V&A POSTERS

For my current project I am producing four banners and a poster for an exhibition on shoes at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Here is some of my development work.  

SHOES, SHOES, SHOES

To create these studies of shoes I took inspiration from Elizabeth Perry and used line to create shape and tone. With this and a thoughtful composition I was able to create some interesting studies of shoes.

ELIZABETH PERRY

After the lecture for my new project on primary research I was really interested in Elizabeth Perry's work and decided to look at more of her work. Her use of line to show shape, pattern and tone allows her to create very dramatic illustrations. 

EXPLAINING TO A MARTIAN

And here's the final piece. A piece of information graphics explaining how to use a hair dryer to a martian, created using illustrator. 

EXPLAINING TO A MARTIAN

I am looking at information graphics for my current project, which is explaining the use of a hair dryer to a martian. Here are a few images from the development stage of my project.

ILLUSTRATOR

Yet more of my creations made on adobe illustrator.

CROPPING

Took this picture on the way to the supermarket and cropped it in several different ways to give the audience different focus points. Just shows what close cropping an image can achieve. 

original  

cropped

ILLUSTRATOR CREATIONS

Learnt how to use the pen tool in illustrator and created these using it. 

PERSPECTIVE

Perspective is everywhere and using my knowledge of two point perspective I created this row of buildings  and added simple tone using a dip pen and ink.

GEORGE HARDIE

George Hardie is a graphic designer and illustrator who frequently uses perspective in his work which is emphasized by the the flat colours he applies, this gives him very accurately drawn images.  

Using my knowledge of perspective I did a study of two bottles and applied flat colour in a similar way to George Hardie. 

CHARLES DANA GIBSON

Charles Dana Gibson was an illustrator and after hearing about him in a lecture I decided to get his book out of the library. Gibson's drawings are full of character and emotion because of how he has used line to create tone and form. 

When sketching out figures I decided to use pen so that I could quickly add tone with the lines I was creating.

MY SECOND CREATION IN ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR

A sign made purely out of typography for the London olympics.

Cubes

This cube was inspired by Josef Hoffmann.

Mmmm perfection! 

Antoni Tapies

Antoni Tapies is a Spanish painter who developed a very recognizable style soon after he begun painting. Tapies uses a variety of materials in his paintings ranging from soil to rope which gives them a rich and interesting texture.

To create my cubes inspired by Antoni Tapies I have used soil and string which gives them rich and unusual textures. 

Josef Hoffmann

Josef Hoffmann was an Austrian architect and designer whose work combined functionality with precise accuracy.

I took elements of Hoffmanns designs and combined them using only low relief and cutting techniques, allowing me to create a Hoffmann inspired cube.

1940's character, Dorothy

My first adobe illustrator creation

1940's mood board

Agnes Decourchelle

I was looking for an interesting way to use pencil crayon and came across Agnes Decourchelle who uses pencil crayons to create and mixture of bold marks and colourful tones. This gives her work a vibrancy which I haven't seen in a pencil crayon study before. 

My Typography

My name is

 and I'm an escapologist

My name is

and I'm a plumber

 My name is

and I'm a driving instructor

The Elements Of Colour

This book clearly demonstrates how the same colour can appear differently to the eye when placed on other colours. A useful book when working with colour.