Updates and apologies

So I seem to have had a very un-productive summer for which I apologise, however im hoping to make up for my lack of productivty by showing my craft and home wares.

I've been sorting things out for my new flat so I shall also do tutorials for my makeshift decor and a few pictures of my tidy new space.

Wish me well for start my course at the end of this month :)

Illustration and Imitation

There's Artist's in Them There Books

 looking at some of my favorite illustrators work

I love the work of Liz Clements and so I wanted to create something in that light pastel colouring.

 

This is my image and I'm quite happy with it, I feel however that working half digital and half traditional really suits my work flow and i want to experiment with it more 

possession and obsession

Demonic influences of a Baptised Girl

Hell in the eyes of the faithless and sacred.

Working on images to relate to the proverb hell hath no fury like a woman scorned; I really like the emotion range with this proverb, it's all dark eerie and demonic.

I want to make a small textured book for my pathway finial piece which will need a typography piece to set the proverb and level in the book. the level relates to the difficultly to progress in the narrative world, each level brings more eerie and dark themes and images.

Here is a sample of the typography that will accompany the images.

Nercrophobia, looking at the relationship between fear and lust and the proverb don't speck ill of the dead or dead men don't tell tales.

Looking at dead men don't tell tales, of don't speck ill of the dead but without ever saying the word dead.

Looking at the proverb the darkest hour is just before dawn, using scanned antlers as background

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, my current typography proverb to be done in this style, i tried to get the image to look like they were burning in the fires of hell.

Looking at a possible imagery to reflect the proverb See no Evil, I love the contrasts in the eyes and how they block the real eyes from seeing.

Stigmata

Illustration of the deaf.

Hear No Evil

The last image in a trio of images relating to stigmata with the heading Hear No Evil.

This one isn't my favourite, but it dose have an eloquence and charm I don't think I expected the piece to have, so I'm really pleased with my work on digital mix-media images. 

Also going up to Sheffield fro an interview or two, may have to have another cheeky brake due to my course, much more on it later in the week!

Stresses and Messes

My course is stress, it's not stressful it's a big old ball of hate.

I wish that was an understatement.

Most students on my course spend the day working and moaning about the course, as much as I try to be a voice of reason procrastination and deadlines bring out the worse in me... and boy can I rant.

anyway some of this weeks digital works for your eyes only, well you and the select few who stumble upon my little blog of  pleasures.

He No evil

Stigmata

The joys of interveiws

Tis the season to be worried

F*ck f*ck f*ck f*ck f*ck, my deadlines here...

...So as an FAD (or foundation art diploma) student I have signed up for the joys of university and thus, interviews. Sorting out a hard copy portfolio was difficult and stressful enough but as it turns out I'm now expected to have a printed essay on someone I admire, a digital portfolio to take to interview and discuss digital work with them and some extra work on colours affects on mood some sort films and a little landscape drawing...

... yeah.

 this is some of my personal work and is a character sheet; looking at emotions designs and development. I've been told this is a good idea to put in but I'm very worry the uni will judge me negatively for my work being well different.

 This is a painting I did of someone's character Again I feel very insecure about it's relevance and what people will think when they see it.

I don't think this because I think I'm bad, I think I've gotten quite good at using Photoshop  I made the background, layout and header to the blog and I'm very proud of my work. It's when they ask me questions on my work and why I do it that I feel nervous... frankly I don't know why I like doing it nor for that matter why i really want to get into games design, its just a passion in the back of my head that tells me I'm one step closer to my dreams.

More of my course work will appear again tomorrow!

urghh kill me now please, just a little stab?

All that remains.

Antlers, Jaws and all things Skeletal.

Experiments with scanning

 

A antler found while walking the dogs

scanning the bones to give an eerie feel to my images

The composition of all my scans made into one final image, that I can use in my project. What lies in the dark, what hides under you bed, who watches when none else is looking. How will the dawn rise with such darkness.