Boa Lady

I am thinking I'd like to jazz up my website a bit. Maybe with a bit of artwork for the title of each page. This lady is an idea for one such artwork, inspired by the Dr Sketchy's session I went to last week.

Some things!

Been busy lately but here's a few rough thingies I've slowly been working on, some assignments and commissions.

Patchwork Lion + website is online!

Here's a quick pic I did in class today. I had a lot of fun experimenting and playing with fabric and patterned textures! I also decided I have too many tigers, crocodiles and bears, so I figured it'd be nice to do a different animal for a change. In this case, a ferocious circus lion who looks more like a plush doll... teehee.

Also, in other news, my website Bearprints.com.au is online! Hoo-rah!!

Hello!

Just a sketch I did during class today that I really liked and decided to scan! It's a bit different from my usual stuff too! I rather enjoy using gouache like watercolour. It kind of feels like watercolour but I have more control over it.

Bearosel

This is a piece I made just to go on the front page of my website. I've done about 3 or 4 different designs for Bearprints, but in the end I opted for something really simple and easy to navigate, with the art governing the overall look and design. Anyway, I wanted a piece to go on the front page of my site for the launch, I wanted something cute, fun, and featuring a bear. I wanted to throw in a tiger too, so after a bit of scribbling in photoshop I came up with this.



This is about as neat as my sketches get. After this stage I do flat colours and details, and once everything is sorted I move on to adding texture. I was going to upload an example of just the flat coloured stage, but I stupidly saved both of my working files as flattened finals. Oops!

My website Bearprints will probably be online within a week or two. (Yeah, I've heard that before, but this time I really mean it!)

Red and Blue and Yellow

No inspiration Thursday this week, just a few more pieces from me. Yesterday we went to the city and met Matte Clare, an illustrator who is also heavily involved in Illustrators Australia. He had a lot of good stuff for us, and he showed us a bit of his work. He does a lot of illo's for business magazine articles and editorials and stuff, and it was really inspiring to learn about. I think it might be an avenue I will look into.

I have one more drawing to redo, then I have to pack it all up and deliver all my work in tomorrow for assessment. I've been pretty stressed in the past week but I have it pretty much under control now, I think. Before I head in tomorrow morning I'm going to celebrate with a yummy bacon and egg breakfast down at the café near the train station. Yay!



Here are the second and third pieces for the character illustration assignment. Far better than my old attempt. Here we have my character, the red croc, meeting a blue tiger, and then both of them interacting with an object - a vehicle. I'm pretty happy with all 3 and they are all pieces I would be happy to see in the end of year exhibition.

Well, back to work I go!