, this app […]

Creating Icons What I found particularly helpful in this weeks lecture was exploring the number of consideration that need to be made when creating icons e.g. style, level of detail, scale, harmony and the ability to differentiate one icon from another.   The Icon Handbook In John Hick’s The Icon Handbook, he covers a number […]

Travel App Ideas I began researching my travel app ideas on Pinterest with a primary focus on UI and illustration. The above outcome really jumped out of me due to its minimalistic style and cool colour palette. It appears to be carrying the user through an onboarding process which is an interesting starting point for […]

Storytelling This weeks lecture got us back into the role of things by looking at how pictures have been used to tell stories and to communicate dating back to cave paintings. A story can be told in a single image or in multiple shots. This is demonstrated by some breathtaking photographic outcomes that were entered […]