Cage

 

So here is my final end of year comic.Originally this was 22 pages but here I'm going to put up what I considered the best of the work I produced.I also included some panels aswell that worked well with the style that I was aiming for.

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The basic premise is about a man who just got out of prison and is trying to rebuild his life.Along the way he meets fragments of himself that reflect parts that he needs to dispose of in order to forgive himself. This was merely the first part that I intended to do which is him arriving and meeting one of the fragments. Mainly I wanted to see how this particular style would work in comic format and what problems I would have in making this.I learned quite a lot from making this comic including use of medium, simplifying colour and application and how to letter.

20 Twelve Degree Show

Another year, another group show! The 20 Twelve end of year degree show took place this past Friday at the North Wales School of Art and Design and runs till the 6th of June. It featured work from all the third year students that ranged from Illustration, Graphic Design, Animation, Fine Art, Applied Art, Photography and Film. Enough to cover whatever you're into! The turnout was massive which I wasn't expecting and I was really impressed with the level of preparation at some of the displays. That's all I have to say, can't believe it's all done now.Just going to dump a bunch of images here so enjoy!

Some of my comic pages framed (w/ business card)

  

 Displays of work from Andrew Thomas, Ted Brandt and Daisy Hillyard

Brogan Kingsley's display

Almost there! Also, hey.

Apologies for being unusually quiet with updates lately.I've spent the past month writing a paper about a formula on the probability of women mentioning pets in a conversation  regardless of context and the factors that cause this ( Dogwin's Law ™). I've also been pointing at things and learning what it's like to be the colour green but enough about that,lets get to the reason why I've been fibbing in the above text.

So here are some finished inks sans lettering that I've been putting together.(Only had an A4 scanner at the time which is why it's in bad quality). As I'm writing this I have the majority of the comic done in watercolour w/text which I'm editing for the end of year degree show.Still have a little bit more left to do but should have everything underwraps finally by the end of the week! Until next time...

Creative Futures Week 2012

A bit of a different post than the usual pictorials.As part of my modules in uni,I had to attend Creative Futures week back in March,an annual event in the college were industry professionals from all over the UK came in and gave talks about what they do and how they approached companies and agencies.These varied from illustrators,animators,game designers and comic book artists.All in all,it was quite an informative take as with all the talks,you could actively collate what information you found useful and could apply it to how you plan on getting your name out to the world.

You can read more of my bludgeoned attempt at writing here.





Also here's something rough (again) I'm working on.Wasn't going to leave you hanging there.

Laters!

Post 100!

Looks like I've finally made 100 posts on this blog you are now peep'n.It's certainly changed a lot since I first started in which I had as a side thing when I first started illustration.My tastes and styles have varied a lot in the past three years and here's hoping that I'm much closer to being somewhat satisfied with what I can create.

Speaking of change,expect some new developments,new approaches and more importantly - a new blog design soon (I need to get rid of those damn eyes!!)

The images here are rough pencils which are part of a minicomic I'm working on.It'll be A5 and something I can use as a promotional item for gatherings/cons.I'll have more to say once I get everything done for college.

It's about bears btw...

Roughs continued

Business cards

Three variants on business cards that I might use which I still need to finalise.Might turn this into a comic or a mini portfolio as it develops into the promotional side of my business practice module.

How bout that weather,eh?

Roughs 15/3/12

Sample roughs of the first 3 pages of the comic I'm working on currently.My main focus towards these pages was to keep within a lot of continuity and familiarise the scene a little.Panel 4 on the first page needs to be fixed and hands need to be adjusted.

Revenge of the Norka (Reloaded)

My final final submission from my last assignment.Last you'll hear of the word Norka on the blog (I can only hope).So these were mainly derived from my original sketches that ended up being watercolour on printed cartridge paper (outlines).They ended up as 19 x 22cm.Madness.

The Norka part 2

So concludes the tale of the Norka and how I learned to stop worrying and love watercolour.

The Norka part 1 Update

Here's part of what I've been working on for my first semester,five illustrations of 'The Norka.'

These are the reworked versions that i've done over recently.Way more satisfied with these now,photoshop was just not working for me.The last two images will be posted very soon.

Preview

The Norka

  

Few sketches from an assignment I'm working on at the moment for the Bologna Book Fair.Like last years brief, I'm keeping it loose style wise.The story I chose is an old Russian Fairy Tale (again with the Russkies) about a multidimension mink who terrorizes a King's land.So he sends his three sons to slay the beast,in return for all his inheritance.

 Roughs on Norka.Looking a bit haggard!

Two of the Kings oldest sons,the main antagonists.

 Two of the three princesses (sisters of the Norka,bizarre I know,right?) There's a plot element involving them turning their palaces into eggs,should be interesting to draw...

...and finally here's some thumbnail developments.First one is of the King's council,just have a bit of tweaking to do for the arrangement of things.The one below is of the third son and hero of the story,discovering one of the princesses palaces.