My illustration boards set 2

 

Two of my boards were inspired by Jason Brooks, I used a similar technique to colour my illustrations. I tried to develop my style by adding the leaf brushes in the hair of my illustrations; originally I created ink splatter brushes on Photoshop however I didn’t like the look it created so I opted for the leaf brushes, I thought that this would also fit in with the sustainable aspect of my collection a they link through nature.

I think that they do meet the needs of noir however I feel that the models don’t quite fit with the company as they tend to use European models and I have used Asian models as I thought that this fit with my Asian trend. I think that my boards are success full and I like the outcome.

I feel that my style has developed over the two years and I feel more confident illustrating digitally. I think my Photoshop and illustrator skills have also improved however I feel that I was restricted to experiment more with my style as I illustrated my collection for noir, I couldn’t experiment with more colours.

I think I could improve these with experimenting with more poses and I think I should have experimented with more techniques.

 

In all I much prefer these boards to my other two, I'm not sure what it is but I feel much more confident with these and in general just like the look of these more.

 

 

Thanks for reading!! what do you think of my boards??

 

Jenny xxx

 

My illustration boards set 1

 

These two were inspired by Stina Persson; I used water colours for these boards. To fit noirs colour scheme I stuck to minimal colours only using black and red. I tried to keep a similar style to my other boards but using a traditional media.

I did smudge part of one of my boards; if I was to complete these illustrations properly I would have photographed or scanned them onto the computer and touched them up using Photoshop to remove the smudges.

I think they are successful however I feel that the figures are a little too feminine for noir.

I am pleased with these boards however I don’t like the arrangement of the flowers on the board I smudged, I also felt a bit uneasy doing these boards as I was unsure what medias or techniques to use and I feel that my other boards were more successful.

This is the board that I smudged I'm quite a perfectionist so this smudge makes me very uneasy.

I am quite happy with this board and im pleased with the way it turned out.

 

Thanks for reading!! What do you think of my boards?

 

Jenny xxx

Recreating illustrators

From my illustrator research I have sampled their techniques and have recreated one of their illustrations, after this I will create my own illustration using their style, this will eventually help me decide on what style of illustration so use for my boards and help me progress my own style helping me decide which techniques I do and don't like.

Max Gregor recreation:

(left)original, (right)my recreation

I quite liked using this technique however I think I should have taken more time drawing the face as I think the eyes look a little goofy and the lips are to upward pointed. 

Bec Winnel recreation:

(left) original, (right) my work in progress. 

I finally plucked up the guts to attempt to recreate her work, I'm not sure how this will turn out but I'm hoping for the best!

Stina Persson Recreation:

(left) original, (right) my recreation.

This time I decided to recreate one of her cut paper techniques, over all I think I did ok, however i think the face looks a bit dodgy! 

Rene Gruau Recreation:

(left) original, (right) my recreation.

(The head looks a little squashed for the angle I took the picture at) I am quite happy with this creation however the eyebrow is the wrong shape.

Thanks for reading!! 

What do you think of my recreations?

Jenny xxx 

Illustrator over load!

Again we have another illustration type brief and I have researched into a number of illustrators, here I want to share some of the more modern and digital illustrators as digital illustration is one of my favourite medias to work with. 

Originally I had a massive list I found in a book but had to cut this down quite a bit!!

Gavin Reece 

Ewa Brockway

Herman Yap 

Kosmas Apatangelos

These are a few modern illustration styles that I really like!

Who is your favourite illustrator?

Jenny xxx

Ready to hand in!

This morning I handed in my FMP (Final Major Project) complete with written work book work and both my design and illustration board. 

 

In the end this is the final illustration that I handed in A2, I am quite pleased with the outcome however I could go back and change anything I would change the colour of the dress to a more similar pink to my actual dress. 

I feel much better now that I have handed in this last brief now I can just concentrate on finishing my dress! 

Thanks for reading!!

Jenny xxx

My Illustration Board

For My last brief of the year one of my tasks is to create an illustration based on my final design, as soon as I had finished my design and researching other illustrators I had a(kind of) clear idea of what I wanted to do. 

Illustrators that I have used as inspiration are Nadia flower(top) and Montana Forbes(bottom). 

I started by taking an Image of Hyorin from a kpop band Sistar

And then drawing around her head and hand on photoshop 

I then went through loads of resizing, drawing and scanning to add a figure to match the head. 

I then spent around 3 - 4 days editing, colouring and experimenting and so far this is the illustration I have created mostly on photoshop.

At the moment I'm still a bit sceptical about some of this illustration, I have a feeling that this problem is going to occur quite frequently, this may or may not be my final illustration (just looking at this I can see things that need retouching!) 

Thanks for reading! What do you think of my illustration?? 

Any feed back would be a huge help to my annoying Indecisiveness!!

Jenny xxx