Happy Birthday Granny...

It was my Granny's birthday in December so I made a little card with some watercolour paint and I also sent her some of her favourite homemade ginger biscuits for a tasty birthday treat!

Disintegration...

The first project of my 3rd year studying Illustration, was to design a booklet based on a word we drew out of a hat. I picked "Disintegration." Rather than going for the obvious, I decided to go for something a bit different and look at quirky quotes to do with my chosen topic.

Circle Pattern...

Just a recent pattern I made...

Miss Emma Jayne Baylis...

(Above: Original Drawing)

(The canvas bag)

It was my good friend Emma's birthday not so long ago and I wanted to make her something which would be a nice keepsake for her 21st birthday. I decided to do an illustration of her and her initials and to print it onto a canvas shopping bag. Pretty and practical!

60th Birthday Card...

A recent paper cut card that I made for a 60th birthday.

The End of Year 2...

I can't believe it but I have pretty much finished my second year of my Illustration degree. Times flies when your having fun as they say! Our last project was to sum up what we had learnt over this semester. For me this term has been quite a poignant one as I have realised that the most important thing is not to label yourself. I became so frustrated with people trying to fit me into a box that I thought the lesson I have learnt is I am a designer and there are many strings to my bow. Here is how I chose to illustrate this...

I designed a mailer which, once opened reveals my contact details and a booklet that has two sections to it entitled, "I am a Graphic Designer who can illustrate," and "I am an illustrator who can design," highlighting both of my skills as a designer. I was really pleased with my design and especially the hands that hold in the booklet. I even created my own typography using collaged letters, which I used throughout the design. I hope you like it too!

Happy Mother's Day...

Hopefully everyone remembered to send their mums a little something at the weekend for Mother's Day! I wanted to make my mum a really nice card and decided to use my developing knife skills to cut out an intricate pattern. I was just doodling and drew out a rough design and then cut it out with my craft knife. I was really pleased with the result and my mum loved it too!

Pattern mad...

I love patterns soooo much! I can't help but just see shapes all around me in buildings, artwork everything! I've finally started to work on some of my own designs using collage and paint that I hope to eventually turn into some postcards or something. Here's just one of my first designs.

Not your average comic...

For the past week I've been doing a brief to design a magazine cover for a comic called Bagatelle that is distributed to a few arty colleges. I've just finished the design and I'm pretty chuffed with the outcome. I really wanted to go for something different without the stereotypical "comicy" appearance and of course as per usual I managed to slip in some patterntastic imagery! I tested out quite a few patterns along the way which I might post up in a bizzle. For now it's over and out.