Typography Practice

This shows the idea phase of creating a new typeface.

Here is the start of the first font I was creating,
showing the developments and experiments
on each letter.

And here is the rest of the alphabet and the numbers.

This is a font I created called Spiralphabet. I used spirals in every letter, which I why I gave it that name.
I like this font because it is simple and can be used for almost any theme but is still interesting and unique.

This is the experimental stage of my second font
with the development under each letter.

And here are the numbers for the second font.



This is Stickography, the second font I created. It is much more rigid and stiff than the first font but can
still be used for almost any theme and it still very simple.



And here is my final font at it's current stage. This one is much more complicated and would not have lower case letters.
I have created this one by drawing pencils together in the shape of each letter, although almost an stationary item could be placed there.

Fine Arts Practice

Here are some eyes that I drew using pencil for some, and fineliner for others.
I feel confident in drawing eyes after these practice ones.

These are noses that I have drawn with pencil. I think I need a lot more
practice with noses as these do not look very realistic.

These are some lips that I have drawn in different poses using pencil,
fineliner, and coloured pencil. I'm confident with lips. 

Here is a hand I drew using pencil and shading by smudging. I think
I will need more practice with hands too.

This is a clenched fist that I have drawn
using different width fineliners to create
a cartoon fist.



Here I have sketched a relative on her wedding day using a
pencil, smudging to shade. I need more practice with the
shading and with drawing hair.

 

Here I have drawn a much older lady using pencil but have then used fineliner
on some of the lines to make it more cartoon like rather than realistic.

This is a water painting of a blossom tree. I like the way this looks and the effects that can be made
using water paints.



Final Pieces for Snow White and Rose Red Book Cover Brief

This bookmark was created on
Adobe Photoshop. I used the
photographs of the roses that I had
edited and added patterns in the
background that look like falling
red and white petals. I then added the
phrase "Snowy White, Rosy Red,
Will you beat your lover dead"
as said by the bear in the story.
 I put a hole in the top and twisted
 a purple ribbon around it.

Here is the bookmark in a book, showing how it would look when
it is being used. The ribbon would poke out of the top of a closed
book allowing the reader to easily find their place.
 






Here is one of the covers I created. I used the two edited roses, which I
slightly overlapped, and then added the petals in the background.
 I wrote the title in a gothic font as it fits with the story and
with the authors. The cover is simple but looks professional.




This shows the first book at different angles.
 





Here is the other cover I created. I made the cottage on
Photoshop, painting several bricks individually and then placing
them together in random orders using copy and paste. I did the
 same with the roof tiles. For the door I used a similar technique
and then made the extra bits separately.The windows were created
using the rectangle tool and the paintbrush tool, and I hand painted
the girls in them with acrylic. I made the trees using edited photographs
 of bits of ribbon cut like leaves and the roses. The trunk I made using
the paint tool on Photoshop. I used a grass art brush on Photoshop
for the grass, spray brush for the gravel, and the soft edged paintbrush
 for the clouds. Again, I used a gothic font. I don't feel this one looks
as professional as the first.

This shows the second cover as a book
from the front and the side.





Photoshop Workshop - Snow White and Rose Red

Snow White and Rose Red cover idea - I created this entirely on Photoshop using edited photographs of roses and leaves that I took to create the rose trees and then Photoshop tools to make the rest of the image.

Little Red Riding Hood Cover

My original drawing of a wolf drawn with fineliner, marker and pencil. This is the wolf from the Little Red Riding Hood story, which is much scarier in the Brothers Grimm version than the one most know today.

Developments of my wolf drawing - Each one has been photocopied and then I have added colour using different methods. For the first one I have used water paints, colouring the eye, some of the fur, and the tongue. The middle has been coloured with red pencil crayon. And the last I have used water pencils for the eyes and teeth, and tea and fire for the fur.

Thumbnail Sketches for Fairy Tale Cover

Thumbnail sketches for a book cover and a book mark for
a fairy tale



Responses to existing illustration



Mini development
for my cottage idea
for Snow White and
Rose Red

Mini development
for my Frog King
cover idea

Typography Experiments - Fairy tale

I did all of these on Illustrator, using words that relate to fairy tales and their typical themes. I created them using simple fonts and shapes with only two colours for each word.  

Research and Responses for Book Cover Brief - Growth and Evolution Theme

Research on artist Anita Mejia - One of my
options was to create covers for the Brothers
Grimm fairy tales and I felt her unique, vintage
style fit very well with these versions

And here I my responses to Mejia's work.
The first is Rapunzel looking out of her tower,
the second s Little Red Riding Hood holding
the basket she took to her Grandma, and the
third is the princess from the fairy tile The
Fiddler

Here I have analysed the work of Si Scott
as I felt the simplicity of his designs fit
well with my other option - to create covers
for the series of books written by Karen Rose.

These are my responses. I drew the main
images on three different book covers
already existing in the style of Si Scott
with a fineliner pen.

Campaign Poster

This was my final piece for my awareness poster. I chose the foxes because I felt it was the hardest hitting and it would touch more people, making them want to help with the cause. I drew and edited the foxes.

Developments for Poster Ideas

On the left is my robotic deer that I have scanned into Illustrator,
Live Traced and then opened in Photoshop where I coloured it
with blacks and greys to make it look metallic. On the right are
photographs of a rabbit I drew with fineliner and coloured with
pencil crayons before cutting it out with a base and standing it up
for photographing as though it were a real rabbit stood with a shadow.

This is another idea showing a mother and baby wolf touching noses
that I sketched with pencil. I then came up with the phrase "Aren't
they worth saving?", asking the public if the fox family are not good
enough to be kept alive. This would hit people hard because most people
would feel sympathy for the young and the mother, as well as the rhetorical
question forcing them to think about the cause.

These are developments of the fox and deer ideas. For the foxes I have
added a coloured affect and for the deer I have made it look more like it
is made out of metal.

Thumbnails and Ideas for Nature Brief

Thumbnail ideas for a campaign poster to raise awareness
 about saving forests

Responses to existing nature posters

One of my thumbnails developed and draw with
coloured pencils and fineliner showing a bird
 and a squirrel in a tree with the phrase
"It's more than a tree, it's a home"

I developed the idea further, drawing the tree with black
marker on brown paper and on white paper drawing the
animals with fineliner pen 

I also developed one of the responses - here I drew
a robotic deer to suggest that this would
be the future if we were to continue destroying
woodland areas using a fineliner

I then drew the deer in a different position with it's
 head turned to look behind itself, however
 this one didn't show as much detail



Here I have sketched the idea of an owl in a tree with
pencil and decided on a phrase that I felt would have
been effective with the purpose of the poster 

I then redrew the owl in the tree in fineliner and
wrote the message with a marker to make it stand
out against the picture

This is a water painting inspired be Lucinda
Rogers' work showing a man jogging down
a path in the woods to show woods benefiting
people with more than the beauty

Wrapped in Nature

This is my "Wrapped in Nature" font. I hand drew each letter, scanned them in separately, and then Live Traced them on Illustrator before opening tem in Photoshop to add colour to the flower heads and leaves. This font would only be used for headlines and main phases on posters or covers, which is why there are no lower case letters. It fits well with the nature theme because there are lots of different images of nature surrounding each letter.