As I am adding illustrations to each page on the blog, I started with some secondary research for inspiration, as I had quite a few ideas but wasn't sure where to start.
These are the tutors wearing masks of their faces designed by a previous student on the course.
All images from print and pattern.
These images all include relevant items to the ones I will be drawing.
Simple illustrations of everyday objects. I want to include drawings of envelopes and mobile phones on the contact page.
Line focused drawings of equipment. On the 'before you start' page, illustrations of equipment will decorate the lists.
All images from the print and pattern book.
These images may not contain the items which I will be drawing, but I have looked at the different styles of illustration to give me some ideas. I like the collage cut outs (such as the owl images) and think I could use this process to make my equipment, but with plain card and more detail instead of patterned paper. I like some of the 'cute' designs, such as where the objects have faces and are brightly coloured. I would like to try this but at the same time this might not appeal to everyone on the course. I think the more sketchy illustrations where the focus is on the line and the shape of the object would appeal to a lot of people, so this would be a good thing to try. I could also try creating my objects in illustrator, my tracing over photographs. Another idea is to create 3d mock-ups of each item of equipment and to photograph these. I will keep looking back at these images as I create my own illustrations.
I found this image in the 2010 YCN student annual and decided to research the artist further as the designs are very much like the ones I have created. Looking at the website, I found many more examples which are beautifully crafted and very neat, some looking very much like the real objects, unlike my designs, and are very inspiring, but, at the same time it makes me wonder should I do something else as this has already been done?
