Mermaids

So.... Been watching The Little Mermaid today (it's been a little drizzly, I did leave the house when I could I promise. I thought I'd doodle some mermaid sand realised I was quite fond of them (found some metallic green fish scale leggings online that ism unfortunately and ashamidly tempted by!) there are much more Brittney Lee or Mary Blair inspired than Arial. Think I shall do a couple more just because I like the colour freedom it allows. Also they're down right adorable!

Flourish

So I've been working on branding work for my universities send of year show. The universities show encompassing all of the faculties is 'flourish'. The animation department however want to do something a bit different. They are considering twisting the theme slightly into 'mutation'. I've had a lot of ideas for both themes. I started with flourish. My boyfriend is also working on some ideas for the uni. We talked about a flowing art nouveau style. I took it quite literally and tried to create a slightly more bold and graphic version of the Alphonse Mucha style. I'm reasonably happy with the outcome, not completely. I wonder if it's too graphic, if the colours are to bold and could have done with being slightly more subtle. Anyway, these are the steps I took towards the final image.

So this is the initial sketch of the layout. I didn't want to fill the page with a full Mucha style poster with borders and an intricate background. I wanted it to have an authentic Mucha look but I also wanted it to feel more like a logo. 

I added text with an authentic nouveau font.

I felt that the space in the bottom corner by the girls shoulder was a little sparse. I also hadn't been able to fit the possible title of the show. I added another semi circle which follows the curve of the hair at the bottom of the design.

I inked the design using my black Japanese brush pen and fine liners for the smaller details.

 I coloured the design in pro and Copic marker. I kept it flat as I wanted to keep the design graphic. I gave the design a spring colour pallet as this seemed the most appropriate pallet for the theme of spring. I am happy with the colouring on the girl but concerned that the blue and the pink are too bold. They could maybe do with being less saturated.

I added a little definition with coloured pencil using dashed strokes.

Penny Concepts

These are the original concept ideas for Penny, the main character for my interactive children's book series idea The Little Hero. The other half suggested how it could be made into a series which I had not previously thought. She deals in the premier story with the childhood fear of being left home alone. In subsequent adventures she could deal with other childhood fears such as her first day of school or her first trip to the doctor/dentist. She uses the suit to take strength and plow through!

Genie's Back

The first post I wrote on this blog was for the background project that centred around the Genie character I made for my BA first year project, character exploration. Now on the masters, she's back. This is one of the most promising ideas for the project this year. It's an idea I have had for a while. I experimented further with the idea of creating putting more texture into the illustrator images.I managed to open the illustrator image in photoshop with individual layers which I couldn't yesterday (possibly as I was so tired.) This made colouring easier as I could isolate parts of the drawing easier and more acuratly. I like the outcome but I think I may have gone a little overboard with the chalk brushes I downloaded yesterday, but at least I am a little more aware of what they are capable of now. I wanted more of a Mary Blair or an Eren Blanquet Unten look for the colouring but I just missed. Oh, well its all trial and error.