It's all done! The last three weeks were crazy, busy and productive. I had a good working schedule and I managed to finish everything in time, what makes me really proud. It's the first time, that I actually think I did a good job with concept, ideas and time management. Sure, there are a lot of things to learn still, but it came out a lot better this time, than before.
I was very stressed through this time, so I'm glad it's over, and a nice sunday trip to the sea with my boyfriend was just what I needed and gave me back a lot of energy! (I was standing barefoot in the sea and it was freaking cold but awesome!) Thanks for taking me there! <3
I still have some revisions to do and I plan on finishing them as quick as possible, but I got all my grades for this block and they were pretty satisfying for me :)
Here I show all my final results, starting with some small assignments for illustration class.
The first two Illustrations were for an article about people who use street language to have a secret way to communicate without everyone knowing what they are talking about (especially not the police), so in the first picture I tried to show the language as a wall between people who feel the urge to use a secret language and "normal" people. It's drawn with watercolor and color pencils.
Monday, February 14, 2011
"Imagine how good you feel, when it's all done!"
For this illustration we had more time and my idea was to show the difference between street-language people and normal people. I wanted the words to be the silhuettes of the people, the difference between the languages are shown in reading direction and color. The use of color can be improved, so the illustration can talk more clearly.
This poster, I already showed before here, is a poster for a fictional book festival for kids.
This poster, I already showed before here, is a poster for a fictional book festival for kids.
Here are some pictigrams I made for the enhancement of communication between parents and their autistic children (It's about PDD NOS, a form of autism).
The pictograms show daily routines. They shall help the kids to make a connection between the order to do something and the reference to themselves. I decided to leave them in grayscale, so the parents can color them in with their children, to make the pictures more personal.
In my last blogpost, I already showed sketches of the book assignment we had to do.
This is what came out in the end. They are colored with polychromos color pencils and I edited little details in color and lines in photoshop.
Nevertheless, I decided to make the final version black and white, because it fitted better to my concept to make a 70s style detective novel book layout. It is printed on yellowish Kasakapaper on my own printer and because of it's absorbance of color, the pictures integrate in the layout very nice and like I pictured it.
some of my original colored drawings
ready printed book in black and white on Kasaka and Dummy paper
Drawing Class Assignment "A letter to a friend"
The wallpapers I designed are a letter to myself to bring the monsters (in my head) to a purpose, show their mass and force them into an order.
I wanted the design to be harmonic and remind a bit of old Bierdermeier Wallpaper.
The wallpapers are not printed in original size because of my budget, but who knows, maybe someday I win the lottery and my wallpaper goes into production. :)
In the end I screen-printed two of my monsters, to learn the technique of screen printing in different color layers. Screen print is a good technique to work graphical and neat but also experiment with the effect of color and different layers.
Wallpaper Designs
Wallpaper Details
Monster Screenprints
Finally - an end for this time! I'm proud of what I've accomplished and I thank all my friends who didn't go crazy over my unsocial behaviour, moodiness and tiredness. Thanks for being so patient with me! <3
At this point I have some ideas for new projects, drawings, illustrations, stuff I wanna get better in and also working for my studys will change a bit because we do projectwork now.
I'll show new stuff as soon as I produced something nice, so have a look from time to time! :)
*If you want to have a screen print of one of my monsters, leave a comment below and I'll contact you :)
At this point I have some ideas for new projects, drawings, illustrations, stuff I wanna get better in and also working for my studys will change a bit because we do projectwork now.
I'll show new stuff as soon as I produced something nice, so have a look from time to time! :)
*If you want to have a screen print of one of my monsters, leave a comment below and I'll contact you :)
Sunday, January 30, 2011
"Not the whole forest - just one leaf." - P.L. Travers
I need a better desk! My back hurts and I was only drawing for half a day. Desk-Donations welcome :)
So now I'm busy sketching for my illustration assignment where we have to make four illustrations for David Sedaris' short story "True Detective" (Sedaris remembers the days his mother and sister played armchair detective, and the odd crime wave that hit their own home.)
I'm trying to do something different to what I'm usually doing - sitting on the couch and doing sudoku. Just kidding! I created a main character and I let him do stuff :) It's new to me to make comic-like drawings but when I see that I'm creating something that looks like the picture in my head, I wanna go on and on and it satisfies me and keeps me drawing (although my back HURTS!!!) but today, drawing felt so easy and it gave me a sense of achievement. Here's hoping, it stays like that for a while and I maybe cleared another hurdle (can you say that? I can...!) in my learning process.
See what my teacher thinks about my sketches tomorrow and then I have a week to finish the assignment. Have to layout the illustrations with the text and bind a book. First finish the illustrations and maybe I get some help with layouting because I'm not too good in making a choice for a professional looking typeface :)
Furthermore I'll spend the next to weeks in the graphic workshop at school to silk screen some monster wallpapers I made for drawing class - it's honestly the best place to be in stressful times!
Enough for today, maybe I do some stretching instead of sketching to make friends with my back again... (what a crappy word joke...)
I'm happy! :)
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first sketches for the character (hmm - looks slightly like a friend of mine - see if he notices :)
uuuhhhgh there is poo on my towel...!
The Fugitive
mother and sister, the detective series addicts
So now I'm busy sketching for my illustration assignment where we have to make four illustrations for David Sedaris' short story "True Detective" (Sedaris remembers the days his mother and sister played armchair detective, and the odd crime wave that hit their own home.)
I'm trying to do something different to what I'm usually doing - sitting on the couch and doing sudoku. Just kidding! I created a main character and I let him do stuff :) It's new to me to make comic-like drawings but when I see that I'm creating something that looks like the picture in my head, I wanna go on and on and it satisfies me and keeps me drawing (although my back HURTS!!!) but today, drawing felt so easy and it gave me a sense of achievement. Here's hoping, it stays like that for a while and I maybe cleared another hurdle (can you say that? I can...!) in my learning process.
See what my teacher thinks about my sketches tomorrow and then I have a week to finish the assignment. Have to layout the illustrations with the text and bind a book. First finish the illustrations and maybe I get some help with layouting because I'm not too good in making a choice for a professional looking typeface :)
Furthermore I'll spend the next to weeks in the graphic workshop at school to silk screen some monster wallpapers I made for drawing class - it's honestly the best place to be in stressful times!
Enough for today, maybe I do some stretching instead of sketching to make friends with my back again... (what a crappy word joke...)
I'm happy! :)
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first sketches for the character (hmm - looks slightly like a friend of mine - see if he notices :)
uuuhhhgh there is poo on my towel...!
The Fugitive
mother and sister, the detective series addictsStay tuned to see the finished illustrations next week!
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
"Can I have your breasts for a video?" - Sebbo
I feel honored, but I'm glad I can say: "Let me draw you some!" :)
So yesterday I was drawing some breasts for a friend's videoblogging. Tits for life...
Also I finished my corporate design for school including businesscard and stationary. My crappy printer turned out to like printing on 120 and 200 gram aquarellpaper, so my cards look pretty nice. Have to find fitting paper for the stationary as well. We have evaluationweeks at school now, so I'm busy finishing my work and I can show the final results during the next weeks. Motivation is good, inspiration also and when I start right away, I can avoid ending up in not sleeping, crying and hating what I do :p
Wish me luck!
businesscard - polychromos drawing and digital
So yesterday I was drawing some breasts for a friend's videoblogging. Tits for life...
Also I finished my corporate design for school including businesscard and stationary. My crappy printer turned out to like printing on 120 and 200 gram aquarellpaper, so my cards look pretty nice. Have to find fitting paper for the stationary as well. We have evaluationweeks at school now, so I'm busy finishing my work and I can show the final results during the next weeks. Motivation is good, inspiration also and when I start right away, I can avoid ending up in not sleeping, crying and hating what I do :p
Wish me luck!
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boobs
businesscard - polychromos drawing and digital
Thursday, January 13, 2011
"Originality does not consist in saying what no one ever said before, but in saying exactly what you think yourself." - James Fitz-James Stephen
I woke up early today and had some time to think about my list of things I have to do in the coming weeks. I proudly announce that I have some really nice ideas I wanna work on and my motivation to create something good is back again. Only have to find a way to develope my personal style more. It's all a bit random at the moment.
Another really random thing in my life turned out to be a lot less random than I thought and I'm greatful for that. Gives me more steadiness and I can concentrate much better on myself. Thank you for that :)
I printed some of my monsters and I started drawing with a ballpen i nicked at work :p such a great pen.
Also I started making my own handwriting font family - looking forward to finish it.
More soon!
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