Illustration

Illustration

Unit 78

23/04/15

After the illustration project for Unit 12 finished, we were then able to go our own way in terms of development, characters and idea's. We were no longer limited to using inanimate objects as our characters, nor were we to create a story. The unit that Illustration had been moved to, Unit 78 (realizing fine art ideas) meant that we could do whatever we wanted, and that it showed the development of out artwork. 

The style that I have adopted is a mixture of Jason Thielke, who drew directly in one continuous line, and Liz Clements, an Illustrator. Both artists use portraits, particularly women, as a focus.

 Jason Thielke's work consisted on hand drawing these portraits directly onto wooden panels, all the while using a continuous line to do to, while adding finer detail later.

I've taken the idea of using a continuous line, while looking at the different positions he would draw the model in, and tried to make my own twist on it.

Liz Clements style is a lot neater and clean cut, using ink to create flowing lines. Her line drawings are later coloured up by other means, however, sometimes, a little colour is added before hand. Once again I am taking inspiration from her by looking at her line work, however, my main focus is on the position of the heads.