I used this week's illustration friday as an excuse to experiment with using textures in my work. I've always been a fan of collecting old magazines, papers, and ephemera but have rarely found a use for it in my work.
I hope that by using texture it adds an extra dimension to my work, but without fighting against the line too much.
Feedback welcomed - since this was an experiment after all!
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Above is my entry for the AOI View of London Exhibition.
The 'View of London Exhibition' is being organised by the Association of Illustrators and the London Transport museum, both to celebrate the vibrancy of modern day London, and to promote Illustration as a profession.
My artwork is a series of cryptic pictorial clues which describe a selection of London Underground station names. The idea is to encourage the viewer to take a light-hearted look at tube station names, many of which are odd sounding or bizzare - however we don't give them a second thought since they are so familiar to us.
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I have just finished these two characters for Museums Sheffield.
On the left is John Ruskin, who was a British Social Thinker & Critic, who is well remembered as an authoer, artist and poet.
The Millennium Galleries in Sheffield is the home of the Ruskin Gallery, which houses a unique collection of paintings, drawings and ornithological prints, minerals, books, and architectural plastercasts assembled by John Ruskin himself.
My John Ruskin character will be used as part of the Ruskin Gallery Family Trail.
On the right is a Sheffield Buffer Girl character. Buffer girls worked in the cutlery and silversmithing industries, and it was their job to polish silver items that had been made. It was piece work, meaning you would only be paid for as many items as you managed to polish.
This Buffer Girl character will be used as part of the Millennium Galleries Metalwork Gallery Family Trail.
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This week's illustration friday theme is 'intricate', and I decided to have a good root through my overloaded jewellery box for inspiration.
This was the result - I hope you like it.
The illustration shows a selection of earrings, brooches, bracelets and necklaces, all of varying ages - some are modern and some are vintage, they are all things I have collected over time because I liked their individual character.
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I drew this rainforest image to enter into the BBC Wildlife Artist Competition, and thoroughly enjoy making it, and the challenges it presented.
If you look carefully at the image you should be able to spot a variety of animals, hiding amongst the rainforest plants and trees.
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