Animals of the Strange!

Hey these where the pieces that I did for my exhibtion, I've just forgot to leave them up on here enjoy :D

HI!

hey people! Now that I have finished college I will have alot more time working on projects before uni!
currently I'm working with a team of brilliant people called ponies on meth!

check out the link

www.poniesonmeth.blogspot.com

Evalutation..

through out this whole project I feel the concept of the way I work has shifted dramatically,
for instance : at first I wasn't using reference and lack of research to back up my ideas, but later on
my work was heavily supported by research and reference giving it a more defined and realistic look to my characters.

My time management I have to say wasn't brilliant alot of things happened that changed my plans for my project and I had taken way too long on those paintings almost two weeks! and then I revolutionized my idea for final images using a medium of which i was more comfortable with, I don't think those paintings on such a large scale couldn't gone well if I had proceeded any further and they where to messy anyway to present on display as originals.

I did like that I explored with various medias and especially animation and 3d - I felt it was a massive step out my comfort zone. 


 

Exhiubtion photos

It was ALOT of work setting up but here ya' go ! :D


 

 

Worm concepts (extended)/ photoshop experimentation

I experimented with photoshop to see how realistic i could make my creatures, also it's a quicker way then painting them and it's more effective. I scanned in a drawing of some concepts of worms, and thought on how there coulour can effect camouflage them or fend of predators or it glows in the dark so it can help them see.

V&A gallery

When visiting the V&A I was looking at how people from ancient times recorded animals, and how they exaggerated them to be links to the gods, especially the chinese inspired me adding great honorific patterns to increase the majesty on these creatures.

Illustration Cupboard

Visting the Illustration cupboard was a well worth trip, there lots of brilliant artists,  and ranging from alot of children's book illustrators varying from miffy to charlie and Lola and including the featured artist Chris Wormell! he uses alot of watercolour and colouring pencils for his work of which worked very well, I should see if I can try practicing with colouring pencils for my FMP.