Fairy Tales

In this project we had to choose a fairy tale and produce any form of illustration.
I went with the little Mermaid, and tried to sick with the original story rather than the Disney one.

I was thinking of different ways to illustrate the little mermaid, I headed towards making her look for fish-like.

Final illustrations

Book Covers

In this project we had go and search for three book's that were created by the same author and create a new cover, spine and back for the book.
I choose Gemma Correll's books on dogs. The reason I choose these books was because I was mainly attracted to the style of art and the humour the book had.
Gemma's style of art in the book was simplistic and it really complimented the humour.

To create a new cover for Gemma's book, I tried not to copy her style.
So I decided to go into more detail with my work,
since her illustrations where more simple and basic.

I wanted a fancy boarder around my dog illustrations to go with the theme
of 'dating' and 'etiquette'

Final outcome: 

Red Letters

Red Letters

In this project we first had to collect a variety of of popular logo's that were specifically red and white.
Then create an alphabet from the letter's in the chosen logo's, after I chose the letter's I modified them on paper to make them my own.

After creating my alphabet I had to find a phrase or word containing the word 'RED'
for example: 'caught RED handed' or 'whispeRED'
After much research, I decided go with 'Little RED riding hood'

Final outcome:
I drew four different illustrations all drawn on paper and then altered and coloured on PaintTool SAI 

Machine's for Living

When I thought of 'Machines for Living' I thought of today's gadget's and how everything was basically being made for us
So my initial idea was to make an animation demonstrating how appliances will soon help us with our daily needs.

Since I didn't have any experience with animation I decided to try out different way's of animation.

- My first Stop motion test

I found stop motion animation quite simple, overall it was the fastest animation process.

- First 2D Animation test

- Second 2D Animation test

Final Animation

Mirror

When we were first given this project my mind went straight towards the concept of mirrors leading to another word. Immediately I thought of one of Disney's late animations 'through the looking glass' based of the book by  Lewis Carroll.

I then did a few sketches on the idea of a refection/mirror being a portal to a new world.
And that lead me to think of 'The Wizard of Oz'. Where in the beginning of the film everything in her world was black and white and when she entered Oz everything was in colour.
I wanted to keep the style of drawing's relatable to the books, so I looked at Beatrix Potter's illustrations, and experimented her style with the Dorothy drawing.

While researching, I looked at superheroes and the idea of them having a secret identity got me thinking of a comic book character Harvey Dent and his split personality.
I then decided to get of paper and experiment with photos.

Using a mirror I made the primary object only show half of it's refection, while behind the mirror I placed an object similar to the primary object.
 By lining them up perfectly, I gave the illusion that they were one whole object.

Final Outcome

Balance

In our first workshop we looked at 'balance'. We got put into groups of three or four and collected items either around the room or outside. Working together we had to make these items balance on their own.
We balanced small items found around the room but shortly found out that the simplest object's isn't the easiest to balance, we had to concentrate on the items weight and how it will react to other items being on top of it. Soon after we found a method that made it easier to balance a piece of wire on the hammer.