Friday 26 February 2010

And so it begins...

























Hmm... where to start?

When I think of the illustration work that I truly love, just before I fall asleep at night (I'm not the only one!), it's classic & retro-flavoured work that makes my brain smile - Stephan Britt, Marc Boutavant, Meg Hunt...

So it makes sense that as a starting point and I've made a couple of pieces in the past that hinted at that direction.

Merry merry

I've got a couple of ideas for full blown pieces but at the moment I'm focussing on trying drawing techniques that will convey the 'charm' I want to get into my work.

I spent half hour drawing with an ink pen just for fun - It ran out of ink but I really like the 'dry brush' effect on some of these bits.... hits & misses...gulp.

I think I like the snooty sister :)

3 comments:

  1. I know I'm going to find this fascinating! What a great idea to start a blog to document your journey/experiments. I wish you the best of luck - enjoy it! :)

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  2. hi - found your blog via twitter! Love this idea for a blog. Can I suggest something? If you love drawing and you want to try and find a new style, why not just start by getting a sketchbook and go out and draw things that interest you. I teach illustration as well and a lot of my students are really concerned about getting their "style", and I think that it is something that develops over time and is a reflection of your personality, and likes and dislikes.
    It would be great to see you go back to basics with some observational drawing and see what happens - maybe you can develop your new "true' style from that?

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  3. Hey Jill, thanks :) - You're exactly right, I'm not that worried about getting a set style - mine was quite distinct!, but maybe that was the problem :) I guess I've decided to start from scratch to really push myself in other directions, to make the kid of work I really love....

    Yeah, 'drawing' will be a big part of that... I'm aiming to be more conscious of what I'm putting down on paper rather than the 'automatic' style of the doodles I've been doing...

    Thanks again ΓΌ

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